May ingay ang makina.

to have

Breakdown of May ingay ang makina.

• ang: subject/topic marker
• makina: the engine
• ingay: the noise

Questions & Answers about May ingay ang makina.

What does may mean here?

In this sentence, may means has / there is / there are.

So May ingay ang makina is literally something like:

• The machine has noise
• or There is noise in/from the machine

It often sounds more natural in English as The machine is noisy or The machine is making a noise, depending on context.

In Filipino, may is very commonly used to show that something exists or that someone/something has something.

Examples:

• May pera ako. — I have money.
• May tao sa labas. — There is a person outside.

Why is the sentence not Ang makina may ingay?

Because normal Filipino sentence order is often predicate first.

In May ingay ang makina:

• May ingay = the predicate
• ang makina = the topic

So the structure is:

• Predicate + topic

This is very common in Filipino. English usually puts the subject first, but Filipino often does not.

Compare:

• Maganda ang bahay. — The house is beautiful.
• Malaki ang aso. — The dog is big.
• May ingay ang makina. — The machine has noise / is noisy.

So Ang makina may ingay sounds unnatural in standard Filipino.

What is ingay exactly? Is it an adjective or a noun?