Patuloy silang nagdiriwang.

Here, patuloy means continuing, continuously, or still going on. It adds the idea that the action of celebrating is not stopping.

So the sentence is not just about celebrating, but about continuing to celebrate.

Filipino often puts the predicate or the most important descriptive part first. Starting with patuloy highlights the idea of continuation right away.

So instead of sounding like a word-for-word English order, Filipino naturally says:

Patuloy silang nagdiriwang
rather than putting they first.

This fronting is very normal in Filipino.

Silang is sila plus the linker -ng.

• sila = they
• -ng = a linker that connects words smoothly

In this sentence, the linker connects sila to the following phrase nagdiriwang.

So silang nagdiriwang is a natural linked phrase, while sila nagdiriwang would sound incomplete or ungrammatical in standard Filipino.

Nagdiriwang is the ongoing/imperfective form of the verb magdiwang, which means to celebrate.

So nagdiriwang means something like:

• is celebrating
• are celebrating
• celebrating in an ongoing sense

A key point for English speakers: Filipino verbs usually show aspect more than strict tense. Here the form shows that the action is in progress or continuing.

No. Filipino verbs do not change for person or number the way English verbs sometimes do.

So the same verb form can be used with different subjects:

• Ako ay nagdiriwang = I am celebrating
• Siya ay nagdiriwang = He/She is celebrating
• Sila ay nagdiriwang = They are celebrating

The verb stays the same; the subject tells you who is doing the action.

Because Filipino does not need an auxiliary verb like English am / is / are in this kind of sentence.

English says:

• They are celebrating

Filipino can express that directly with the verb:

• Nagdiriwang sila

Then patuloy adds the idea of continuation:

• Patuloy silang nagdiriwang

So there is no missing word; the sentence is already complete in natural Filipino.

It can suggest any of those, depending on context.

The core idea is: the celebrating is ongoing.

Possible natural English renderings include:

• They continue to celebrate.
• They are still celebrating.
• They are continuously celebrating.

The exact best translation depends on the situation, but all of them reflect the sense of patuloy plus nagdiriwang.

Not in the same way that nagdiriwang is a verb. In this sentence, patuloy works more like a continuation marker or adverb-like predicate, expressing that the action keeps going.

The main action is still in nagdiriwang = celebrating.

So a simple way to understand the structure is:

• patuloy = continuing / still
• silang = they
• nagdiriwang = celebrating

Not really. A word-for-word translation would sound unnatural in English.

It is better to translate by meaning, not by matching each word mechanically.

Natural English translations would be:

• They continue celebrating
• They are still celebrating
• They keep celebrating

That is the best way to capture how the Filipino sentence works.