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.

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.

Because rajista is being treated as a feminine singular noun in this sentence.

In Hausa, singular nouns are often grammatically masculine or feminine, and that affects agreement words like:

• yana for masculine singular
• tana for feminine singular

So the sentence uses tana because rajista takes feminine agreement here.

Because after forms like tana, Hausa commonly uses a verbal noun rather than the basic verb form.

• fara = to begin / begin
• farawa = beginning / starting (verbal noun)

So:

• tana farawa = is starting / starts

This is a very common Hausa pattern:

• subject + yana/tana
  • verbal noun

For example:

• Mota tana tafiya = The car is going / The car goes

It can mean either, depending on context.

Hausa imperfective/continuous forms often cover meanings that English splits into:

• simple present: starts today
• present progressive: is starting today

If you are talking about a scheduled event, Registration starts today is often the best English translation.

If you want to emphasize that the process is now getting underway, Registration is starting today also works.

That sentence is close in meaning, but the aspect is different.

• Rajista ta fara yau = Registration started today
• Rajista tana farawa yau = Registration starts today / is starting today

So:

• ta fara is more like a completed/perfective event
• tana farawa presents it as ongoing, unfolding, or scheduled in the imperfective sense

In real usage, the difference can sometimes be subtle, but this is the main contrast.

Because Hausa does not use articles in the same way English does.

So rajista can mean:

• registration
• the registration

The exact meaning comes from context.

That is very normal in Hausa. English speakers often expect a separate word for the, but Hausa usually does not need one.

Yes, but this sentence follows a very normal Hausa pattern:

• Rajista — subject
• tana — agreement/aspect marker
• farawa — verbal noun
• yau — time expression

So the overall structure is:

• Subject + tana/yana + verbal noun + time word

Putting yau at the end is very natural. You may also hear time expressions moved for emphasis, but this order is straightforward and common.

It is a loanword, ultimately from English administrative vocabulary.

That is very common in Hausa, especially for modern official or institutional terms.

Even though it is borrowed, it behaves like a normal Hausa noun in the sentence, including taking Hausa agreement:

• here, tana

A rough guide for an English speaker is:

• Rajista ≈ ra-JIS-ta
• tana ≈ TA-na
• farawa ≈ fa-RA-wa
• yau ≈ ya-oo / yow (said smoothly)

A few notes:

• j sounds like English j
• r is usually a light tap or flap, not the strong English r
• Hausa pronunciation is generally more even and clearer by syllable than English spelling might suggest

A rough full reading:

• ra-JIS-ta TA-na fa-RA-wa ya-oo