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Questions & Answers about Ito ang halaga.
What does ito mean in this sentence?
Ito means this.
It is the Filipino demonstrative pronoun used for something near the speaker. So in Ito ang halaga, ito is the this in This is the value/price.
A useful comparison:
- ito = this, near me
- iyan = that, near you
- iyon or 'yon = that, over there
So if the object were farther away, the sentence might change accordingly.
What does ang do here?
Ang is a very common Filipino marker. In simple terms, it marks the topic or focus of the sentence.
In Ito ang halaga, ang halaga is the part being identified: the value/price.
So the structure is roughly:
- Ito = this
- ang halaga = the value / the price
Together: This is the value/price.
Even though English uses the, ang is not exactly the same as the. Sometimes it looks like the in translation, but grammatically it works differently.
What does halaga mean exactly?