Wannan ita ce shaida.

to be

Breakdown of Wannan ita ce shaida.

• ita: it
• wannan: this
• shaida: the proof; identification

Questions & Answers about Wannan ita ce shaida.

What does wannan mean here?

Wannan means this. It is a demonstrative, used to point out something near the speaker or something currently being identified.

So in this sentence, wannan is the this part of This is ...

Why are both wannan and ita used? Wouldn’t wannan alone be enough?

A learner often expects Hausa to match English word-for-word, but Hausa structures this kind of sentence differently.

• wannan = this
• ita ce = an identifying/copular pattern, roughly it is
• shaida = the noun being identified

So Wannan ita ce shaida is literally closer to This, it is the evidence/testimony/certificate.

The ita is not redundant in Hausa; it is part of a very natural identification pattern.

Where is the verb is in this sentence?

Hausa does not always use a separate verb exactly like English is in present-tense identification sentences.

Here, the job of is is carried by the pattern ita ce.

A useful beginner way to think of it is:

• ita ce ≈ it is / this is for a feminine referent
• shi ne is the comparable masculine pattern

So the sentence does have the meaning , but it is expressed in a Hausa way, not with a separate verb identical to English .