Marami akong tanong tungkol sa bagong aralin.

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Breakdown of Marami akong tanong tungkol sa bagong aralin.

• bago: new
• tungkol sa: about
• aralin: the lesson

Questions & Answers about Marami akong tanong tungkol sa bagong aralin.

Why does the sentence start with Marami instead of Ako?

Filipino often puts the quantity or predicate first. In Marami akong tanong, the structure is basically:

• Marami = many/a lot
• ako = I
• -ng = linker
• tanong = questions

So literally, it is something like Many are my questions or I have many questions.

This kind of word order is very natural in Filipino. It is common to begin with the descriptive idea first, instead of the subject like in English.

What exactly is akong?

Akong is ako plus the linker -ng:

• ako = I
• -ng = linker that connects words smoothly

So:

• Marami akong tanong

can be understood as I have many questions.

The linker helps connect ako to tanong in this pattern. You will see this kind of linking often in Filipino.

Why is it akong tanong and not ako tanong?

Because Filipino usually needs a linker between certain words.

Here, ako and tanong are connected by -ng, giving: