Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

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 ...

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 ikaw or ka.

So:

• Ibigay mo... = You give...

Even though English uses the normal subject you, Filipino uses mo here because of the verb pattern.

Short pronouns like mo usually come right after the first element of the clause, which is often the verb.

So:

• Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

is the normal order.

Putting mo before the verb would sound wrong in standard Filipino.

This is very common with short pronouns and particles in Filipino:

• Kunin mo
• Sabihin mo
• Dalhin mo

Sa kawani means to the employee / to the staff member / to the clerk, depending on context.

The marker sa is used here for the recipient of the action: the person who receives the mail and stamp.

So the structure is roughly:

• Ibigay mo
  • give
• sa kawani
  • to the employee
• ang koreo at selyo
  • the mail and stamp

Sa can mark several things in Filipino, including:

• location: sa bahay
  • at the house
• direction: sa Maynila
  • to Manila
• recipient: sa kawani
  • to the employee

Kawani usually means employee, staff member, or sometimes clerk/official, depending on the situation.

It is a somewhat formal word. In different contexts, English translations might be:

• employee
• staff member
• office worker
• clerk

So sa kawani is not necessarily one exact English word every time. The best translation depends on the setting.

Here, ang marks the noun phrase that is the focus/topic of the verb pattern used.

In this sentence, the thing being given is:

• ang koreo at selyo

Because the verb is ibigay, the item being given is marked with ang.

This is one of the big differences between Filipino and English:

• ang does not simply equal English the
• it often marks the noun that the verb is grammatically centered on

So in this sentence, ang koreo at selyo is the focused noun phrase.

Because koreo at selyo is one coordinated noun phrase: mail and stamp.

The ang applies to the whole phrase, not just to the first noun.

So:

• ang koreo at selyo

means:

• the mail and stamp

You do not need to repeat ang before both nouns unless you are separating them for special emphasis.

Yes. At means and.

In this sentence:

• koreo at selyo = mail and stamp

At is the normal, standard conjunction for joining nouns. In casual speech, people also often use tsaka or saka, but at is the more neutral and standard form in writing and careful speech.

The word order is somewhat flexible.

This sentence is correct:

• Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

But this is also correct:

• Ibigay mo ang koreo at selyo sa kawani.

Both mean the same basic thing. The difference is mostly about emphasis and flow.

The original sentence puts the recipient earlier:

• sa kawani comes before ang koreo at selyo

The other version puts the thing being given earlier.

In either case, mo still normally stays right after the verb.

This is a very common question, because both relate to giving.

1. Ibigay

This form focuses on the thing being given.

• Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.
• Give the mail and stamp to the employee.

Here, ang koreo at selyo is the focused part.

2. Magbigay

This is an actor-focus form. It focuses more on the doer of the action.

For example:

• Magbigay ka ng koreo at selyo sa kawani.

That would mean something like:

• Give mail and stamps to the employee.

Notice the pattern changes:

• ka marks the actor
• ng koreo at selyo marks the thing given
• sa kawani still marks the recipient

So ibigay and magbigay are not interchangeable word-for-word; they use different sentence patterns.

Bigyan is another very useful form of give, but it focuses on the recipient rather than the thing given.

Compare these:

Thing-focused

• Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.
• The focus is on ang koreo at selyo.

Recipient-focused

• Bigyan mo ng koreo at selyo ang kawani.
• The focus is on ang kawani.

So:

• ibigay -> focus on what is given
• bigyan -> focus on who receives it

This is one of the key verb-pattern differences Filipino learners need to get used to.

In this sentence, koreo is understood as mail/post.

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• mail
• post
• sometimes something related to postal matter

It is not the most common everyday word in every conversation, but it is understandable and correct.

A learner should also know these related words:

• sulat
  • letter
• sobre
  • envelope
• selyo
  • stamp
• koreo
  • mail/post

So koreo is broader than sulat. A sulat is specifically a letter, while koreo is more like mail/post.

Yes, it can be omitted in some contexts:

• Ibigay sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

This can sound like a general instruction, a procedural command, or a less personal order.

Including mo:

• Ibigay mo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

makes it clearly directed at you singular.

So:

• with mo -> direct command to one person
• without mo -> more neutral, impersonal, or instruction-like

Both are possible, but mo is very natural when speaking directly to someone.

It is singular you, because of mo.

If you were speaking to more than one person, you would normally use ninyo:

• Ibigay ninyo sa kawani ang koreo at selyo.

So:

• mo = your / you, singular
• ninyo = your / you, plural or polite plural

This is useful because English you does not show that distinction, but Filipino does.