Word
Da zarar yaro ya gama aikin gida, zai yi wasa a waje.
Meaning
As soon as the boy finishes the homework, he will play outside.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Da zarar yaro ya gama aikin gida, zai yi wasa a waje.
a
at
yi
to do
waje
outside
gama
to finish
Questions & Answers about Da zarar yaro ya gama aikin gida, zai yi wasa a waje.
What does Da zarar mean here, and is it always used at the beginning of a sentence?
Da zarar is a fixed expression meaning as soon as / once. It commonly introduces a time clause and often appears at the start, but it can also come later in a longer sentence. It’s typically followed by a clause describing the earlier event.
Why does the sentence start with Da—is that the same da that means “and/with”?
No. Hausa da can mean several different things depending on context. In Da zarar, da is part of the time-linking expression Da zarar (“as soon as”). It’s not the coordinating da (“and”) or the preposition da (“with”).
What is the role of zarar in Da zarar? Does zarar mean anything by itself?
In this expression, zarar is essentially “locked into” the idiom Da zarar. On its own, zarar can relate to ideas like loss/damage, but in Da zarar you should treat the whole phrase as an idiom meaning as soon as rather than translating word-by-word.
Why is yaro (boy/child) not marked as definite—shouldn’t it be “the boy”?