Hukumar ta tsara jadawali.

The authority arranged the schedule.

Breakdown of Hukumar ta tsara jadawali.

• ta: she/it
• jadawali: the schedule; timetable
• hukuma: the authority; official body
• tsara: to plan; arrange

Questions & Answers about Hukumar ta tsara jadawali.

What does each word in Hukumar ta tsara jadawali mean?

A simple breakdown is:

• Hukumar = the agency / the authority / the commission
• ta = a subject marker agreeing with a feminine singular subject
• tsara = arranged / planned / drew up / organized
• jadawali = schedule / timetable / plan

So the sentence structure is basically subject + subject marker + verb + object.

Why is ta there if Hukumar already tells us who did the action?

Because in Hausa, a full subject noun is commonly followed by a short subject marker before the verb.

So Hukumar ta tsara... is normal Hausa grammar.
A learner-friendly way to think about it is:

• Hukumar = the agency
• ta = it/she did
• tsara = arranged

English usually does not repeat the subject this way, but Hausa often does.

Why is it ta and not ya?

Because hukuma is grammatically feminine singular in Hausa, and feminine singular subjects take ta in this pattern.

Very roughly:

• ya = masculine singular
• ta = feminine singular

This is about grammar, not biological sex. Even a non-human thing like an agency can be grammatically feminine.