Breakdown of Babasahin ko muli ang aralin sa kuwaderno ngayong gabi.
ko
I
muli
again
ngayong gabi
tonight
sa
in
Questions & Answers about Babasahin ko muli ang aralin sa kuwaderno ngayong gabi.
What does Babasahin mean, and how is it formed?
Babasahin comes from the root basa, meaning read.
It is formed with:
- ba-: reduplication of the first syllable, which helps mark the contemplated/future aspect
- -hin: an affix often used for object-focus verbs
So babasahin means roughly will read or am going to read.
In this sentence, it specifically means will read something—and that something is ang aralin.
Why is it ko and not ako?
This is a very common question.
In this sentence, the verb is object-focus: Babasahin. Because of that, the doer is marked with the genitive pronoun ko, not the nominative pronoun ako.
So:
- ko = I / my in genitive form
- ako = I in nominative form
Here:
- Babasahin ko ang aralin = I will read the lesson
Even though ko often looks like my in English, here it marks the agent/doer of the action with an object-focus verb.
Why is marked with ?