Questions & Answers about Punan mo ito.
- punan = fill / fill in
- mo = you (the person being told to do it)
- ito = this
So the structure is basically:
verb + you + this
That verb-first order is very normal in Filipino.
Punan is the plain -an form of the verb, built from puno plus -an.
In practical learner terms, you can think of punan as a form used for filling a space, place, container, blank, or form.
In Punan mo ito, it is being used as a command.
Because this sentence uses a verb pattern where the doer is expressed with mo.
A simple way to remember it:
- ikaw = standalone you
- ka = you in many actor-focused sentences
- mo = you in many object-focused commands like this one
So after punan, mo is the natural form.