Breakdown of Marami akong tanong tungkol sa bagong aralin.
Questions & Answers about Marami akong tanong tungkol sa bagong aralin.
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.
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.
Because Filipino usually needs a linker between certain words.
Here, ako and tanong are connected by -ng, giving: