Questions & Answers about Ilagay mo ang walis sa tabi ng pinto.
The root word is lagay, which has the general idea of put, place, or set down.
The form ilagay is a very common way to say put/place something in a command. The prefix i- here helps make the sentence focus on the thing being placed.
So in this sentence, ang walis is the thing being acted on, and ilagay matches that structure well.
A useful comparison:
- Ilagay mo ang walis... = Put the broom...
- Maglagay ka ng walis... = more like Put/place a broom... or Do some placing of a broom...
The first one is more natural when you are talking about a specific object, like the broom.
Mo means you (singular), but not in the basic subject form English speakers expect.
In Filipino, short pronouns often come right after the first word of the clause, and here that first word is the verb ilagay.
So:
- ilagay = put/place
- mo = by you / you
Together, ilagay mo means you put it / put it in a command sense.
This word order is very normal in Filipino. English speakers often expect something like you put, but Filipino commonly starts with the verb instead.