Questions & Answers about Narito ang sako at guwantes.
Narito is a presentative word: it points out something that is here, near the speaker. In natural English, it often matches here is or here are.
It is commonly analyzed as na + rito, where rito means here. As a whole, though, narito is best learned as a fixed expression meaning here is/are.
Filipino often allows nonverbal sentences. In this sentence, narito already works as the predicate, so no extra verb like English is or are is needed.
A simple way to see the structure is:
- narito = predicate, here is/are
- ang sako at guwantes = the thing being presented
So the sentence is complete even without a separate verb.
Ang is a very common marker in Filipino. In this sentence, it marks the noun phrase being talked about or presented.
It is not exactly the same as English the, but in many simple sentences it often lines up with it in translation. A helpful beginner-level way to think of it is:
- ang marks the main noun phrase
- here, that noun phrase is sako at guwantes
So ang helps show that the sack and gloves are the things being pointed out.