Questions & Answers about Mun ƙaura jiya.
Mun is the Hausa form used for we in a completed action sentence like this one.
So in Mun ƙaura jiya, mun means we with the idea that the action is completed. English uses separate words like we moved, but Hausa often builds the subject and the completed-action meaning together.
So:
- mun = we in this completed/perfective kind of sentence
- not plain mu
That is why Mun ƙaura jiya means We moved yesterday rather than just We move yesterday.
ƙaura means something like:
- move away
- relocate
- migrate
- sometimes emigrate
The most natural English translation depends on context. If the meaning shown to the learner is We moved yesterday, that is a very normal interpretation.
But ƙaura can sound broader than just moving house. In some contexts it can suggest moving from one place or region to another, not merely changing apartments.
Jiya means yesterday.
In this sentence it comes at the end: