Hintayin natin ang pamilya sa bahay mamaya.

the family

Breakdown of Hintayin natin ang pamilya sa bahay mamaya.

• mamaya: later
• bahay: home
• sa: at

Questions & Answers about Hintayin natin ang pamilya sa bahay mamaya.

What’s the difference between hintayin and maghintay here?

• hintayin is patient-focus (object-focus): “to wait for [someone/something].” The thing waited for is the ang-marked subject (here: ang pamilya), and the doer is in genitive form (here: natin).
• maghintay is actor-focus: “to wait.” The doer is the ang-marked subject (e.g., tayo), and the thing waited for, if mentioned, is usually ng-marked. Examples:
• Hintayin natin ang pamilya. Let’s wait for the family. (Patient-focus; highlights the family.)
• Maghintay tayo ng pamilya. Let’s wait for a/the family. (Actor-focus; can sound less specific and can be ambiguous near a location phrase like sa bahay.)

Is hintayin a command, or does it mean future tense?

In this sentence, hintayin functions as a hortative/imperative: “Let’s wait for…”. If you want plain future, use the contemplated aspect:

• Completed: Hinintay natin ang pamilya. We waited for the family.
• Ongoing: Hinihintay natin ang pamilya. We are waiting for the family.
• Contemplated (future): Hihintayin natin ang pamilya. We will wait for the family.
• Imperative/hortative: Hintayin natin ang pamilya. Let’s wait for the family.

Why is it natin and not tayo or namin?