Barandar tana da inuwa.

to have

Breakdown of Barandar tana da inuwa.

• ta: she/it
• inuwa: shade
• baranda: the balcony

Questions & Answers about Barandar tana da inuwa.

Why does baranda appear as barandar here?

Because -r is a common Hausa ending used with feminine singular definite/specific nouns. So barandar is roughly the veranda / the balcony, while baranda without -r is less definite.

A simple way to think of it is:

• baranda = veranda / a veranda
• barandar = the veranda

This -r ending is very common with feminine singular nouns.

Why is there a word like tana after barandar if the subject is already stated?

In Hausa, it is normal for a full noun subject to be followed by a subject-agreement marker. English usually does not do this, but Hausa does.

So the sentence structure is not just:

• subject + rest of sentence

It is more like:

• subject + agreeing subject marker + rest of sentence

That means barandar names the subject, and tana agrees with it and helps show the tense/aspect of the clause.

Why is it tana specifically, and not yana?

Because baranda is treated as a feminine singular noun in Hausa, so it takes feminine singular agreement.

Here are the key forms to compare:

• = masculine singular