Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan.

Here, mo means you as the person being told to do the action.

So:

• Anyayahan mo ... = You invite ... / Invite ...
• kaibigan mo = your friend

That is why Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan does not automatically mean Invite your friend. If you want your friend, you would say:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan mo.

The first mo is the actor (you), and the second mo is possessive (your).

Ang marks the noun phrase that is being highlighted or focused in the sentence. In this command, it marks the person receiving the action of inviting:

• ang kaibigan = the friend / the friend being talked about

A useful beginner way to think about it is:

• ang marks the noun the sentence is centered on
• in this pattern, that noun is the one being invited

Also, ang is not exactly the same as English the. Sometimes ang kaibigan may be translated as the friend, but the exact English article depends on context.

Anyayahan is a verb form built from anyaya and used when the command is directed toward acting on the noun marked by ang.

In simple terms:

• anyaya is the base idea: invite / invitation
• anyayahan is the form used here for invite someone

This is a very common Filipino pattern. Compare:

• Basahin mo ang libro. = Read the book.
• Buksan mo ang pinto. = Open the door.
• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan. = Invite the friend.

So anyayahan is the form that fits the structure where ang kaibigan is the one receiving the action.

In Filipino, short pronouns like mo often go in second position in the sentence or clause.

So the normal order is:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan.

not usually:

• Mo anyayahan ang kaibigan.

This is very common in Filipino grammar. The verb often comes first, and clitic pronouns like mo, ko, ka, siya, etc. tend to come right after that first element.

Yes. Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan. is a command, meaning something like Invite the friend.

It sounds natural as an instruction or direct request to one person.

The command feeling comes from:

• the verb-first structure
• the use of mo for the person being addressed
• the context and intonation

So even though Filipino does not always use a special separate imperative form the way English sometimes seems to, this sentence clearly works as a command.

A simple approximation is:

ahn-yah-YAH-hahn

A few pronunciation notes:

• ny sounds like the ny in canyon
• each vowel is usually pronounced clearly
• the h is pronounced

So you can think of it as:

• a-nya-ya-han

Many speakers say it smoothly and naturally, so the middle syllables may flow together a bit in fast speech.

By itself, kaibigan is normally singular: friend.

So:

• ang kaibigan = the friend

If you want friends, use mga:

• ang mga kaibigan = the friends

Then the sentence would be:

• Anyayahan mo ang mga kaibigan. = Invite the friends.

Not literally by itself. kaibigan alone just means friend. It does not include your.

For your friend, you would normally say:

• ang kaibigan mo

So:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan mo. = Invite your friend.

That said, in real conversation, context sometimes makes ang kaibigan sound like the friend we both know, and an English translation might choose your friend if that is what the situation clearly means. But grammatically, your is not expressed unless mo is attached to kaibigan.

This is because the verb form anyayahan goes with an ang-marked noun for the one receiving the action.

So in this pattern:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan.

the invited person is marked with ang.

If you change the verb pattern, the marker may also change. This is part of the Filipino focus system, which often feels unfamiliar to English speakers. A helpful shortcut is:

• learn the verb form and noun marker together

For this sentence, the pattern is:

• Anyayahan mo ang + noun

Use ang because kaibigan is a common noun, not a personal name.

Compare:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan. = Invite the friend.
• Anyayahan mo si Maria. = Invite Maria.

So:

• ang is used for common nouns like kaibigan, guro, bata
• si is used for personal names and certain personal references

Yes, it is natural and correct.

Another very common everyday alternative is:

• Imbitahan mo ang kaibigan.

Both mean essentially the same thing:

• Anyayahan mo ang kaibigan.
• Imbitahan mo ang kaibigan.

Very roughly:

• anyaya sounds more natively Filipino
• imbitahan is also very common and comes from a borrowed word related to invite

So the sentence you have is perfectly normal, and learners should recognize it as standard Filipino.