Word
Kita tayo sa istasyon ng alas siyete.
Meaning
See you at the station at seven o'clock.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Kita tayo sa istasyon ng alas siyete.
What does each word correspond to in English?
- Kita (magkita): to meet/see each other (colloquial omission of the prefix mag-).
- tayo: we/us (inclusive of the listener) — effectively “let’s.”
- sa: at/in/to (locative marker).
- istasyon: station.
- ng: at (used as a time marker here).
- alas siyete: seven o’clock.
So the structure is “Let’s meet at the station at seven.”
Why is it just kita tayo and not magkita tayo?
In casual speech, Filipinos often drop the mag- and say kita tayo, which is understood as an invitation (“let’s meet”). The fully formed version is Magkita tayo. Both are correct; magkita is just more explicit/formal.
Is kita here the same kita as in Mahal kita (“I love you”)?
No. There are two different kita forms:
- In kita tayo, kita is the verb root meaning “see each other/meet” (from magkita).
- In Mahal kita, kita is a special pronoun meaning “you (object)” combined with “me” as the actor (“I [love] you”). So it’s a pronoun there, not the verb root.