mas ~
more ~
mas maganda
more beautiful
mas matalino
smarter
Mas mahirap ako.
I am poorer.
Mas mayaman siya.
She/He is richer.
TAGALOG GRAMMAR
PALA-
As a prefix, pala- may connote something done habitually.
Tagalog Pronouns
NAG-
The Tagalog prefix nag- is used to verbalize nouns in the past tense. You can translate it as ‘did’ in most cases, but the meaning depends on the context.
This prefix is very useful because you can put it in front of English nouns. Filipinos do this all the time! That’s why when you hear them speaking Tagalog, there seems to be a lot of English words sprinkled in.
Nag-tennis ako.
I ‘did’ tennis.
(I played tennis.)
NINA
ni·ná
The Tagalog word nina is placed before names in certain contexts. The singular counterpart is ni.
bahay nina Mark at Lisa
house of Mark and Lisa
house of Mark and Lisa
ang guro nina Tom at Jim
the teacher of Tom and Jim
In Tagalog grammar, nina is called a “plural actor / possessive personal article.”
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TAGA
The word taga has multiple meanings in the Tagalog language.
NINYO
The word ninyó is what grammarians call a “genitive pronoun.”
It works like a plural version of mo (‘you’).
Talking to one person:
Anong ginagawa mo?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Talking to two or more persons:
Anong ginagawa ninyo?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
IPA
The word ipa has at least two different meanings in Tagalog.
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