Filipino Articles

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Filipino Articles

Learning the Filipino Articles is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Filipino language. But first we need to know what the role of Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.

Filipino articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".

In Tagalog the is usually translated with ang and the indefinite article a with ng. However Tagalog uses an entirely different approach, ang is called a focus marker, ng a out of focus marker. The noun in focus is the noun which is talked about. For example Ang bahay ng lalaki maganda, The house of the man is beautiful. Beatiful is a description of the house, not of the man, since ang puts the house in focus. Here are some examples:

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Filipino has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tagalog.

List of Articles in Filipino

Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Filipino. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.

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