Bizar ta ƙare jiya.

Ta is the 3rd person singular feminine completive subject marker. In this sentence, it refers back to bizar and means it in English.

So ta ƙare means it ended / it finished / it expired.

In Hausa, this little word is very important: it shows both agreement with the subject and the aspect of the verb.

Because biza is treated as a feminine noun in Hausa.

Hausa uses grammatical gender, so nouns take different agreement words:

• ya for many masculine singular nouns
• ta for feminine singular nouns

So since biza is feminine, the sentence uses ta ƙare, not ya ƙare.

This is grammatical gender, not biological sex. Even inanimate things can be masculine or feminine in Hausa.

The basic dictionary form is biza. In this sentence, bizar is the linked/specific form of the noun.

With many feminine nouns in Hausa, you often see -r added when the noun is being linked to what follows, especially in definite or specific contexts.

So:

• biza = visa
• bizar = the visa / that visa, in a linked form

A very common parallel is:

• mota = car
• motar ta zo = the car came

So Bizar ta ƙare jiya is very naturally understood as The visa expired yesterday.

Not only expire. The basic meaning of ƙare is to end, finish, be finished, run out.

Depending on the noun, English may use different words:

• aiki ya ƙare = the work finished
• kuɗi sun ƙare = the money ran out
• biza ta ƙare = the visa expired

So in this sentence, expired is the most natural English translation, even though the core Hausa idea is more like came to an end.

More exactly, it is completive aspect, not a pure tense form.

The completive usually describes an action seen as completed. In English, that can come out as:

• ended
• has ended
• expired
• has expired

Because the sentence also has jiya (yesterday), the best English translation is the simple past: The visa expired yesterday.

It is already included in ta.

You do not need another separate word for it here. Hausa often uses these subject markers where English would use pronouns like he, she, it, they.

So ta ƙare already contains the idea it expired.

That is a very normal position for a time word in Hausa.

A common pattern is: subject + subject marker + verb + time expression

So: Bizar ta ƙare jiya = The visa expired yesterday

You can move time expressions for emphasis in some contexts, but putting jiya at the end is a very natural neutral order.

Broadly yes, but Hausa has an extra element that English does not.

English: The visa expired yesterday

Hausa: Bizar + ta + ƙare + jiya

So the structure is roughly: subject noun + agreeing subject marker + verb + time word

That middle subject marker, ta, is completely normal Hausa grammar and is one of the main differences from English sentence structure.

Yes.

Without a time word, ta ƙare could often be translated as either:

• it expired
• it has expired

The exact English choice depends on context.

But once you add jiya (yesterday), English normally prefers: it expired yesterday not it has expired yesterday

So in this sentence, expired is the best choice.

ƙ is not the same as an ordinary English k.

It represents an ejective k-like sound. You can think of it as a sharper, stronger k made with a little burst of air from the throat.

So ƙare is not pronounced exactly like a simple English kare would be.

This letter matters in Hausa spelling, because k and ƙ are different sounds and can distinguish different words.