Anyayahan ang kaibigan at magdiwang sa handaan.

It is an imperative sentence, meaning it gives a command or instruction.

• Anyayahan = Invite
• magdiwang = celebrate

So the whole sentence tells someone to do two actions: invite a friend and celebrate at the feast or party.

It is understood, not stated.

In Filipino, commands often leave out the subject, just like in English:

• Invite the friend.
• Celebrate at the feast.

English also leaves out you in commands, and Filipino does the same here.

This is a very common learner question because ang does not always mean the doer of the action.

In this sentence, ang kaibigan is the person being invited, not the one doing the inviting. With verbs like anyayahan, the noun marked by ang is the one the action is directed toward.

So:

• Anyayahan ang kaibigan = Invite the friend / a friend

The understood doer is still you.

Anyayahan means invite someone or, in this sentence, invite!

It comes from the base word anyaya, which is related to inviting or an invitation. The ending -han helps form a verb that directs the action toward someone.

So here, anyayahan ang kaibigan means invite the friend.

Because they are built from different verb patterns.

• anyayahan uses an -han form
• magdiwang uses the mag- form

Filipino often changes verb affixes depending on how the action is being presented. In this sentence:

• anyayahan focuses on the person being invited
• magdiwang presents the action of celebrating more directly as something the listener should do

So even though both are commands, they do not need to look the same.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Filipino does not have exact equivalents of English a and the in the same way. So ang kaibigan could be understood as:

• the friend
• a friend

The situation usually makes the meaning clear.

Because kaibigan is singular here.

If you wanted to say friends, you would use mga:

• ang kaibigan = the friend / a friend
• ang mga kaibigan = the friends / friends

So this sentence is talking about one friend.

At means and.

It connects the two actions:

• Anyayahan ang kaibigan
• magdiwang sa handaan

So the sentence tells the listener to do both things.

Sa handaan means at the feast, at the banquet, or at the party, depending on context.

• sa is a very common marker that can mean at, in, or to
• handaan is the event or place of celebration

In this sentence, sa is best understood as at, because it tells where the celebrating happens.

Handaan usually refers to a feast, banquet, or party with food.

It often suggests a celebratory gathering where food is an important part of the event. So it is not just any random party; it often has the feeling of a prepared spread or festive meal.

Yes.

Handa is connected with the idea of preparing or something prepared. From that, handaan developed the meaning of a feast or party spread—basically, a prepared celebration, often with food.

This is a useful word-family connection to remember:

• handa = prepare / prepared
• handaan = feast, banquet, party spread

Yes. It is very normal for Filipino.

Filipino often starts clauses with the verb, especially in everyday sentences and commands:

• Anyayahan ang kaibigan
• Magdiwang sa handaan

That verb-first order is one of the basic patterns learners get used to in Filipino.

Yes, it sounds natural, especially in a written, promotional, or instructive style.

It could fit something like:

• an invitation
• an event poster
• a celebratory message
• a festive instruction

In casual speech, a speaker might also add words for tone or clarity, such as mo or tayo, but the sentence as given is perfectly understandable and natural.