Hukumar ta ƙayyade haraji.

Because Hausa normally uses a short subject marker before the verb.

So the pattern here is:

• Hukumar = the subject noun
• ta = a subject marker agreeing with that noun
• ƙayyade = the verb

A very literal breakdown is something like:

• Hukumar ta ƙayyade haraji
• The authority it-set tax

English does not repeat the subject this way, but Hausa often does.

Hukuma is the basic dictionary form. Hukumar is a linked form that commonly appears when the noun is tied closely to what follows in the sentence.

You do not translate the final -r by itself. It is just part of the grammatical shape the noun takes here.

So:

• basic form: hukuma
• form used here: hukumar

This is a very common pattern in Hausa.

Because hukuma is a grammatically feminine noun in Hausa.

In the perfective:

• ya is used with masculine singular subjects
• ta is used with feminine singular subjects

So Hukumar ta ƙayyade... matches the grammatical gender of hukuma.

This does not mean the authority is biologically female. It is just grammatical gender.

It is the perfective form.

In practice, that often translates into English as:

• set
• fixed
• determined
• sometimes has set or has determined

The exact English tense depends on context. Hausa perfective is not always identical to one single English tense.

Hausa does not have a separate article exactly like English the.

Instead, definiteness is often understood from:

• context
• noun form
• sentence structure

So Hukumar is naturally understood as a specific authority or agency, which is why English often translates it with the.

Ƙayyade has a range of meanings such as:

• set
• fix
• determine
• specify
• define

With haraji, it most naturally means something like set or determine a tax, taxes, or a tax rate.

The letter ƙ is different from plain k in Hausa. It represents a stronger, glottalized sound, often described as an ejective k.

A learner-friendly way to think of it:

• plain k = ordinary k
• ƙ = a sharper, more forceful k

Also, the yy in ƙayyade shows a doubled y sound.

If your ƙ is not perfect yet, people will often still understand you, but it is good to notice the distinction.

It can depend on context.

Haraji can refer to:

• tax
• taxes
• taxation

Hausa does not always force the same singular/plural distinction that English does in every sentence. So you choose the best English wording from the context.

Because this sentence follows a very common Hausa word order:

• subject + subject marker + verb + object

So here:

• Hukumar = subject
• ta = subject marker
• ƙayyade = verb
• haraji = object

That is why haraji comes after ƙayyade.

Not in this sentence.

Here, ta is part of the verbal pattern: it is the feminine singular subject marker used before the verb in the perfective.

So in Hukumar ta ƙayyade haraji, ta means something like it as the subject of set/determined, not her or its as a possessive.

Not in a normal finite sentence like this.

The subject marker is an important part of Hausa clause structure, so ta is needed here.

Natural Hausa keeps the pattern:

• Hukumar ta ƙayyade haraji

Leaving out ta would sound incomplete or ungrammatical in standard usage.