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Sa ámin


Categories:  Pronoun > Personal > 1st Person, Plural > Exclusive, Case > Oblique

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This can be shortened to sá'min.

Íwan mo na sa ámin ang páyong.
Leave the umbrella to us.
Íwan = leave, mo = by you, na = already, sa ámin = to us (exclusing listener), ang páyong = the umbrella.

Dáhil sá'min, natápos ang proyekto.
Because of us, the project is finished.
Dáhil = because, sá'min = to us (excluding listener), natápos = finished, ang proyekto = the project.

Possessive - (sa) ámin.


(Sa) ámin ba 'yung mga upuan?
Are those chairs ours?
(Sa) ámin = ours (excluding listener), ba = question marker, 'yung = that, mga = plural marker, upuan = chair.

References:

  1. Tagalog speakers
  2. Schachter, P. & Otanes, F. (2023). Tagalog Reference Grammar. Berkeley: University of California Press. https://zorc.net/RDZorc/LINGUISTICS_IN_20_HOURS/07=Tagalog_Reference_Grammar%5BSchachter%26Otanes_1972%5D.pdf.