Filipino Pronouns

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Filipino Pronouns

Learning the Filipino Pronouns 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 Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.

Filipino pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).

In Tagalog there are three sorts of pronouns, the ANG pronouns, the Ng (pronounced nang) pronouns and the Sa pronouns. The first group corresponds with the English pronouns I, you, he etc.

 

ANG is called a focus marker, it marks the subject, or the actor of a sentence, since he, she or it is in the focus of conversation.

Saan ka pupunta? Where are you going (used the same way as the English phrase “How are you?”)

Ako mabuti. I am fine.

 

NG pronounced nang is called the out of focus marker and it usually describes the object or the one or theme talked about.

Hindi ko alam. I don’t know

Nasaan aklatmo where is your book

 

Sa is a direction or place marker also it introduces the beneficiary of an action.

Nasa akin ang libro mo. Your book is with me.

Nakatira ako sa kanila. I am staying with the place.

Binili ko ang bulaklak para sa iyo. I bought flowers for you.

 

ANG Pronouns
I	Ako
you	ikaw/ka
he	siya
she	siya
we	kami [exclusive]/tayo [inclusive]
you	kayo
they	sila
NG Pronouns
my / mine	ko
your / yours	mo
his	niya
her / hers	niya
our / ours	namin [exclusive] / natin [inclusive]
your / yours	ninyo
their /theirs	nila
SA Pronouns
for me	sa akin
for you	sa iyo
for him	sa kanya
for her	sa kanya
for us	sa amin [exclusive] / sa atin [inclusive]
for you	sa inyo
for them	sa kanila

Here are some more examples:

English Pronouns	Filipino Pronouns
Pronouns	Pronouns
I	Ako
you	kayo
he	siya
she	siya
we	kami
they	sila
me	ako
you	kayo
him	sa kanya
her	kanya
us	kami
them	sa kanila
my	ko
your	iyong
his	ang kanyang
her	kanya
our	ang aming
their	ang kanilang
mine	minahan
yours	inyo
his	ang kanyang
hers	kanya
ours	atin
theirs	kanila

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

List of Pronouns in Filipino

Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Filipino placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.

English Pronouns	Filipino Pronouns
I speak	ginagamit ko
you speak	makipag-usap sa iyo
he speaks	siya nagsasalita
she speaks	siya nagsasalita
we speak	makipag-usap namin
they speak	makipag-usap sila
give me	bigyan ako
give you	magbigay sa iyo
give him	magbigay sa kanya
give her	magbigay sa kanya
give us	bigyan sa amin
give them	bigyan sila ng
my book	ang aking mga libro
your book	ang iyong mga libro
his book	ang kanyang mga libro
her book	kanyang libro
our book	ang aming mga libro
their book	kanilang mga libro

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