hausa grammer

dansudan

Hausa marks verb tenses with different sets of subject pronouns rather than marking changes in the verbs themselves. There are therefore separate sets of subject pronouns for all the Hausa verb tenses. Examples here illustrate the third person singular subject pronoun for each "tense". Click the highlighted links to see the full pronoun paradigms

Completive
Sun sha shayi. ________________'They drank tea

Relative Completive
Shayi suka sha. ____________'It tea that they drank

Negative Completive
Ba su sha shayi ba. __________ 'They didn't drink tea

Continuative
Suna shan shayi. ___________ 'They are drinking tea
Relative Continuative
Shayi suke sha. _______'It is tea that they are drinking

Negative Continuative I
Ba sa shan shayi. ___________'They aren't drinking tea
Negative Continuative II
Ba su da mota. ______________'They don't have a car
Future
Za su sha shayi. _______________'They will drink tea

Subjunctive
Su sha shayi. _______________'They should drink tea

"Indefinite" Future
Sa sha shayi. ____________'They will surely drank tea
Habitual
Sukan sha shayi. _________________'They drink tea