Musa ya kawo kyamara zuwa biki domin ya ɗauki hotuna.

In Hausa, it is normal to have the noun subject and then a short subject marker before the verb.

So in Musa ya kawo:

• Musa = the subject
• ya = he with the appropriate tense/aspect marking
• kawo = bring

Even though Musa already tells you who the subject is, Hausa still keeps ya before the verb. That is normal Hausa sentence structure, not repetition by mistake.

Because there are really two clauses:

• Musa ya kawo kyamara zuwa biki
• domin ya ɗauki hotuna

The first ya belongs to the main clause: Musa ya kawo.
The second ya belongs to the purpose clause after domin: ya ɗauki hotuna.

In both places, ya refers to he, meaning Musa.

It is best described as the completive form. In many contexts, English translates this as a simple past:

• Musa ya kawo... = Musa brought...

But depending on context, Hausa completive can sometimes overlap with English has brought. In this sentence, a simple past translation is the most natural.

Here domin means in order to or so that.

It shows the purpose of the first action:

• He brought the camera so that he could take pictures.

So domin ya ɗauki hotuna is a purpose clause.

You may also see the shorter form don in similar sentences.

Hausa often does not need a separate word matching English could in this kind of sentence.

The idea of purpose is already carried by:

• domin = so that / in order to
• the following verb clause

So domin ya ɗauki hotuna is literally something like so that he take pictures, but natural English becomes so that he could take pictures or simply to take pictures.

This is a common learner question. Many Hausa verbs have more than one form or stem shape.

The verb is often cited as ɗauka, but in an actual clause you commonly get ɗauki, as in:

• ya ɗauki hotuna

So this is not a different verb. It is a normal form used in the sentence.

A good practical habit is to learn verbs as they appear in real examples, not only in their dictionary form.

zuwa means to, toward, or as far as.

So:

• zuwa biki = to the party / to the celebration

It marks the destination. In this sentence, it tells you where the camera was brought.

biki is a broad word for a celebration. Depending on context, it can mean:

• party
• celebration
• festival
• ceremony
• wedding celebration

So if the situation is a wedding, biki might be better translated as wedding celebration rather than just party.

Hausa does not use articles the way English does.

So a noun like kyamara can mean:

• a camera
• the camera

The exact meaning comes from context.

The same is true for:

• biki = a/the celebration
• hotuna = pictures / the pictures

Because hotuna is plural.

• hoto = picture / photo
• hotuna = pictures / photos

Hausa plurals are often not completely predictable, so it is helpful to learn singular and plural together as vocabulary pairs.

The letter ɗ represents a special Hausa sound, different from ordinary d.

A simple beginner approximation is just an English d, but the actual Hausa sound is an implosive d. If you are starting out, using a plain d is acceptable for practice, but it is good to notice that Hausa distinguishes:

• d
• ɗ

So ɗauki should not ideally sound exactly the same as a word with ordinary d.

Yes. kyamara is a borrowed word, ultimately from camera.

It has been adapted to Hausa spelling and pronunciation. That is very common in Hausa, especially for modern objects and technology.

The sentence breaks down like this:

• Musa = subject
• ya kawo = brought
• kyamara = camera
• zuwa biki = to the celebration
• domin ya ɗauki hotuna = so that he could take pictures

So the overall order is roughly:

• subject + subject marker + verb + object + destination + purpose clause

That is fairly close to English in this example, but the extra subject marker ya is a key Hausa feature.