Mun samu izini.

Mun means we here, but more specifically it is the 1st-person plural affirmative perfective subject form. In simpler terms, it is the form of we used for a completed action.

So mun samu is like we got or we have obtained.

Usually, yes, it will be translated with a past meaning, such as We got permission.

But Hausa often works more with aspect than with English-style tense labels. Here mun shows a completed/perfective action. Depending on context, English could render it as:

• We got permission
• We obtained permission
• We have obtained permission

Samu means get, obtain, receive, or sometimes find.

In this sentence, with izini, it means get/obtain permission. So samu izini is a natural Hausa combination.

Izini means permission, authorization, or leave.

So the whole phrase samu izini means to get permission.

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

A noun like izini can stand on its own without a separate word for a or the. Context usually tells you whether English should translate it as permission, the permission, or something similar.

It follows a very common Hausa pattern:

• subject pronoun
• verb
• object

So here:

• mun = we
• samu = got/obtained
• izini = permission

That makes the sentence very straightforward.

Because Hausa subject pronouns change depending on the grammatical pattern.

Mun is the correct form for we in an affirmative completed-action sentence like this one.

Mu is used in other constructions, but not here. So for this sentence, mun is the right choice.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

moon sah-moo ee-zee-nee

A few quick notes:

• mu sounds like moo
• sa has a clear s
• z sounds like English z
• i sounds like ee

Hausa is also a tonal language, so this kind of English approximation is helpful but not exact.

Yes, it can imply that.

The most direct sense is We got/obtained permission, which focuses on the completed action. But in real context, that often also suggests the result: we now have permission.

So the sentence mainly says the permission was obtained, and the idea of now having it can follow naturally.

A common negative form is:

Ba mu samu izini ba.
= We did not get permission.

A common yes/no question is:

Shin mun samu izini?
= Did we get permission?

In casual speech, people may also ask it just with intonation:

Mun samu izini?