Person’s name marker

subject pronoun
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lesson 1
Si (Singular) + person’s name
Si Peter Si Anna

Siná (Plural) + 2 or more people’s

name
Siná Peter at Anna** **at - and
(conjunction)
 Subject pronouns
táyo [including the listener] we
akó I kamí [excluding the listener] we
ikáw (ká) you kayó you
siyá [syá] he,she silá they
Subject pronoun + si/sina +
name(/s)
Akó si Louie.
I am Louie.

Siyá si Anna.
She is Anna.
Subject pronoun + si/sina +
name(/s)
Silá siná Patrick at
Peter.
They’re Patrick and Peter.

Kayó siná José at

Alan.
You’re Jose and Alan.
táyo [including the listener]
kamí [excluding the listener]
táyo [including the listener]
kamí [excluding the listener]
me friends
you
tayo
you

kami
Síno (Singular) + Subject Pronoun
Sino ikaw? (ka?)
Who are you?

Sínu-Síno (Plural) + Subject Pronoun

Sinu-sino sila?
Who are they?
Sino ka? Ako si Ray.
Who are you? I’m Ray.
Sino sya? Sya si
Who’s she? Jenny.
She’s Jenny.
Sinu-sino Sila sina
Tom, Jason
sila? at Maureen.
Who are they? They’re Tom, Jason
and Maureen.
Wrap up
Words:
ako, ikaw, siya, tayo, kami, kayo, sila, si, sina, sino,
sinu-sino, at

Sentence Patterns:
Subject Pronoun+ Si/Sina + Person’s Name
Sino/Sinu-Sino + Subject Pronoun
 focus marker
Intro to word order
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lesson 2
FOCUS MARKERS
•Si/Sina (Person’s Name)
Predicate + Subject

focus/topic
pronoun + si/sina + name of people
(pronoun + be + name of people)

Akó si Louie.
I Louie
noun + si/sina + name of people
(noun + be + name of people)

Doktór si Louie.
Doctor Louie
adjective + si/sina + name of people
(name of people + be + adjective)

Matangkád si Louie.
tall Louie
verb + si/sina + name of people
(name of people + verb)

Naglalákad si Louie.
walking Louie
FOCUS MARKERS
•Ang/Ang mga (Nouns except names
of people)
noun+ ang/ang mga + noun
(noun+ be + noun)

Doktór ang laláki.

Doctor man/boy
si Louie.
Louie
Doktór ang mga laláki.
Doctor men/boys
adjective + ang/ang mga + noun
(noun+ be + adjective)

Matangkád ang báta.

tall child
si Louie.
Louie
verb + ang/ang mga + noun
(noun + verb)

Naglalákad ang báta.

walking child
si Louie.
Louie
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pronoun + ang/ang mga + noun
(pronoun + be + noun)

Akó ang doktor.

I doctor.
(the one who is the)
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Who is THE doctor?

Ako ang doctor.
(I am the one who is the doctor.)
noun + pronoun
(pronoun + be + noun)

Doktor akó.
Doctor I
(I am a doctor.)
adjective + pronoun
(pronoun + be + adjective)

Magánda siyá.
beautiful she
 verb + pronoun
(pronoun + verb)

Naglalákad siyá.
walking he/she
The End
adjective + si/sina + name of people
(name of people + be + adjective)

Matangkád si Louie.
tall Louie
Adjective + Subject Pronoun
Maganda ako.
I’m beautiful.
Matangkad siya.
He/She’s Tall.
Adjective + Subject Pronoun
magandá beautiful
gwápo handsome
pángit ugly
matangkád tall
pandák short
malakí big
maliít small
WORD ORDER
I. Common Word Order
Verb + OBJECT MARKER+ Object + FOCUS MARKER + Subject
Verb + FOCUS MARKER + Subject +OBJECT MARKER+ Object

II. Uncommon Word Order

FOCUS MARKER +Subject + “ay” + Verb+ OBJECT MARKER+
Object
 Adjective + Si/Sina + Name
Maganda ako. Maganda si Elsa.
I’m beautiful. Elsa is beautiful.

Matangkad siya. Matangkad sina Peter at Alan.

He/She’s Tall. Peter and Alan are tall.
 Note: Some adjectives can be made plural. But is
optional.
Ma- Adjectives ma+ repetition of
next syllable
Maganda  Magaganda
Maliit  Maliliit
Matatangkad sina Peter at Alan.
Peter and Alan are tall.
Common Word Order  Uncommon Word Order

Adjective + Pronoun Pronoun + ay + adjective

Maganda ako.  Ako ay maganda.

Inversion Marker
Common Word Order  Uncommon Word Order

Adjective + Marker + Name Marker + Name + ay + adjective

Maganda si Elsa. Si Elsa ay maganda.

Inversion Marker
FOCUS MARKER
•Si/Sina (Person’s Name)
•Ang (Nouns except names of people)
Adjective + Focus Marker + Subject
Maganda ang babae.
The girl is beautiful.
Adjective + Focus Marker + Subject
Matangkad ang bata.
The child is tall.
Common Word Order  Uncommon Word Order

Adjective + Marker + Subject Marker + Subject+ ay + adjective

Matangkad ang bata. Ang bata ay matangkad.

Inversion Marker
Recap

Matangkad siya.  Siya ay matangkad.

Matangkad si Peter. Si Peter ay matangkad.
Matangkad ang bata.  Ang bata ay matangkad.
 focus marker
word order
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Review 1
 doctor= doktór

Louie is a
Doktor
doctor.si Louie.
 girl/woman= bábae
beautiful=magandá

The woman is
beautiful.
Maganda ang babae.
 hungry= gutóm
they= silá

They are hungry.

Gutom sila.
 eating= kumakáin
we= kamí

We are eating.
Kumakain kami.
 Vocabulary
bábae girl (general)
lálaki boy (general)
báta child
matandá adult/elderly