Magsampay tayo ng labada sa likod ng bahay bago umulan.

The verb uses the mag- pattern, which is a very common actor-focused verb pattern in Filipino. Here, the doer of the action is tayo.

A few useful forms are:

• magsampay – will hang / let’s hang / to hang
• nagsampay – hung
• nagsasampay – is hanging / was hanging
• magsasampay – will be hanging

In this sentence, magsampay fits because the action has not happened yet and is being proposed or suggested.

Tayo means we, but specifically inclusive we. That means it includes both the speaker and the listener.

So Magsampay tayo means Let’s hang the laundry.

This is different from kami, which means we but excludes the person being spoken to.

Labada means laundry or washed clothes. It refers to clothing as part of washing and drying, not just clothes in general.

So ng labada means the laundry in the sense of the clothes that need to be hung out to dry.

They do two different jobs.

In ng labada, ng marks the object of the actor-focused verb. Since magsampay is actor-focused, the thing being hung is marked with ng.

In likod ng bahay, ng means of. It connects likod and bahay, giving the meaning back of the house.

So even though both are written ng, their functions are different:

• ng labada = object marker
• likod ng bahay = of the house

This is a location phrase.

• sa = at / in / on / to
• likod = back, rear
• ng bahay = of the house

So sa likod ng bahay literally means at the back of the house or behind the house, depending on context.

This is a very common Filipino structure: sa + place/location expression.

After bago meaning before, Filipino commonly uses the basic or infinitive-like verb form, so bago umulan is the natural way to say before it rains.

• umulan = to rain / for rain to happen
• uulan = will rain

Even though uulan is future, bago umulan is the more standard phrasing after bago in this kind of sentence.

It is usually understood as a suggestion, proposal, or inclusive command—basically, Let’s hang the laundry.

Because it uses tayo, it sounds cooperative and includes the speaker. It is less like ordering someone else around and more like proposing a shared action.

If you wanted to order just one person, you might say something like Magsampay ka.

Yes. Filipino word order is more flexible than English word order.

For example, you could also say:

Bago umulan, magsampay tayo ng labada sa likod ng bahay.

That still means the same thing: Let’s hang the laundry at the back of the house before it rains.

The original order is very natural, but moving the bago umulan part to the front is also common.

Yes, it sounds very natural. It is the kind of sentence someone might say at home when they want to get the laundry drying before the rain starts.

It sounds practical and conversational:

• Magsampay tayo = let’s do this together
• ng labada = the laundry
• sa likod ng bahay = at the back of the house
• bago umulan = before it rains

So overall, it feels like normal everyday spoken Filipino.