Go Filipino - 16. Let's Talk About Relations (Pronouns, Part 2)
A pseudo breakdown transcript of the podcast Go Filipino Lesson 16 by Kris Andres. For more information about Kris and his podcast check out his Patreon!
This episode brought to you today by the Tagalog word Palakasan
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Palakasan
- Sport, an athletic event that requires skill and physical strength.
lakas
- Root Word
Relational Pronouns
These pronouns are used to replace the nouns or noun phrases that are introduced by the markers: ng, ni, and nina. In contrast to the focus pronouns, relational pronouns are not the focus in a tagalog sentence. In an English sentence, the focus is always on the subject. Usually the one that is performing the verb. But in a tagalog sentence, the focus can either be the subject, the direct object, or the beneficiary depending on the markers that are being used.
Non focus relational pronouns
Ko
ko
- My, of mine
- Singular first person relational pronoun.
kotse ko yan
- That is my car
kotse
- carko
- my- Always comes after the noun to signify possession
'yan
- that - The focus of this sentence
binilhan ko siya ng pantalon
- I bought him/her a pair of jeans
binilhan
- bought for someone elseko
- I (not focus)siya
- him/her (is focus)ng
- object markerpantalon
- pants
Mo
mo
- your, or of yours
- Singular second person relational pronoun
maganda ang bahay mo
- Your house is beautiful
maganda
- beautifulganda
- root word - beauty
ang
- Object Markerbahay
- housemo
- your
nalimutan mo ang susi
- You forgot the key
nalimutan
- forgotmo
- you (not focus of sentence)ang
- Focus object markersusi
- key
Niya
niya
- his/her, of his/her
- Singular third person relational pronoun. It functions like ko/mo.
Maamo ng aso niya
- His/her dog is well behaved.
maamo
- Tamed or well behaved- Only used for animals
ang
- Focus object markeraso
- dogniya
- his/her
nakain yang tanghalian
- He/she ate the lunch
nakain
- Ateniya
- he/sheang
- focus object markertanghalian
- lunchtanghali
- Root word - afternoon time
Namin
namin
- Our, not including you
Exclusive first person plural relational pronoun
nabayaran ang utang namin
- Our debt has been paid
nabayaran
- Paidang
- focus markerutang
- debtnamin
- Our, not including you
dinalaw namin sila
- We (except you) visited them
dinalaw
- visitednamin
- we (except you) non focus actorssila
- they/them (focus)
Natin
natin
- Our, including you
- Inclusive first person plural relational pronoun. Much like namin, this also acts as a posession marker.
Nagisin ang pusa natin
- Our cat woke up
Nagising
- Wokeang
- focus markerpusa
- Catnatin
- our (including you)
Linising natin ang kapaligiran
- Let's clean the surroundings
Linising
- Cleaning
natin
- Lets, us/we.
ang
- focus marker
kapaligiran
- Surroundings
Ninyo
ninyo
- Your, in plural form.
- Second person plural relational pronoun. The plural form of you/your.
Dumating ang mga order ninyo
- Your orders have arrived
Dumating
- Arrivedang
- Focus markermga
- plural indicatororder
- Order (english)ninyo
- your (in plural form)
buhatin ninyo ang kama
- Lift the bed. (But addressing more than one person)
Buhatin
- Liftninyo
- you (all), you in plural formang
- focus markerkama
- bed
Nila
Nila
- Their/they as non focus actors.
- Third person plural relational pronoun.
Magtanim kayo sa bukid nila
- Plant in their farm. (addressed to multiple people)
Magtanim
- Plant (verb)kayo
- You all (focus of sentence)sa
- Location markerbukid
- Farmnila
- Their- Not my farm, not your farm, their farm.
Sinunod nila ang mga otos ko
- They followed my command
Sinunod
- Followednila
- Theyang
- Focus markermga
- Plural indicatorotos
- commandko
- my
Demonstrative Relational Pronouns
Nito
Nito
- Of this, it, them
- When used, this object/noun being talked about should be near the speaker.
dahil murang damit, bumili ako nito
- Because the dress is cheap, I bought it.
dahil
- Becausemura
- Cheap- Has mutliple meanings though, in this context it means cheap.
ang
- Focus Markerdamit
- Dress/shirt/Clothingbumili
- Boughtako
- Inito
- This
Niyan
Niyan
- Of that, it, them
- When used, the object/noun being talked about is far from the speaker, but near the recipient.
Mahilig ka sa itlog, kayat nagluluto ako niyan
- You like eggs, so I cooked that.
Mahilig
- Something you are interested in, or likeka
- You - focus of this clausesa
- Direction markeritlog
- eggkayat
- So, that's why, hencenagluluto
- cookedako
- Iniyan
- that
Niyon
Niyon
- Of that, it, there
- When used, the object/noun being talked about is far from both the speaker and recipient
Palabas na ang pelikula. Manonood ka ba niyon?
- THe movie is now showing, are you going to watch it?
palabas
- A show, as a TV show or movie. In this context thought it stand for a showing in verb form.na
- This partical emphasises 'nowness'. So now.ang
- Focus markerpelikula
- Moviemanonood
- To watchka
- Youba
- Question markerniyon
- It, not close to either of us.
Outro
Tagalog Proverb
Ang magnanakaw ay galit sa kapwa magnanakaw.
- A theif hates a fellow theif. You are who you hate. You despise who or what reminds of you of own wrong doings.