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15 Cards in this Set
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The Ang markers are... |
Si, ang, sina and ang mga. |
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singular for personal names... for all others... |
Si ang (yung) |
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plural for personal names... for all others... |
sina ang mga (yung mga) |
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Note: |
1. Personal names are names that refer to specific persons, animals, cartoon characters or anything with a personality.2. Yung is often used in conversation. Iyong is also sometimes used as an alternative to ang. |
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Uses of Tagalog Ang Markers |
1. Marking the POD of a sentence. 2. Marking the News, if it refers to a particular person or thing. |
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The Ng markers are... |
Ni, ng, nina and ng mga. |
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singular for personal names... for all others... |
ni ng (nung) |
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singular for personal names... for all others... |
ni ng (nung) |
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plural for personal names... for all others... |
nina ng mga (nung mga) |
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Note: |
Nung is often used in conversation. Niyong and nyung are also sometimes used as alternatives to ng. |
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Common Uses of Tagalog Ng Markers |
1. Showing possession or belonging (“of”).(Hal: bag ng babae > a/the woman’s bag | bag ni Mary > Mary’s bag | apartment nina Alfred at Mary > Alfred and Mary’s apartment) 2. Expressing various kinds of specification (“of”). (Hal: grupo ng babe > group of women)
3. Only for ng and ng mga: Marking the non-POD object of an action. A non-POD object is an object that is part of the News instead of the POD. The non-POD object is often indefinite (“a/an/some” + noun). (Hal: Kumain ng mangga ang babae. > The woman ate a mango.) To make the non-POD doer unambiguously indefinite, isang may be added.
5. Only for ng: Indicating direction. In some cases, ng may be used to indicate direction. This direction should be a place (not a movable object or person). (Hal: Pumunta ng school ang babae. > The woman went to school. |
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The Sa markers are... |
The Sa markers are kay, sa, kina and sa mga. |
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singular for personal names... for all others... |
kaysa |
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plural for personal names... for all others... |
kina sa mga |
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Common Uses of Tagalog Sa Markers |
1. Showing possession or belonging (“‘s”). (Hal: Kay Ralph ang bag. > The bag is Ralph’s. | Sa bata’ ang bag. > The bag belongs to the child.)
2. Indicating location or direction (“in, on, at, into, onto, to, towards, from, through etc.”). (Hal: Kumain sa school ang babae. > The woman ate at school.) 3. Marking the non-POD “direction” of an action. The direction of an action is the person or thing, for which or in whose direction the action is performed. A non-POD direction is a direction that is part of the News instead of the POD. The non-POD direction may be definite or indefinite. (Hal: Sumulat kay Mary ang babae. > The woman wrote (to) Mary. | Nagtanong sa doktor ang babae. > The woman asked a/the doctor.) |
