Hauwa ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba tukuna, amma za ta kawo ta gobe.

Ba ... ba is the basic negation frame here. In this sentence, the negative part wraps around the verbal clause:

Hauwa ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba

So:

• the first ba starts the negation
• the second ba closes it

A good way to think of it is: Hausa often marks negation with two parts, not just one word like English not.

With tukuna added, the meaning becomes has not ... yet.

Because Hausa normally uses a subject marker even when a full noun subject is present.

So Hauwa ta ... is normal Hausa structure, not unnecessary repetition. The name Hauwa tells you who we are talking about, and ta is the feminine singular subject marker that fits she.

This is very common in Hausa:

• Musa ya zo = Musa came
• Hauwa ta zo = Hauwa came

So in your sentence, ta is there because Hausa grammar expects it.

No. They look the same, but they do different jobs.

In Hauwa ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba tukuna, amma za ta kawo ta gobe:

1. ba ta ɗauki ...
   Here ta = she as the subject

2. za ta kawo ...
   Here ta = she again as the subject

3. kawo ta
   Here ta = it/her as the object, referring to kyamara

So the first two tas mean she, while the last ta means it in this sentence.

Here tukuna means yet.

So:

• ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba = she did not take/bring a camera
• ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba tukuna = she has not taken/brought a camera yet

This pattern ba ... ba tukuna is a very common way to say not yet in Hausa.

Depending on context, tukuna can also have related meanings like still or so far, but here yet is the natural interpretation.

The future is shown by za plus a subject marker.

So:

• za ta kawo = she will bring

Breakdown:

• za = future marker
• ta = she
• kawo = bring

This is a very common future pattern in Hausa:

• za ka je = you will go
• za su zo = they will come
• za ta kawo = she will bring

That ta is the object pronoun, meaning it here.

So:

• kawo ta = bring it

The it refers back to kyamara. English would also usually do this instead of repeating camera again:

• ... but she will bring it tomorrow

Hausa does the same thing here.

Yes. In Hausa, nouns belong to grammatical gender classes, mainly masculine and feminine. Kyamara is treated as feminine, so the pronoun used for it is ta.

This is grammatical gender, not biological sex. A camera is not female in real life, but the noun kyamara behaves like a feminine noun in Hausa grammar.

That is why the sentence says:

• kawo ta = bring it

and not a masculine object pronoun.

They are related but not identical.

• ɗauka / ɗauki basically means take, pick up, carry
• kawo means bring

So the first clause literally says she has not taken/carried a camera yet, while the second says she will bring it tomorrow.

In real context, this can sound very natural if the idea is that she does not have the camera with her yet, but she will bring it tomorrow.

So even if English might prefer hasn't brought a camera yet, Hausa uses ɗauki here in a broader take/carry sense.

Because time words like gobe often come after the verb phrase in Hausa.

So:

• za ta kawo ta gobe = she will bring it tomorrow

That word order is very normal. Hausa often places adverbs of time after the main action.

You can think of the second clause as:

• future marker + subject + verb + object + time

Because Hausa does not use articles the same way English does. There is no direct everyday equivalent of a or the that must appear before nouns in sentences like this.

So kyamara can mean:

• a camera
• the camera

The exact sense depends on context.

In this sentence, the first mention kyamara can be understood naturally from context, and in the second clause Hausa simply uses the pronoun ta = it.

ɗ is not the same as ordinary d in Hausa spelling. It represents an implosive sound.

A simple learner-friendly way to think of it:

• put your tongue in a normal d position
• pronounce it with a slightly heavier, inward-sounding quality

If you cannot produce the exact implosive sound yet, an ordinary d is a reasonable approximation at first, but it is good to notice that Hausa spelling distinguishes:

• d
• ɗ

That distinction matters in correct pronunciation and sometimes in meaning.

Hausa does not match English tense word-for-word. The verb form itself is not carrying all the tense information by itself; the whole pattern does the job.

Here, the important pieces are:

• ba ... ba for negation
• the subject marker ta
• tukuna for yet

Together, ba ta ɗauki kyamara ba tukuna is naturally understood as she has not taken/brought a camera yet.

So although you may be tempted to ask for a one-word English tense label, it is better to learn the whole pattern as a unit:

• ba ... ba tukuna = has not ... yet / not yet