Magmeryenda tayo ng gatas at biskwit mamayang hapon.

Meryenda is a noun meaning snack or snack time.

Adding mag- makes it a verb: magmeryenda = to have a snack.

In this sentence, Magmeryenda tayo... naturally means something like Let’s have a snack...

A useful note:

• magmeryenda can sound like an invitation or suggestion
• a more clearly future form is often magmemeryenda

So:

• Magmeryenda tayo. = Let’s have a snack.
• Magmemeryenda tayo mamaya. = We’ll have a snack later.

Because tayo includes the person being spoken to.

• tayo = we, including you
• kami = we, not including you

So Magmeryenda tayo means Let’s have a snack or We’ll have a snack, you and I / all of us including you.

If the speaker said Magmeryenda kami, that would mean We will have a snack, but you are not included.

Here, ng marks the thing involved as the object of the action.

So in:

• Magmeryenda tayo ng gatas at biskwit

the phrase ng gatas at biskwit tells you what the snack consists of: milk and biscuits.

This ng is not best translated literally as of in English here. Its job is grammatical: it marks gatas at biskwit as the non-focus object/complement of the verb.

Because here the word is the object marker ng.

A very simple distinction:

• ng often marks objects or possession
• nang often relates to manner, time, or joins clauses in certain constructions

In this sentence, gatas at biskwit is the thing being had as a snack, so ng is the correct form.

Because Filipino does not always mark plural when the meaning is already clear or not important.

So biskwit can mean:

• a biscuit
• biscuits
• some biscuits

depending on context.

If you want to make the plural more explicit, you can say:

• mga biskwit

So both are possible:

• ng gatas at biskwit = milk and biscuits / milk and a biscuit
• ng gatas at mga biskwit = milk and biscuits

Also, gatas is a mass noun, so it normally does not take mga.

Filipino does not use articles the same way English does.

So:

• gatas can mean milk, some milk, or the milk
• biskwit can mean a biscuit, the biscuit, or biscuits

The exact meaning usually comes from context.

That is why ng gatas at biskwit sounds natural without separate words for a/an/the.

Mamayang hapon means later this afternoon or this afternoon, a bit later.

It is more specific than just:

• mamaya = later
• sa hapon = in the afternoon

So:

• mamaya = later
• mamayang hapon = later this afternoon

This points to a time later on the same day, during the afternoon.

Because of the linker -ng.

When one word directly modifies or connects smoothly to the next in Filipino, a linker is often used. After a word ending in a vowel, the linker usually appears as -ng attached to that word.

So:

• mamaya + -ng + hapon → mamayang hapon

This is very common in Filipino. For example:

• ngayon + -g + gabi → ngayong gabi
• maganda + -ng + umaga → magandang umaga

Because verb-initial word order is very common in Filipino.

This sentence follows a natural pattern like:

Verb + pronoun + object + time

So:

• Magmeryenda = verb
• tayo = pronoun
• ng gatas at biskwit = object/complement
• mamayang hapon = time expression

English usually prefers subject-first order, but Filipino often starts with the verb.

It can feel like either, depending on context, but most naturally it sounds like a suggestion/invitation:

• Magmeryenda tayo... = Let’s have a snack...

Because tayo includes the listener, this structure often has a hortative sense, like inviting someone to do something together.

With the time expression mamayang hapon, it can also sound like a plan:

• Let’s have milk and biscuits this afternoon
• or We’ll have milk and biscuits this afternoon

If you want a more plainly future statement, Magmemeryenda tayo mamayang hapon is also common.

Yes.

• meryenda comes from Spanish merienda
• biskwit is an adapted loanword corresponding to English biscuit

This is very normal in Filipino. Many everyday words are borrowed and then spelled according to Filipino spelling conventions.

So even though these words may look familiar, they behave like regular Filipino words in the sentence.

Yes, Filipino word order is fairly flexible, but different orders can sound more natural in different contexts or shift the emphasis.

The original sentence:

• Magmeryenda tayo ng gatas at biskwit mamayang hapon.

A possible variation:

• Magmeryenda tayo mamayang hapon ng gatas at biskwit.

This is understandable, but the original order often sounds smoother because the food phrase stays close to the verb.

So the given version is a very natural, standard way to say it.