Labulen ɗakin nan fari ne, amma labulen falo shuɗi ne.

It breaks down like this:

• Labulen ɗakin nan = the curtain of this room
• fari ne = is white
• amma = but
• labulen falo = the living-room curtain / the curtain of the living room
• shuɗi ne = is blue

So the pattern is:

[noun phrase] + [color/description] + ne, amma + [noun phrase] + [color/description] + ne

A very literal English order would be something like:

Curtain-of room-this white is, but curtain-of living room blue is.

That sounds odd in English, but it is normal Hausa structure.

The final -n is a linking form. Hausa often adds a linker like -n (or sometimes -r) when a noun is followed by something closely connected to it.

Here:

• labule → labulen before ɗakin nan
• ɗaki → ɗakin before nan

So:

• labulen ɗakin nan = the curtain of this room
• ɗakin nan = this room

You can think of this -n as helping tie the words together inside the noun phrase. It is not exactly the same as English 's, but it often appears in places where English uses possession or close noun-noun connection.

Both patterns can be used to mean this room.

• ɗakin nan = literally room-this
• wannan ɗaki = this room

In Hausa, noun + nan is a very common way to say this + noun. So ɗakin nan is perfectly natural.

Also, nan by itself can mean here, but after a noun it often functions like this:

• ɗakin nan = this room
• mutumin nan = this man

So learners often first meet nan as here, then later see that after a noun it can also work as a demonstrative.

Here ne works like the copular element, roughly equivalent to English is in this kind of sentence.

So:

• fari ne = is white
• shuɗi ne = is blue

Hausa does not always use a separate verb exactly like English to be. In sentences like this, ne helps form the statement.

You will also meet related forms such as ce in other sentences. The form can vary with gender/number, but in this sentence ne is the expected form.

Because here the color words are being used as the predicate of the sentence:

• the curtain ... is white
• the curtain ... is blue

So the sentence uses:

• fari ne
• shuɗi ne

Forms like farin are linked forms that often appear when the adjective is directly tied to a following noun, for example in a phrase like white curtain rather than the curtain is white.

So compare the idea:

• fari ne = is white
• farin labule = white curtain

The important point for this sentence is: the color comes after the noun phrase as the description, so fari and shuɗi are the forms you see.

Not a separate word like English the.

Hausa does not have one single article that works exactly like English the. Definiteness is often understood from:

• context
• word order
• demonstratives like nan = this
• the relationship between nouns

So:

• ɗakin nan clearly means this room
• labulen ɗakin nan is therefore understood as the curtain of this room
• labulen falo is naturally understood as the living-room curtain in context

So even though there is no separate word equal to English the, the phrase can still be definite.

Amma means but.

It joins the two contrasting statements:

• Labulen ɗakin nan fari ne = The curtain of this room is white
• amma labulen falo shuɗi ne = but the living-room curtain is blue

So it works just like English but to show contrast.

Hausa often repeats the noun phrase for clarity, especially in contrastive sentences.

So instead of saying something like:

• The curtain of this room is white, but the one in the living room is blue

the Hausa sentence simply repeats the noun:

• ..., amma labulen falo shuɗi ne

That repetition is normal and clear. English sometimes prefers avoiding repetition, but Hausa is often happy to repeat the noun.

They refer to different kinds of rooms:

• ɗaki = room, often an inner room, bedroom, or ordinary room depending on context
• falo = living room, sitting room, parlour/lounge

So:

• ɗakin nan = this room
• falo = the living room

That is why the sentence contrasts the curtain in one room with the curtain in the living room.

ɗ is not the same as an ordinary English d.

It is an implosive consonant in Hausa. For an English speaker, the easiest first approximation is:

• make a d sound
• but notice that Hausa ɗ sounds heavier and different from plain d

So:

• ɗaki is roughly like da-kee, but with Hausa ɗ, not normal English d
• shuɗi is roughly shu-di, again with Hausa ɗ

Also:

• sh in shuɗi is like English sh in shoe

If you are just starting, using a careful d sound is an acceptable first step, but it is good to learn the difference between d and ɗ as you continue.

Yes, that is a good way to understand it.

Hausa commonly expresses this kind of relationship as:

thing possessed + possessor

So:

• labulen ɗakin nan = literally curtain of this room
• English can translate that as this room’s curtain or the curtain of this room

In other words, Hausa usually puts the owned thing first and the possessor after it, which is the reverse of the usual English 's order.