Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari.

Both can relate to listen, but they are structured differently.

• Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari. focuses on the specific thing being listened to: the owner’s voice.
• Makinig ka sa tinig ng may-ari. is another natural way to say something similar, but it uses sa instead of making the voice the ang-marked phrase.

A simple way to think about it:

• makinig = to listen
• pakinggan = to listen to something / hear something out

So pakinggan is a very natural choice when a specific object of listening is named.

Here, mo means you.

In this sentence, it marks the person being told to do the action. So it is not possessive here.

Compare:

• Pakinggan mo... = You listen to...
• boses mo = your voice

So mo can mean you or your depending on the structure, and in this sentence it means you.

Filipino often puts the verb first, and short pronouns like mo tend to come right after the first word or main element of the sentence.

So:

• Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari.

is the normal order.

This is very common in Filipino:

• Basahin mo ito.
• Tingnan mo iyon.
• Sabihin mo sa akin.

An English speaker may expect You listen to..., but Filipino usually starts with the verb in this kind of sentence.

Ang marks the noun phrase that is being highlighted by the verb structure.

In this sentence, ang tinig ng may-ari is the thing being listened to. Because the verb is pakinggan, the phrase marked by ang is the target of the action.

So:

• ang tinig ng may-ari = the owner’s voice

For learners, a useful shortcut is:

• ang often marks the main noun phrase in the sentence
• here, it is the thing the listener should listen to

Here, ng means of.

So:

• tinig ng may-ari = voice of the owner
• more naturally in English: the owner’s voice

This ng shows possession or relationship between two nouns.

Compare:

• bahay ng guro = the teacher’s house
• kotse ng kapitbahay = the neighbor’s car
• tinig ng may-ari = the owner’s voice

So in this sentence, ng is not marking the actor of the verb. It is simply linking voice and owner.

May-ari means owner.

It is a fixed compound word, and that is why it is commonly written with a hyphen. You should learn it as one vocabulary item: may-ari.

You will see it in many everyday contexts:

• may-ari ng bahay = owner of the house
• may-ari ng aso = owner of the dog
• may-ari ng kumpanya = owner of the company

So in your sentence, ng may-ari means of the owner.

They are close, but not always identical in feel.

• boses is the everyday word for voice
• tinig can sound a bit more formal, literary, or expressive, depending on context

In many situations, they can both work:

• Pakinggan mo ang boses ng may-ari.
• Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari.

But tinig may feel slightly more elegant or poetic than boses.

Yes, that is also grammatical and natural.

The difference is mainly in structure:

• Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari.
• Makinig ka sa tinig ng may-ari.

The first uses pakinggan and directly highlights ang tinig as the thing being listened to.

The second uses makinig plus sa, which is another common way to express listen to.

Both can work, but the sentence you were given is built around pakinggan, so it uses ang tinig rather than sa tinig.

A more polite version would usually use po and a polite/plural pronoun such as ninyo or n’yo.

For example:

• Pakinggan po ninyo ang tinig ng may-ari.
• Pakinggan po n’yo ang tinig ng may-ari.

This is what you would say to:

• an older person
• someone you want to address respectfully
• more than one person

So mo is casual singular, while ninyo / n’yo is polite or plural.

You would normally say:

• Huwag mong pakinggan ang tinig ng may-ari.

A few things happen here:

• huwag = don’t
• mo changes to mong before the verb
• pakinggan stays as the main verb

So:

• Pakinggan mo... = Listen...
• Huwag mong pakinggan... = Don’t listen...

This mong form is very common after huwag.

As written, it is singular and informal because of mo.

If you are talking to:

• one person casually: mo
• one person respectfully, or several people: ninyo / n’yo

So:

• Pakinggan mo ang tinig ng may-ari. = singular, casual
• Pakinggan po ninyo ang tinig ng may-ari. = polite or plural

This is an important distinction in Filipino, especially in everyday speech.