Breakdown of Sa kaliwa ang paaralan natin.
Questions & Answers about Sa kaliwa ang paaralan natin.
Filipino word order is more flexible than English. The sentence begins with Sa kaliwa to put the location first, so the idea is something like On the left is our school.
This is very natural in Filipino. The speaker is highlighting where the school is.
A more English-like order is also possible:
Ang paaralan natin ay nasa kaliwa.
That means essentially the same thing, but the original version sounds more location-focused.
There is no separate verb here in the way English uses is. Filipino often allows sentences with no written equivalent of is/are in the present tense.
So:
Sa kaliwa ang paaralan natin
literally works like
On the left our school
But in natural English, we translate it as:
Our school is on the left.
Filipino does this kind of verbless sentence very often.