Dalhin mo ang kutsara, tinidor, at plato sa lamesa.

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Breakdown of Dalhin mo ang kutsara, tinidor, at plato sa lamesa.

• mo: you
• lamesa: the table
• sa: to

Questions & Answers about Dalhin mo ang kutsara, tinidor, at plato sa lamesa.

Why is it Dalhin mo and not Magdala ka?

Filipino distinguishes focus/voice.

• Dalhin mo is patient-focus (object-focus): the things are the focus (marked by ang), and the doer is expressed by the genitive pronoun mo.
• Magdala ka is actor-focus: the doer (ka) is the subject, and the thing is usually an ng-phrase and often indefinite.

Compare:

• Dalhin mo ang plato. (Bring that specific plate.)
• Magdala ka ng plato. (Bring a/any plate.)

What does the -hin in dalhin do?

-hin is a variant of the -in suffix that forms patient-focus verbs, typically used with vowel-final roots and inserting an h. Root dala + -in → dalhin “to bring something.” Other examples:

• basa → basahin “to read something”
• luto → lutuin “to cook something”

Why is it mo and not ka?

With patient-focus verbs like dalhin, the actor/doer takes the genitive form (ko, mo, niya, namin, ninyo, nila). Hence mo. With actor-focus verbs (e.g., magdala), the actor is nominative (ako, ka/ikaw, siya, kami, kayo, sila), hence ka in Magdala ka.