Zinariyar tana cikin kabad.

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Breakdown of Zinariyar tana cikin kabad.

• ta: she/it
• kabad: the cupboard; cabinet
• zinariya: the gold

Questions & Answers about Zinariyar tana cikin kabad.

What does each part of Zinariyar tana cikin kabad mean?

A simple breakdown is:

• Zinariyar = the gold
• tana = it is / it is located
• cikin = inside / in
• kabad = cupboard / cabinet / wardrobe

So the structure is essentially:

• Zinariyar
  • tana
    • cikin kabad
• The gold
  • is
    • in the cupboard

Why is it zinariyar and not just zinariya?

Zinariya is the basic noun gold.

Zinariyar has an added feminine determined/definite ending -r, so here it means the gold rather than just gold in a general sense.

This is a very common thing in Hausa: nouns often change form when they are specific or definite.

Why does the sentence use tana? Does it mean is?

Yes, in this sentence tana works like is or is located.

Hausa does not always use a separate verb exactly like English . In location sentences, a form like is very common.