Wannan yana nufin izini.

this

Breakdown of Wannan yana nufin izini.

• ya: he/it
• izini: the permission
• nufi: to mean; intend; head toward

Questions & Answers about Wannan yana nufin izini.

What does each word in Wannan yana nufin izini do?

A simple breakdown is:

• Wannan = this
• yana = a 3rd-person singular agreement/aspect marker, roughly the piece that helps form it is / it does / it means
• nufin = meaning / to mean here, from the verb nufi
• izini = permission

So the structure is roughly:

this + it-is/does + mean + permission

Natural English: This means permission.

Is wannan being used like this or this one here?

Here wannan is being used as a pronoun, so it is closer to this or this one / this thing.

In other words, it stands by itself rather than directly modifying a noun.

• wannan = this / this one
• if you added a noun, it could be something like this sign, this word, this thing, depending on context

So in this sentence, the noun is understood from the situation.

Why is yana there if wannan already means this?

Because Hausa normally uses a subject-agreement/aspect marker in the verbal part of the sentence even when the subject is already stated.

So: