Kung may diskuwento, piliin mo ang asul na palda.

Kung means if in this sentence, introducing a condition:

• Kung may diskuwento = If there is a discount

A useful extra note: kung can also mean whether in other sentences, but here it is clearly the conditional if.

May is a very common Filipino word used to express existence or possession.

In this sentence:

• may diskuwento = there is a discount

So may works a bit like there is / there are in English.

It can also mean has / have in other contexts, depending on the sentence.

For example:

• May oras ako. = I have time.
• May tao sa labas. = There is a person outside.

Here, may diskuwento is the existence meaning: there is a discount.

Yes, but may is the most natural choice directly before a noun.

• may diskuwento = very natural
• mayroong diskuwento = also possible
• merong diskuwento = common in speech

A simple rule learners often use:

• may + noun
• mayroon / meron often stand alone or are used in slightly different sentence shapes

So for this sentence, Kung may diskuwento... is the cleanest and most standard form.

Yes. Diskuwento is a borrowed word meaning discount.

It is a Filipino spelling based on local pronunciation, rather than the original English spelling.

You may also see or hear discount in very casual or mixed English-Filipino usage, but diskuwento is a normal Filipino form.

Piliin is the command form being used here, and it focuses on the thing being chosen.

• root: pili = choose
• piliin = choose it / choose this one

In this sentence, the emphasis is on the blue skirt as the thing to be selected:

• piliin mo ang asul na palda = choose the blue skirt

By contrast:

• pumili is more like choose / make a choice, often actor-focused
• piliin points more directly to the item being chosen

So piliin is very appropriate because the sentence tells someone which item to select.

Mo means you / your here, specifically the unstressed second-person singular form.

In many Filipino sentences, short pronouns like mo, ko, niya often come after the verb or predicate.

So:

• piliin mo = you choose / choose

In commands, this is very common:

• Kunin mo. = Take it.
• Buksan mo. = Open it.
• Piliin mo. = Choose it.

Even though English usually needs an explicit subject only sometimes in commands, Filipino often includes mo to show who is being told to do the action.

Yes. Piliin mo ang asul na palda is a command or instruction:

• Choose the blue skirt

It is direct, but not necessarily rude. Whether it sounds strict, neutral, or helpful depends a lot on context and tone.

If you want to make it more polite, you might say something like:

• Kung may diskuwento, piliin mo po ang asul na palda.
• Kung may diskuwento, piliin ninyo ang asul na palda.

Ang is a marker for the noun phrase that is in focus in the sentence.

Here, ang asul na palda is the thing being chosen:

• piliin mo ang asul na palda

In beginner-friendly terms, ang often lines up with the, but it is not exactly the same as English the. It is more of a grammatical marker than just an article.

So while ang asul na palda can be translated as the blue skirt, it is better to think of ang as marking the noun phrase that the verb is centered on.

The na is a linker. It connects a descriptive word to the noun it describes.

• asul = blue
• asul na palda = blue skirt

This linker is very common in Filipino.

More examples:

• magandang bahay = beautiful house
• maliit na bag = small bag
• mabilis na kotse = fast car

Sometimes the linker appears as -ng, and sometimes as separate na. Which one appears depends on the ending sound of the word before it.

Since asul ends in a consonant sound, na is used:

• asul na palda

In Filipino, descriptive words usually come before the noun, just as in English in this case.

So:

• asul na palda = blue skirt

That part is actually quite familiar for English speakers. The main difference is that Filipino usually needs the linker na or -ng between the descriptive word and the noun.

So it is not just asul palda, but asul na palda.

Yes, some parts can move, especially the conditional phrase.

For example:

• Kung may diskuwento, piliin mo ang asul na palda.
• Piliin mo ang asul na palda kung may diskuwento.

Both are grammatical and mean essentially the same thing.

Putting Kung may diskuwento first makes the condition come first, which is very natural if you want to highlight it.

Sometimes, yes, but there is a nuance.

• kung = if
• kapag = often more like when/whenever, especially when the situation is expected or repeated

So:

• Kung may diskuwento... = If there is a discount...
• Kapag may diskuwento... = When there is a discount... or Whenever there is a discount...

In your sentence, kung sounds right if the discount is just a possibility.

Yes, asul is the standard Filipino word for blue.

It is also a borrowing, historically from Spanish azul.

You will commonly see it in phrases like:

• asul na damit = blue dress/clothes
• asul na kotse = blue car
• asul na palda = blue skirt

Because diskuwento is in a may phrase:

• may diskuwento = there is a discount

This structure does not use ang in the same way as ang asul na palda.

So the sentence is not trying to say the discount. It just means that a discount exists.

That is why:

• may diskuwento = there is a discount
• not ang diskuwento here

Yes. Filipino commands often cover a range of meanings depending on tone and context:

• a direct order
• a suggestion
• practical advice
• an instruction

So Kung may diskuwento, piliin mo ang asul na palda could mean:

• a salesperson advising someone
• a friend giving shopping advice
• a parent telling a child what to choose

Tone matters a lot. Without context, it is simply an instruction: If there is a discount, choose the blue skirt.