Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

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Breakdown of Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

• mo: you
• sa: to
• ibigay: to give

Questions & Answers about Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

What does ibigay mean here, and how is it built?

Ibigay comes from the root bigay, meaning give.

In this sentence, ibigay is the form used for a command where the focus is on the thing being given. So it means something like:

• give
• give it
• give them

depending on context.

A few related forms are:

• bigay
  • the root
• ibigay
  • to give / give it-them
• ibinigay
  • gave
• ibibigay
  • will give

So in Ibigay mo..., the idea is You, give ...

Why is mo used instead of ikaw or ka?

Mo is the genitive form of you in Filipino.

Filipino pronouns change form depending on their grammatical role. For you (singular):

• ikaw / ka
  • nominative form
• mo
  • genitive form
• iyo / sa iyo
  • oblique form

In this sentence, the verb form ibigay is not actor-focus, so the doer is marked with mo, not or .