Fasfo na yana cikin jaka.

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Breakdown of Fasfo na yana cikin jaka.

• na: my
• jaka: the bag
• ya: he/it

Questions & Answers about Fasfo na yana cikin jaka.

What does na mean in Fasfo na?

In this sentence, na means my.

So:

• fasfo = passport
• fasfo na = my passport

A useful thing to notice is that Hausa often puts the possessive element after the noun.

Why is my after the noun instead of before it?

Because that is the normal Hausa pattern.

English says:

• my passport

Hausa says:

• fasfo na
• literally: passport my

So the word order is different from English, but it is completely normal in Hausa.

What is yana doing here?

Here yana is the form Hausa uses to say that something is somewhere.

So in this sentence, yana works like is / is located in English.

A helpful way to think of the sentence is:

• Fasfo na = my passport
• yana = is
• cikin jaka = in the bag

So yana is the part that links the subject to its location.

Why is it yana and not ?