How to use demonstrative pronouns in Tagalog

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Tagalog

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Tagalog? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Tagalog lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Tagalog demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'ito' in Tagalog.

Examples

ang lamesang ito
this table
ang babaeng ito
this woman
ang pintuang ito
this door
ang silyang ito
this chair
ang bahay na ito
this house
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About Tagalog

Tagalog belongs to the Austronesian language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Tagalog would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Tagalog

Learn to get by in Tagalog with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Tagalog greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

May ibon dito.
There is a bird here.
Mayroong tubig dito.
There is water here.
Mayroong aso dito.
There is a dog here.
Mayroong pusa dito.
There is a cat here.
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Step 6 : Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns aklat, upuan and bukasan (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Tagalog demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Tagalog demonstrative pronouns with the nouns aklat, upuan and bukasan and the plural nouns mga aklat, mga upuan and mga pinto you can move on to Step 7 (Tagalog adjectives).

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