May saksakan at metro.

May is used to say that something exists or is present. In English, it often corresponds to there is, there are, or sometimes has, depending on the context.

So May saksakan at metro means that an outlet and a meter are present.

In this kind of Filipino sentence, you do not need a separate verb like English is or are. The word may already does the job of expressing existence.

So the sentence is complete as it is:

• May saksakan at metro.
• literally: There exists an outlet and a meter.

Here, saksakan means electrical outlet or socket.

It comes from the root saksak, which has the idea of sticking in or inserting, plus -an, a common ending that can refer to a place or thing associated with the action. So saksakan is basically the place where you insert a plug.

At means and.

It is the normal, standard way to join two nouns:

• saksakan at metro = an outlet and a meter

In casual speech, you may also hear tsaka or at saka, but at is the straightforward written form.

Metro can have more than one meaning in Filipino, depending on context. It can refer to:

• meter
• metro/subway
• something related to a metropolitan area

In this sentence, it has the meaning already given in your translation. The word itself is a loanword, so context is what tells you which meaning is intended.

Filipino does not use articles the same way English does. After may, it is very normal to use a bare noun with no separate word for a/an.

So:

• May saksakan = There is an outlet

If you want to emphasize one, you can say:

• May isang saksakan = There is one outlet

Using the is handled differently in Filipino and would not normally be done here with may.

Yes. In everyday speech, meron or merong is very common and often close in meaning to may.

So these are both natural:

• May saksakan at metro.
• Merong saksakan at metro.

A useful rule for learners is:

• may is the clean, standard form before a noun
• meron/merong is very common in conversation

It contains two singular nouns joined by at:

• saksakan = outlet
• metro = meter

So the whole sentence refers to two things, but each noun itself is singular. Filipino does not have to mark this the same way English does.

That is why the sentence can naturally correspond to English There is an outlet and a meter or There are an outlet and a meter, though the first is the more natural translation style.

Yes, depending on context.

A sentence with may can often be understood as simple existence, but if a location or owner is understood, English may translate it with has.

For example:

• May saksakan at metro ang kuwarto. = The room has an outlet and a meter.

Without that extra part, May saksakan at metro just states that those things are present.

A rough pronunciation is:

may sahk-SAH-kahn aht MEH-troh

A few notes:

• may sounds like English my
• saksakan has the stress on SAH
• at is pronounced like aht
• metro is pronounced MEH-tro, with a light Filipino r