Breakdown of Bilang mag-aaral, dapat makinig ka sa guro sa silid-aralan.
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Questions & Answers about Bilang mag-aaral, dapat makinig ka sa guro sa silid-aralan.
What does bilang mean here?
Here, bilang means as or in the role of.
So Bilang mag-aaral means As a student.
It introduces the perspective or role from which the statement is being made:
- Bilang magulang... = As a parent...
- Bilang guro... = As a teacher...
- Bilang mag-aaral... = As a student...
Why is mag-aaral written with a hyphen?
Mag-aaral comes from the root aral meaning study or lesson.
The hyphen appears because:
- the prefix mag- is attached to a root that begins with a vowel
- the beginning of the root is reduplicated
So the form becomes mag + aaral = mag-aaral.
A useful thing to know: mag-aaral can mean either:
- student as a noun, or
- will study as a verb form
In this sentence, it clearly means student because it comes after bilang:
- Bilang mag-aaral = As a student
Why is the verb makinig in this form after dapat?