Tagalog markers

Question 1

Ang

Answer 1

Noun marker, marking the subject noun in a noun phrase.

Question 2

isa

Answer 2

1 [number] one
2 [article] the indefinite article “a/an”

Question 3

ng

Answer 3

[article] a * an * of *for * by * some * with *
to * [grammar] ending ligature that can be used to join two words together (-ng)

Question 4

sa

Answer 4

[preposition] in * to * at * on * for * with * of *
from * by * next * into * toward * upon *
through * onto * by means of

Question 5

na

Answer 5

1 [enclitic] already
2 [enclitic] now * as of now * by now
3 [enclitic] any more * anyway
4 [grammar] grammatically, a word that can be used to connect two words, known as a “ligature” or “linker”;
5 that

Question 6

si

Answer 6

[grammar / ang form] a word placed before a proper noun (singular)

Question 7

sina

Answer 7

[grammar / ang form] a word placed before proper nouns (plural).
* this is the plural version of the word “si”.

Question 8

ni

Answer 8

1 [grammar / ng form] a word placed before a proper noun
2 [preposition] of * by
3 [conjunction] not even * neither * nor

Question 9

nina

Answer 9

[prep] of; possessive particle, used only with personal names; objective marker for personal names, objective form of si; functional equivalent of ng

Question 10

ito

Answer 10

1 [demonstrative ang pronoun] this * it * these * this one
2 [demonstrative ang pronoun] he / she / them

Question 11

nito

Answer 11

[demonstrative ng pronoun] this * its * of this * these * of these * of it * by this *
because of this

Question 12

dito

Answer 12

[demonstrative sa pronoun] here *
this (thing here)

Question 13

yan (iyan)

Answer 13

[demonstrative ang pronoun] that (near person spoken to); those

Question 14

yun (iyon)

Answer 14

[pronoun] that (far from speaker and person spoken to); it *
* less formal version of the word “iyon”

Question 15

yung

Answer 15

[article] the (colloquial); that *
* informal spelling for “ang” or “iyon”+linker