Page 442 - Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines

Grammar Index

Note: Page numbers correspond to the print edition.

Affixes
-an (clue to recognize many nouns), Lesson 9
in-, Lessons 7, 15, 17, 18
-in, Lessons 4, 17
in- -an, Lessons 11, 17
ma- (for the imperative form), Lesson 20
mag-, Lessons 7, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20

makiki-, Lesson 19
makikipag-, Lesson 19
na-, Lessons 17, 18,
nagpa-, Lesson 18
naka- (indicating “state”), Lesson 6
naka- and
nakapag- (indicating “have been able to”), Lesson 24
ni-, Lesson 17
taga- (from), Lesson 6
um-, Lessons 4, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20
Ambiguity of words (yata [perhaps]), Lesson 10
Ay and ang, difference between, Lesson 8

Bago and pagkatapos (before and after), Lesson 24
Bili and halaga (words related to cost), Lesson 10
Conjunctions
at (and), Lessons 2, 3, 7
dahil (because), Lessons 7, 10
habang (while), Lesson 7
pero (but), Lesson 6
samantalang (while), Lesson 7
Focus
direct object using the affix in, Lessons 4, 7, 15, 17, 18
direct object using the affix ni-, Lessons 17, 18
direct object using the affixes in-an, Lessons 11, 17, 18
indirect object or person to whom the action is addressed; in- -an, Lesson 16
subject using the affix mag-, Lessons 7, 10, 11, 17, 18
subject using the affixes makikipag- and makiki-, Lesson 19
subject using the affix na-, Lessons 17, 18

subject using the affix um-, Lessons 4, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18