Mu tattara shara a harabar makaranta kafin yara su iso.

Let’s gather the trash in the school yard before the children arrive.

Breakdown of Mu tattara shara a harabar makaranta kafin yara su iso.

• su: they
• mu: we
• kafin: before
• iso: to arrive

Questions & Answers about Mu tattara shara a harabar makaranta kafin yara su iso.

Why does the sentence start with Mu? Is it the same as we?

Mu is the 1st‑person plural pronoun (we), but here it’s being used to make a suggestion/command: Mu + verb = Let’s … / We should ….
So Mu tattara … means Let’s gather/collect … (not simply “We collect …” as a statement).

What form is tattara—is it an infinitive like “to collect”?

In Hausa, after Mu (and in many other “command/suggestion” patterns), you use the plain verb form. tattara is the verb meaning to gather/collect/assemble.
So Mu tattara is literally We collect, but functionally it’s Let’s collect.

Is tattara different from other verbs meaning “clean” like tsaftace?

Yes. tattara focuses on gathering/collecting scattered things (like rubbish).
tsaftace means to clean more generally (cleaning a room, washing, making something clean).
So for rubbish, tattara shara is very natural: collect the trash.

What exactly does shara mean? Is it “trash” or “dirt”?

shara commonly means rubbish/trash/litter—things you throw away. Depending on context, it can overlap with refuse or sweepings, but in this sentence it’s clearly trash/litter to be collected.