Dumaan ka sa tawiran bago pumunta sa botika.

Yes, dumaan often means to pass by, go through, or go via. In this sentence, dumaan ka sa tawiran means something like go by way of the crossing / use the crosswalk.

A native English speaker might expect tumawid because that directly means to cross. That would also be possible in many situations. But dumaan sa tawiran emphasizes the route or place used: go through the designated crossing.

So the idea is not just cross, but cross using the crosswalk.

Ka is the second-person singular pronoun in the ang-focus / nominative form. In simple terms, it means you when talking to one person.

So:

• Dumaan ka = You pass/go through
• In this sentence, it functions like a command: Pass through / Go through

If you are speaking politely or to more than one person, you would usually use kayo instead:

• Dumaan kayo sa tawiran...
• More polite: Dumaan po kayo sa tawiran...

In Filipino, the verb commonly comes first, especially in ordinary statements and commands.

So:

• Dumaan ka = natural
• Ka dumaan = not normal standard word order

This verb-first pattern is very common:

• Pumunta ka = Go
• Umupo ka = Sit down
• Kumain ka = Eat

For an English speaker, this can feel reversed at first, because English usually starts with the subject: You go. Filipino often starts with the action instead.

That is a very common learner question. For many -um- verbs, the basic/infinitive form and the completed form can look exactly the same.

Examples:

• dumaan
• pumunta

These can mean different things depending on context. In this sentence:

• Dumaan ka is understood as a command
• pumunta after bago is understood like to go / going

So even though the forms may look like what you learned as past, context tells you how to interpret them.

Sa is a very common marker used for locations, directions, and destinations. It can correspond to several English prepositions depending on context, such as:

• in
• at
• on
• to
• into
• through

In this sentence:

• sa tawiran = at / through / by way of the crossing
• sa botika = to the pharmacy

English uses different prepositions in these cases, but Filipino often uses sa for all of them.

Tawiran means crossing place, often crosswalk or pedestrian crossing.

It comes from the root tawid, which means cross. The suffix -an often creates a word for a place associated with the action.

So roughly:

• tawid = cross
• tawiran = place for crossing

That is why sa tawiran means at the crossing / at the crosswalk.

Both are possible.

In Filipino, when the subject of the second action is the same as the subject of the first action, it is often omitted because it is already understood.

So:

• Dumaan ka sa tawiran bago pumunta sa botika.
• Dumaan ka sa tawiran bago ka pumunta sa botika.

Both mean essentially the same thing. The version without the second ka is a little more compact and natural in many contexts.

Bago means before.

Here it introduces another action:

• bago pumunta sa botika = before going to the pharmacy

So the structure is:

• main action: Dumaan ka sa tawiran
• earlier-than relation: bago pumunta sa botika

A useful pattern to remember is:

• bago + verb phrase = before doing something

Examples:

• Bago umalis = before leaving
• Bago kumain = before eating
• Bago matulog = before sleeping

Yes. You can say:

• Bago pumunta sa botika, dumaan ka sa tawiran.

This has the same basic meaning. Putting the bago clause first can sound slightly more like Before going to the pharmacy, cross at the crosswalk.

When that clause comes first, a comma is often written after it.

Yes. Because it uses ka, it is directed to one person.

If you want to address more than one person, or be more polite, use kayo:

• Dumaan kayo sa tawiran bago pumunta sa botika.

For extra politeness:

• Dumaan po kayo sa tawiran bago pumunta sa botika.

So the original sentence is singular and fairly neutral/informal.

Yes. That is a very natural way to express it in English.

Word-for-word, Filipino and English do not line up perfectly here. The Filipino literally uses something closer to go/pass through the crossing, but in natural English the idea is often better expressed as:

• Use the crosswalk before going to the pharmacy.
• Cross at the crosswalk before going to the pharmacy.

This is a good reminder that the most natural translation is not always the most literal one.

Yes. Botika is a common Filipino word meaning pharmacy or drugstore. It comes from Spanish, which is very common in Filipino vocabulary.

So sa botika simply means to the pharmacy or at the pharmacy, depending on context. In this sentence, it clearly means the destination: to the pharmacy.

In this context, it is most naturally understood as a command or instruction.

That is because:

• it uses ka
• it starts with a verb
• the whole sentence sounds instructional

So Dumaan ka sa tawiran... is understood as Cross at the crosswalk... or Use the crosswalk...

Without context, forms like dumaan can sometimes be interpreted differently, but here the sentence clearly sounds like guidance or an instruction.