A lokacin taron iyali mun yanke shawara mu tafi ƙauye a ƙarshen wata.

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Breakdown of A lokacin taron iyali mun yanke shawara mu tafi ƙauye a ƙarshen wata.

• mu: we
• iyali: the family
• taro: the meeting

Questions & Answers about A lokacin taron iyali mun yanke shawara mu tafi ƙauye a ƙarshen wata.

What is a word‑for‑word breakdown of A lokacin taron iyali mun yanke shawara mu tafi ƙauye a ƙarshen wata?

Here is a fairly literal breakdown:

• A lokacin – at the time (when)

  • a – at / in / on (general locative or time preposition)
  • lokacin – the time (from lokaci “time” + -n “the / of”)

• taron iyali – family meeting / family gathering

  • taro – meeting / gathering
  • -n – linker “of”
  • iyali – family

  So lokacin taron iyali = “the time of the family meeting” → “during the family meeting”.

• mun yanke shawara – we decided

  • mu – we
  • -n (attached) → mun – “we” in perfective aspect
  • yanke – to cut; to make (a decision / judgment)
  • shawara – advice / decision / plan
    Together yanke shawara literally “cut decision” → idiomatically “make a decision”.

• mu tafi ƙauye – that we go to the village

  • mu – we (subjunctive marker here)
  • tafi – go
  • ƙauye – a village / the village

• a ƙarshen wata – at the end of the month

  • a – at / in / on
  • ƙarshen – the end (from ƙarshe “end” + -n “the / of”)
  • wata – month

Altogether: A lokacin taron iyali mun yanke shawara mu tafi ƙauye a ƙarshen wata ≈“At the time of the family meeting we decided that we would go to the village at the end of the month.”