<< Tagalog

Siyá


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

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This can be shortened to s'ya.

As free word:


S'ya 'yon.
That's him/her.
S'ya= he/she, 'yon = that.

As enclitic/bound word:


Pumuntá siyá kahápon.
He/she went yesterday.
Pumunta = went, siya = he/she, kahapon = yesterday.

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.