Tanadin yana da kyau.

The arrangement is good.

Breakdown of Tanadin yana da kyau.

• da kyau: good
• ya: he/it
• tanadi: the arrangement; provision

Questions & Answers about Tanadin yana da kyau.

What does each word do in Tanadin yana da kyau?

A useful word-by-word breakdown is:

• tanadin = the arrangement / the preparation / the provision
• yana = it is / it has for a masculine singular subject in this kind of sentence
• da = literally with / having
• kyau = goodness / beauty, giving the sense good / nice

So the structure is roughly:

Tanadin + yana da + kyau
= The arrangement has goodness
= natural English: The arrangement is good

Why does tanadi appear as tanadin here?

The final -n is a very common Hausa marker that often makes a noun sound specific/definite, somewhat like English the.

So:

• tanadi = arrangement, preparation, provision
• tanadin = the arrangement / the preparation

In sentences like this, Hausa often uses that ending when talking about a particular thing already known from context.

Why is it yana and not tana or suna?

Because tanadin is treated as a masculine singular noun.

In Hausa, this part has to agree with the noun: