Uwa tana sa kayan lambu a cikin miya.

The basic order is:

Subject + TAM marker + verb + object + prepositional phrase

So here:

• Uwa = subject
• tana = marks the subject and the ongoing/imperfective action
• sa = verb
• kayan lambu = object
• a cikin miya = prepositional phrase, in the soup

That is fairly similar to English word order: Mother is putting vegetables in the soup.

Uwa means mother.

Hausa does not use articles like English a/an and the in the same way. So a noun can often appear by itself:

• uwa = mother / the mother / a mother, depending on context

In this sentence, Uwa is best understood as Mother or the mother.

Tana is made of two parts historically/functionally:

• ta- = she
• -na = an imperfective/continuous marker

Together, tana means something like:

• she is ...
• she ...s / she is ...ing, depending on context

So in this sentence, tana sa is understood as she is putting or sometimes she puts.

Very often, in a sentence like this, learners translate it as is putting.

It can do both, depending on context.

In many everyday sentences, tana + verb can express an imperfective meaning, which may be:

• ongoing: she is putting
• habitual/general: she puts

So:

• Uwa tana sa kayan lambu a cikin miya could mean Mother is putting vegetables in the soup
• In another context, it could also mean Mother puts vegetables in the soup

Context tells you which is intended.

In Hausa, sa is a very common verb meaning put, place, cause, or make, depending on context.

You may also see saka in dictionaries or in related usage. But in this sentence, sa is the normal verb form being used for put.

So here:

• tana sa = she is putting

This is a very common everyday pattern.

Kayan lambu means vegetables.

Literally, it is built from:

• kaya = things, goods, items
• lambu = garden / vegetable-related word in this expression

In practice, though, you should learn kayan lambu as a set phrase meaning:

• vegetables

So even if the literal pieces seem unusual, the whole expression is the normal vocabulary item.

Because Hausa often expresses meanings through noun combinations rather than in the same way English does.

Kayan lambu is an established expression. The first part, kayan, is a form related to kaya and connects to the following noun. This kind of structure is common in Hausa.

So the important point for a learner is:

• kayan lambu = vegetables

It is best learned as a chunk rather than translated word-for-word every time.

A cikin means in, inside, or within.

It is a very common Hausa expression for location.

Here:

• a cikin miya = in the soup

You can think of it as a set phrase:

• a = at/in
• cikin = interior/inside

Together: inside / in

Because miya is the place/location where the vegetables are being put, and Hausa usually marks that with a prepositional expression.

So:

• kayan lambu = the thing being put
• a cikin miya = where it is being put

This is just like English:

• put vegetables in the soup

Without a cikin, the location in the soup would be missing.

Miya means soup or sometimes sauce/stew-like soup, depending on context and regional usage.

In many Hausa contexts, miya refers to the kind of soup or sauce eaten with staple foods.

So in this sentence:

• a cikin miya = in the soup

Just like with uwa, Hausa usually does not use articles like English the and a.

So:

• miya can mean soup, the soup, or a soup, depending on context

In this sentence, English will usually translate it as the soup because the situation sounds specific.

Yes.

The verb is sa = put.

The thing being put is:

• kayan lambu = vegetables

So kayan lambu is the direct object.

Then the phrase a cikin miya tells you the location.

You can use that as a learning aid, but it is not good natural English.

A rough word-by-word guide might be:

• Uwa = mother
• tana = she is / she does
• sa = put
• kayan lambu = vegetables
• a cikin miya = in the soup

But the natural English translation is:

• Mother is putting vegetables in the soup or
• Mother puts vegetables in the soup

So word-for-word glossing is useful for study, but not for final translation.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

• Uwa = OO-wah
• tana = TAH-nah
• sa = sah
• kayan = KAH-yan
• lambu = LAHM-boo
• a cikin = ah CHEE-kin or ah KEE-kin depending on accent and how carefully it is said
• miya = MEE-yah

A smoother full reading might sound like:

OO-wah TAH-nah sah KAH-yan LAHM-boo ah CHEE-kin MEE-yah

Exact pronunciation varies by speaker and dialect, but that will get you close.

Then tana would change, because it agrees with the subject.

For example:

• Uba yana sa kayan lambu a cikin miya.
• Father is putting vegetables in the soup.

Here:

• yana = he is / he does
• tana = she is / she does

So one useful pair to remember is:

• yana = he is
• tana = she is

A very useful set of chunks would be:

• uwa = mother
• tana = she is / she does
• sa = put
• kayan lambu = vegetables
• a cikin = in / inside
• miya = soup

And especially this full pattern:

• tana sa ... a cikin ... = she is putting ... in ...

That pattern can help you build many similar Hausa sentences.