Easy Tagalog. Joi Barrios
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Playing with Muning
Melissa is looking for Sarah and their cat, Muning.
Study the following sentences using demonstrative pronouns and adjectives (here, there) in Tagalog.
| narito | here |
| Narito ako | Here + I. I am here. |
| Narito ako sa sala. | Here + I + in + living room.I am here in the living room. |
| Narito siya. | She/he is here. |
| dito/rito | here |
| naglalaro | playing |
| Dito kami naglalaro. | Here + we + playing. We are playing here. |
MELISSA : Nasaan ka, Sarah? Where are you, Sarah?
SARAH : Narito ako sa sala, Melissa. I am here in the living room, Melissa.
MELISSA : Nasaan si Muning? Where is Muning?
SARAH : Narito siya. Dito kami naglalaro. She is here. We are playing here.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Let us study the equivalents of demonstrative pronouns that indicate location—here, there, and over there.
| dito/rito/nandito/narito | here |
| diyan/riyan/nandiyan/nariyan | there |
| doon/roon/nandoon/naroon | over there |
Dito and rito have exactly the same meaning and are interchangeable in spoken Tagalog. In the indigenous writing system, baybayin, the/d/and/r/sounds shared the same symbol and were interchangeable. Thus, diyan and riyan, doon and roon, nandito and narito, nandiyan and nariyan and nandoon and naroon are interchangeable in spoken Tagalog.
In written Tagalog, we use dito, diyan, and doon when the preceding word ends with a consonant; and rito, riyan, and roon when the preceding word ends with a vowel. For example, in the sentences below, dito is used after “Muning,” while rito is used after ka.
| Naglalaro si Muning dito. | Muning is playing here. |
| Naglalaro ka rito. | You are playing here. |
In addition, the latest spelling and editing guidelines for written Tagalog published by the University of the Philippines Center for the Filipino Language (2008) specify that because the affix na- ends with a vowel, in contracted forms we should use rito and roon, and not dito and doon.
| na + dito = narito |
| na + doon = naroon |
Study the following sentences.
| Narito ako. | I am here. |
| Nariyan si Muning sa kusina. | Muning is there in the kitchen. |
| Naroon ang bag ko sa kuwarto. | My bag is there in the room. |
As you can see, nandito/narito, nandiyan/nariyan, nandiyan/nariyan are equivalent to saying is here, is there, or is over there. None of these sentences use the be-verb (or even have a verb at all). However, these locational adverbs help supply the meaning of “be” in these sentences.
Now compare the sentences above with the following sentences.
| Nag-aaral ako rito sa Maynila. | I study here in Manila. |
| Diyan ako nakatira. | I live there. |
| Magtatrabaho ako roon sa New York. | I will work over there in NewYork. |
In these sentences, rito, diyan and roon, are used to mean here, there, over there in sentences with verbs.
See if you can answer the following questions. Notice that for saan questions, you need to answer using dito/rito, doon/roon, and diyan/riyan. For nasaan questions, answer with narito, nariyan, or naroon.
1. Question: Nasaan ka? Where are you?
Answer: Narito ako. I am here.
2. Question: Nasaan ang bahay mo? Where is your house?
Answer:_____________ ang bahay ko sa. Los Angeles.
3. Question: Saan ka nag-aaral? Where do you study?
Answer: Nag-aaral ako ___________ sa. UCLA.
4. Question: Saan ka magtatrabaho? Where will you work?
Answer:____________________________________________________.
SUMMING UP
Let us review what you have just learned in this chapter.
Talk/write about the people or objects in your house and where they are. Practice using words for rooms of a house.
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CHAPTER 6
Do you have a pen?
May bolpen ka ba?
In this chapter, we will learn words for common objects, adjectives including colors, as well as review and expand the use of possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and the question words alin (which) and kanino (whose).
Asking for a Pen
In this dialogue, Mr. Tolentino and Ralph are in the conference room. Mr. Tolentino forgot his pen in his office and would like to borrow Ralph’s pen. Note that Ralph uses honorifics or polite words such as ho and oho.
Prepare by studying