Ipadala mo ito sa kanila.

Yes. It is an imperative sentence, so it means you are telling someone to do something.

In natural English, it is like:

• Send this to them.

The person being addressed is you, shown by mo.

Ipadala means send in this sentence.

A helpful way to think about it is:

• dala = carry, bring
• padala / ipadala = send, have something delivered

So ipadala is the verb form used here to tell someone to send something.

Mo can mean different things depending on the structure.

Here, mo does not mean possession. It means you as the person who will do the action.

So in this sentence:

• Ipadala = send
• mo = you
• ito = this
• sa kanila = to them

A very literal breakdown would be something like:

• Send by you this to them

That sounds strange in English, but it helps show the grammar.

Ito means this.

There is no ang before it because ito is already a complete demonstrative form. Filipino pronouns and demonstratives often do not need a separate marker like ang.

Compare:

• ang libro = the book
• ito = this

So ito can stand on its own.

Because sa marks the recipient or destination here: to them.

• sa kanila = to them
• sila = they / them as the subject-topic form

So after sa, you use kanila, not sila.

This is a very common pattern in Filipino:

• ibigay mo ito sa kanya = give this to him/her
• ipadala mo ito sa kanila = send this to them

Sometimes, yes. The prefix ipa- often has a causative idea, like have something done or cause something to happen.

So depending on context, ipadala can suggest:

• send it
• have it sent
• arrange for it to be delivered

In many everyday situations, though, English simply translates it as send.

This order is very natural and common.

A useful pattern is:

• verb + mo + thing + recipient

So:

• Ipadala = send
• mo = you
• ito = this
• sa kanila = to them

You can sometimes change the order, but not every rearrangement sounds equally natural. For example:

• Ipadala mo ito sa kanila = the most neutral/common order
• Ipadala mo sa kanila ito = possible, but less natural in many contexts

Also, short words like mo often stay near the beginning of the sentence.

It is a direct command, but not automatically rude. It is fine with friends, family, or people you speak casually with.

To make it more polite, you could use forms like:

• Pakipadala ito sa kanila. = Please send this to them.
• Ipadala ninyo po ito sa kanila. = Please send this to them. / Send this to them, sir/ma’am.

A few notes:

• po adds politeness
• ninyo is the respectful/plural form of you
• paki- often makes a request sound softer

Yes. That is another correct way to express a very similar idea.

The difference is in what the sentence is grammatically focusing on:

• Ipadala mo ito sa kanila = focuses more on this, the thing being sent
• Padalhan mo sila nito = focuses more on them, the recipients

Both can be translated as:

• Send this to them

But the structure changes:

• ito = this
• nito = of this / this, in a different case form

This is a more advanced point, but it is a very common feature of Filipino verb grammar.

Yes. They are all demonstratives, but they show distance.

• ito = this, near the speaker
• iyan = that, near the person being spoken to
• iyon = that, over there / farther from both

So you could get:

• Ipadala mo ito sa kanila. = Send this to them.
• Ipadala mo iyan sa kanila. = Send that to them.
• Ipadala mo iyon sa kanila. = Send that over there to them.

So the sentence pattern stays the same; only the demonstrative changes.

A very useful takeaway is this pattern:

• Verb + mo + thing + sa + recipient

For example:

• Ibigay mo ito sa akin. = Give this to me.
• Ipakita mo ito sa kanya. = Show this to him/her.
• Ipadala mo ito sa kanila. = Send this to them.

So this sentence teaches you several important Filipino basics at once:

• imperative verb use
• mo for you
• demonstrative ito
• sa for to
• kanila for them after sa