A taron makaranta iyaye da dalibai suna haɗuwa a harabar makaranta.

to be

Breakdown of A taron makaranta iyaye da dalibai suna haɗuwa a harabar makaranta.

• da: and
• a: at
• makaranta: the school

Questions & Answers about A taron makaranta iyaye da dalibai suna haɗuwa a harabar makaranta.

What does the A at the beginning (A taron makaranta...) mean? Is it the same as English “at”?

A here is the preposition “in / at / on” (location marker).

• a taron makaranta ≈ at the school meeting / in the school meeting
• It is written with a capital A only because it is at the beginning of the sentence; normally it’s a.

So a introduces a place or setting, much like English “at/in”, depending on context.

What is taron makaranta exactly? Why is it taron, not just taro?

• taro = a meeting / gathering.
• taron makaranta = school meeting (literally “meeting of school”).

taron is taro + -n, a linking/possessive ending used in the izafi (genitive) construction:

• taro (meeting) + na (of) + makaranta (school)
  → taron makaranta (meeting of school, i.e. school meeting)

The short -n replaces a full na here: taro na makaranta → taron makaranta.

Why is makaranta mentioned twice in the sentence? Isn’t that repetitive?