Adalci yana da muhimmanci.

Justice is important.

Breakdown of Adalci yana da muhimmanci.

• da: to have
• muhimmanci: the importance
• ya: he/it
• adalci: the justice; fairness

Questions & Answers about Adalci yana da muhimmanci.

What does each word in Adalci yana da muhimmanci mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Adalci = justice, fairness
• yana = he/it is; a masculine singular present-state marker
• da = with, have
• muhimmanci = importance

So the literal sense is Justice has importance, but the natural English meaning is Justice is important.

Why does Hausa say has importance instead of just is important?

That is a very normal Hausa pattern.

Hausa often expresses qualities with yana da + noun, literally has + noun:

• yana da muhimmanci = is important
• literally: has importance

So even though English uses an adjective (important), Hausa often uses a noun-based expression instead.

Why is yana there if Adalci is already the subject?

Because in Hausa, the sentence normally still needs a subject/agreement marker before the predicate.

So the structure is:

• Adalci = the topic/subject noun
• yana da muhimmanci = what is being said about it

Here yana agrees with Adalci and helps mark the clause as a present/general statement.

So Adalci da muhimmanci would not be the normal full sentence.