Rajista tana farawa yau.

today

Breakdown of Rajista tana farawa yau.

• fara: to start
• ta: she/it
• rajista: the registration

Questions & Answers about Rajista tana farawa yau.

What is the word-for-word breakdown of Rajista tana farawa yau?

A useful rough breakdown is:

• Rajista = registration
• tana = a feminine singular subject + imperfective/continuous marker
• farawa = starting / to start (the verbal noun of fara)
• yau = today

Very literally, it is something like:

• Registration, it is starting today.

Natural English is:

• Registration starts today.
• or Registration is starting today.

What does tana mean here?

tana is not just a simple standalone word for is. In this sentence, it is part of the Hausa verbal system.

Here it shows:

• the subject is 3rd person singular feminine
• the action is in an imperfective/continuous type of form

So tana farawa means something like:

• it is starting
• it starts

The exact English translation depends on context, because Hausa aspect does not always match English tense one-for-one.

Why is it tana and not yana?