Wannan adalci ne.

to be

Breakdown of Wannan adalci ne.

• wannan: this
• adalci: the justice; fairness

Questions & Answers about Wannan adalci ne.

What does wannan mean, and does it mean this or that?

Wannan usually means this in a sentence like Wannan adalci ne.

A helpful way to think of it is:

• wannan = this / this one
• it points to something near the speaker, or something being discussed directly

In some contexts, learners also meet other demonstratives for that, but in this sentence wannan is best understood as this.

Examples:

• Wannan littafi ne. = This is a book.
• Wannan mutum ne. = This is a man.

So here, wannan is the subject: this.

What does adalci mean grammatically? Is it a noun or an adjective?

Adalci is a noun. It means something like justice or fairness.

So the sentence is not built like This is just with an adjective. It is more literally:

• Wannan = this
• adalci = justice / fairness
• ne = a marker used in equational sentences like is

So the structure is closer to:

• This is justice
• This is fairness

That is why adalci is not behaving like an English adjective here.