Nakasabit pa sa silya ang palda ni Ana, at nasa tabi nito ang malinis na medyas.

Nakasabit comes from the root sabit, which has to do with hanging or being hooked onto something.

The prefix na- here often gives a state/result meaning, so nakasabit means something like:

• hanging
• hung up
• hooked onto something

So it describes the skirt’s condition, not the action of someone hanging it up at that moment.

Here, pa means still.

So Nakasabit pa means still hanging.

This little word is very common in Filipino and often adds the idea that a situation continues up to now.

Examples:

• Nandito pa siya. = He/She is still here.
• Mainit pa. = It is still hot.

Filipino often does not use a separate present-tense copula like English is/are.

So instead of saying something literally like The skirt is hanging on the chair, Filipino can simply say:

• Nakasabit pa sa silya ang palda ni Ana.

This is completely normal. The sentence already works without a separate word for is.

The same thing happens in:

• Maganda ang bahay. = The house is beautiful.
• Nasa mesa ang libro. = The book is on the table.

Because Filipino very often uses predicate-first word order.

In this sentence:

• Nakasabit pa sa silya = the predicate/descriptive part
• ang palda ni Ana = the topic marked by ang

So the structure is very natural in Filipino.

You could also say:

• Ang palda ni Ana ay nakasabit pa sa silya.

That version is also correct, but it sounds a bit more formal or explicitly topic-first. In everyday Filipino, the original predicate-first order is very common.

Not exactly.

Ang is a marker for the topic/focus noun phrase in the sentence. In many beginner explanations, it is sometimes loosely compared to the, but that is not its real job.

In this sentence:

• ang palda ni Ana
• ang malinis na medyas

Both noun phrases are marked by ang because they are the main noun phrases being talked about in their clauses.

So it is better to think of ang as a grammatical marker, not simply as the English article the.

Because ni is used for possession when the possessor is a person’s name.

So:

• palda ni Ana = Ana’s skirt

Compare:

• palda ng babae = the woman’s skirt
• libro ni Carlo = Carlo’s book
• libro ng estudyante = the student’s book

A useful beginner rule is:

• ni for personal names
• ng for common nouns

The preposition sa is broader than any one English preposition. Depending on context, it can correspond to:

• in
• on
• at
• sometimes to or into

So sa silya does not force one exact English preposition by itself. The word nakasabit gives the main spatial idea: the skirt is hanging, and the chair is the location/support.

That is why natural English might say:

• hanging on the chair
• or in some contexts hanging from the chair

Filipino often leaves that kind of fine distinction to context.

Nasa is a very common contraction of na sa.

In practice, learners usually just treat nasa as a single form meaning:

• is in
• is at
• is on
• is located at

So:

• nasa tabi nito = is beside it

Compare:

• Nasa bahay siya. = He/She is at home.
• Nasa mesa ang susi. = The key is on the table.

Nito is a form of ito.

Very roughly:

• ito = this / it
• nito = of this / its / by this / of it, depending on structure

After a location word like tabi (side, beside), nito gives the sense of:

• beside it
• by its side
• next to this

So:

• tabi nito = beside it

This is one of those cases where English and Filipino do not match word-for-word, so it helps to learn the whole phrase.

It refers to a previously mentioned thing, but in this sentence it can feel a little ambiguous without more context.

The most likely possibilities are:

• the chair (silya)
• the skirt (palda)

In real usage, context usually makes the intended meaning clear. If a speaker wanted to remove ambiguity, they could say:

• nasa tabi ng silya ang malinis na medyas
• nasa tabi ng palda ang malinis na medyas

So yes, nito can sometimes make learners wonder exactly what it refers to.

Because Filipino normally uses a linker between an adjective and the noun it describes.

Here:

• malinis = clean
• na = linker
• medyas = sock / socks

So:

• malinis na medyas = clean sock(s)

The linker connects the modifier to the noun. When the first word ends in a consonant, the linker is usually na.

Compare:

• magandang bahay = beautiful house
• malinis na kwarto = clean room

By itself, medyas does not clearly mark plural the way English usually does.

Filipino nouns often stay the same whether singular or plural, unless plural is explicitly marked with mga.

So:

• medyas = sock / socks, depending on context
• mga medyas = socks, clearly plural

In this sentence, context and translation decide whether English should use sock or socks. The Filipino form itself does not force that distinction very strongly.

Also, even though medyas ends in -s, that does not automatically mean it is plural in Filipino.

At means and.

It joins the two clauses:

• Nakasabit pa sa silya ang palda ni Ana
• nasa tabi nito ang malinis na medyas

So the whole sentence links two related descriptions:

1. where the skirt is
2. where the clean sock(s) are

It is the normal written form of and in Filipino. In casual speech, people also often use tsaka or at saka, depending on tone and context.