Taɓawar ta yi kyau, sai ɗan wasan ya zura a raga.

to do

Breakdown of Taɓawar ta yi kyau, sai ɗan wasan ya zura a raga.

• a: in
• kyau: good
• sai: then

Questions & Answers about Taɓawar ta yi kyau, sai ɗan wasan ya zura a raga.

What does Taɓawar mean grammatically, and what is the -r at the end?

Taɓawar comes from taɓawa, which means touch or touching.

The final -r is a very common Hausa ending used with feminine nouns in a linked or definite form. In a sentence like this, it is natural to understand taɓawar as the touch.

So a learner can think of:

• taɓawa = touch
• taɓawar = the touch / that touch

Why is there another ta in Taɓawar ta yi kyau?

That ta is the subject pronoun she/it for a feminine noun.

In Hausa, it is very common to mention a noun and then repeat it with a pronoun:

• Taɓawar = the touch
• ta = it referring back to taɓawar
• yi kyau = was good

So the structure is roughly:

• The touch, it was good

This repetition sounds normal in Hausa and is not considered redundant.

Why does Hausa use yi kyau for was good?

Because Hausa often expresses qualities with combinations that are not word-for-word like English.