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Sa kaniyá


Categories:  Pronoun > Personal > 3rd Person, Singular, Case > Oblique

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Kaniyá is frequently also written as kanya.

Ibíbigáy ko sa kaniyá ang páyong.
The umbrella will be given to him/her by me.
Ibíbigáy = will be given, ko = by me, sa kaniyá = to him/her, ang páyong = the umbrella.

Dáhil sa kaniyá, nagbágo ang búhay ko.
Because of him/her, my life has changed.
Dáhil = because, sa'yó = to him/her, nagbágo = changed, ang búhay = the life, ko = of me/my.

Possessive - (sa) kaniyá.


(Sa) kaniyá ba 'yung báhay?
Is that house his/hers?
(Sa) kaniyá = his/hers, ba = question marker, 'yung = that, báhay = house.

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.