Questions & Answers about Bayanin yana cikin fayil.
Bayani means information, explanation, or details in a general sense.
Bayanin is the definite/linked form, so here it means the information. In Hausa, a noun often changes form when it is definite or when it is linked to something else. So:
- bayani = information, explanation
- bayanin = the information / explanation of ...
In this sentence, bayanin is being used as the information.
Here yana means something like it is.
More literally, it is an agreement form used with a masculine singular subject. Since bayanin is treated as masculine singular, Hausa uses yana.
So the structure is roughly:
- bayanin = the information
- yana = it is
- cikin fayil = in the file / inside the file
No. Yana can mean he is when the subject is a male person, but it is also used with any masculine singular noun.
So in this sentence, yana does not mean a male person is doing something. It simply agrees with bayanin, which is a masculine singular noun.