Nakasara ang bag ni Liza, pero nasa labas ang panyo at suklay niya.

Nakasara means closed or shut, and here it describes a state, not the action of closing.

So Nakasara ang bag ni Liza means the bag is in a closed state. The sentence is not focusing on who closed it or when. If you wanted to emphasize the action, Filipino would use a different verb form.

A useful contrast:

• Nakasara ang pinto. = The door is closed.
• Isinara niya ang pinto. = He/She closed the door.

Ang marks the noun phrase that is the topic/focus of the clause. In simple descriptions like this, it often lines up with what English would treat as the subject.

So:

• Nakasara ang bag ni Liza = The bag of Liza is closed
• Nasa labas ang panyo at suklay niya = Her handkerchief and comb are outside

Important: ang is not exactly the same as English the. It is a grammatical marker, not just an article.

Because Liza is a person's name.

In Filipino possession:

• ni is used with a singular personal name
• ng is used with a common noun

So:

• ang bag ni Liza = Liza's bag
• ang bag ng babae = the woman's bag

That is why ni Liza is the correct form here.

Because predicate-first word order is very common in Filipino.

So Filipino often says:

• Nakasara ang bag ni Liza. instead of
• Ang bag ni Liza ay nakasara.

Both are grammatical, but the first one sounds more natural and everyday in many contexts. English speakers often expect the subject first, but Filipino frequently puts the description, location, or action first.

Nasa labas means is outside or is on the outside.

In modern Filipino, nasa is commonly written as one word when it means is in / is at / is on as a location expression.

Examples:

• Nasa bahay siya. = He/She is at home.
• Nasa mesa ang libro. = The book is on the table.
• Nasa labas ang panyo. = The handkerchief is outside.

So here, nasa labas tells you the location of the handkerchief and comb.

Not necessarily.

Labas literally means outside, but in this sentence it most naturally means outside the bag, not necessarily outside the house or outdoors.

Because the first clause mentions that Liza's bag is closed, the second clause strongly suggests that the handkerchief and comb are not inside the bag. They are outside it.

So context matters a lot.

Niya is a third-person singular possessive form meaning his or her.

Filipino pronouns usually do not mark gender, so niya can mean either his or her. In this sentence, it is understood as her because it refers back to Liza.

So:

• ang panyo at suklay niya = his/her handkerchief and comb
• in context: her handkerchief and comb

Yes. Niya applies to both nouns together.

So:

• ang panyo at suklay niya means
• her handkerchief and comb

You do not need to repeat the possessive after each noun. Filipino often places the possessive once at the end of the whole noun phrase.

A more repetitive version like ang panyo niya at suklay niya is possible in some contexts, but it is less natural here unless you want special emphasis.

Because the phrase is already clearly plural from the coordination panyo at suklay.

Filipino does not always mark plurality the same way English does. If two nouns are linked by at (and), the meaning is already obviously more than one item.

So:

• ang panyo at suklay niya already clearly means the handkerchief and comb
• no mga is needed

Also, mga would not really fit the same way here, because panyo and suklay are two different nouns, not a plural set of the same noun.

Yes. You could say:

Ang bag ni Liza ay nakasara, pero ang panyo at suklay niya ay nasa labas.

This is grammatical, but it sounds more formal, more carefully structured, or more textbook-like. In natural everyday speech, the original version is often preferred:

Nakasara ang bag ni Liza, pero nasa labas ang panyo at suklay niya.

So the original sentence is a very normal Filipino word order.