Questions & Answers about Su suna gida yanzu.
Su is the independent pronoun “they”.
It refers to a group of people (or things) that you are talking about.
It does not show gender: su can mean “they (men)”, “they (women)”, or “they (things)”, depending on context.
In everyday speech you can say either:
- Suna gida yanzu. – They are at home now.
- Su suna gida yanzu. – They are at home now. (with extra emphasis on they)
When you add the independent pronoun su before suna, you are typically emphasizing or contrasting the subject, like:
Su suna gida yanzu, amma mu muna waje. – They are at home now, but we are outside.
So it’s not a mistake; it’s emphasis, not simple repetition.
Historically it comes from two parts (su + na), but in modern teaching materials you very often see it written as one word: suna.
Learners are usually taught ina, kana, yana, tana, muna, kuna, suna as single units meaning roughly “am/are/is (doing/being)”.
You may also see su na written separately, especially in more linguistic or older texts, but suna as one word is very common and acceptable.