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1. TANONG : _______________?

SAGOT : Ginawan namin ang lolo at lola namin ng video.

2. TANONG : _______________?

SAGOT : Dahil ika-50 anibersaryo nila.

3. TANONG : _______________?
SAGOT : Manonood kami ng video sa anniversary party nila.

4. TANONG : _______________?

SAGOT : Ginawan namin sila ng video dahil mahal namin sila.

Gramatika

I. Using the special pronoun Kita
In this lesson, the special pronoun kita was used in the sentences “Binabati
kita!” Congratulations! (Literally, Congratulations, I you!) and “Mahal kita.”
(I love you.)

In the literal meaning of these sentences, the pronouns I and you come one
after the other, resulting in an awkward sentence construction. In
Tagalog/Filipino, this would have been “Binabati ko ka!” (never used) or
“Binabati ko ikaw!” (grammatically wrong). Similarly, we do not say “Mahal
ko ka.” Instead, we say “Mahal kita.”

II. Focus on the indirect object or the person to whom the action is addressed
The best way to indicate that the focus is on the indirect object or the person to
whom the action is addressed is to look at the markers ang, si and sina.

EXAMPLES: Binilhan ko ng mga bulaklak ang kaibigan ko.
I bought my friend flowers.

Bibigyan ko ng cake si Roselle.
I will give Roselle a cake.

To form the verb, we use the affixes in- and -an. Here are some useful formulas:

Completed: -in before the first vowel + root word + -an binilhan; binigyan
Incompleted: first two syllables of incompleted form + root word + -an
binibilhan; binibigyan