Learn Hardcore Hausa: Idan muka soya gyada da dankali tare, gidan yana cika da ƙamshi mai daɗi. - If we fry groundnuts and potatoes together, the house fills with a nice smell.

Independent series: na, ka, kin, ya, ta, mun, kun, sun
Relative / focused series: na, ka, ki, ya, ta, muka, kuka, suka

Breakdown of Idan muka soya gyada da dankali tare, gidan yana cika da ƙamshi mai daɗi.

What does Idan mean here – if or when?

Idan can mean both if and when, depending on context.

With a repeated / habitual action like this sentence, it is best read as “when(ever)”:
Idan muka soya gyada da dankali tare… → When(ever) we fry peanuts and potatoes together…
In other contexts, especially when it’s uncertain whether something will happen, idan is closer to “if”:
- Idan ka zo gobe, zan tafi da kai. – If you come tomorrow, I’ll go with you.

So here it suggests a general rule: whenever that situation happens, the result follows.

Why is it Idan muka soya and not Idan mun soya? What is muka?