Filipino ang wika sa pelikula.

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Breakdown of Filipino ang wika sa pelikula.

• Filipino: Filipino
• pelikula: movie
• ang: subject/topic marker

Questions & Answers about Filipino ang wika sa pelikula.

Why does the sentence start with Filipino instead of wika?

Because Filipino often uses a predicate-first word order.

In Filipino ang wika sa pelikula:

• Filipino = the predicate, the information being said about the topic
• ang wika sa pelikula = the topic

So the structure is closer to:

• Filipino = what the language is
• ang wika sa pelikula = the language in the movie

In natural English, we usually flip that around and say The language in the movie is Filipino.

Is there a missing word for is in this sentence?

No. Filipino often leaves out the verb to be in simple identification sentences like this.

So:

• Filipino ang wika sa pelikula. = The language in the movie is Filipino.

There is no separate word that has to mean is here.

You can also see a version with ay:

• Ang wika sa pelikula ay Filipino.

That is also correct, but ay is not exactly the same as English is. It is more of a linker used in this sentence pattern.

What does ang do here?