Linisin mo ang ilong mo bago tayo umalis ng bahay.

Linisin comes from the root linis, meaning clean. In this sentence, linisin means clean [something specific].

The difference is:

• Linisin = clean a particular thing
• Maglinis = do cleaning / clean up in general

So:

• Linisin mo ang ilong mo. = Clean your nose.
• Maglinis ka. = Clean up.

Here, linisin is used because the sentence is talking about cleaning one specific thing: ang ilong mo.

That is because linisin is an object-focus verb form.

With this kind of verb, the doer is marked by mo. Compare:

• Linisin mo ang ilong mo.
• Maglinis ka.

So the pronoun changes depending on the verb form:

• mo with linisin
• ka with maglinis

A very rough way to think about it is:

• maglinis ka = you do the cleaning
• linisin mo ang... = you clean the...

The second mo is a possessive: it means your.

So the sentence has two different mo's doing two different jobs:

• Linisin mo = you clean
• ilong mo = your nose

This is very normal in Filipino. The meaning comes from position and grammar.

Because ang ilong mo is the noun phrase being focused on by the verb linisin.

A useful learner-friendly way to see it is this:

• linisin points to the thing affected by the action
• that thing is marked with ang

So:

• Linisin mo ang ilong mo = Clean your nose

It is important not to treat ang as simply meaning the. Sometimes it overlaps with English the, but its job in Filipino is grammatical, not just definite article marking.

Here, bago means before.

That is a very common learner question because bago can also mean new in other contexts.

Compare:

• bagong damit = new clothes
• bago tayo umalis = before we leave

In your sentence, because bago is followed by a whole clause, tayo umalis ng bahay, it clearly means before.

Because tayo means we, including the person being spoken to.

So in bago tayo umalis ng bahay, the speaker means before we leave the house, where we includes both speaker and listener.

Compare:

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

Since the speaker is telling someone to clean their nose before both of them leave, tayo is the correct choice.

Umalis means to leave / to go away / to depart.

It comes from the root alis with the infix -um-:

• alis = leave
• umalis = leave / go away

In bago tayo umalis ng bahay, it simply means before we leave the house/home.

Notice that Filipino does not need a separate word like English to or will here. The verb umalis already works naturally in the clause.

This is a good question because learners often expect sa for places.

With verbs like umalis, many speakers use ng to mark the place being left:

• umalis ng bahay = leave the house / leave home

You may also hear umalis sa bahay in real life. The exact preference can vary by speaker, region, and nuance. Very roughly:

• ng bahay can sound like the place being left behind
• sa bahay can sound more like location/source

In this sentence, umalis ng bahay is a natural everyday way to say leave the house/home.

Not necessarily. It is a direct command, but direct commands are normal in Filipino, especially between family members, close friends, or when talking to a child.

Its politeness depends a lot on tone and relationship.

Ways to soften it include:

• Linisin mo muna ang ilong mo. = Clean your nose first.
• Linisin mo na ang ilong mo. = Clean your nose now/already.
• Paki-linis ng ilong mo. = Please clean your nose.

So Linisin mo is not automatically rude; it is just straightforward.

Yes, some parts can move, but the basic imperative pattern is very natural as:

• Linisin mo ang ilong mo

The time clause can also come first:

• Bago tayo umalis ng bahay, linisin mo ang ilong mo.

What usually stays the same is that the verb comes first, and the short pronoun mo comes right after it.

So:

• Linisin mo ang ilong mo = natural
• Mo linisin ang ilong mo = not the normal order

Yes.

• ang ilong mo = natural, everyday
• ang iyong ilong = fuller, a bit more formal or emphatic

Both mean your nose.

In ordinary speech, ilong mo is usually more natural. Filipino often prefers the short enclitic forms like mo when possible.

Because Filipino does not use articles the same way English does.

In English, you usually need the or a. In Filipino, nouns often appear without an exact equivalent of those words, and context tells you what is meant.

So bahay here can naturally be understood as:

• the house
• home

depending on context.

Also, the markers ang, ng, and sa are not the same as English the and a. They mainly show grammatical relationships, not just definiteness.