Possessives

Nouns

The word Sang can be used to show possession.

"the school's name" — "ang ngalan sang eskwelahan" (name = ngalan; school = eskwelahan)
"the girl's shoes" — "ang sepatos sang babaye" (shoes = sepatos; girl = babaye)

Names

This works for names too, only we use ni, which is like the word sang for names.

"Steve's book" — "ang libro ni Steve" (book = libro)
"Jake's necktie" — "ang korbata ni Jake" (necktie = korbata)

Pronouns

If you are using a pronoun, like "their house," you can put the object first, or the owner first, depending on which you want to emphasize more.

"his fish" — "ang isda niya" (fish = isda)
"his fish" — "ang iya nga isda"

If the pronoun comes before the object, you use the first type of sang pronoun (akon, iya, imo, inyo, amon, aton, ila). This technically requires the pronoun to be linked with a "nga," however the "nga" is often dropped.

If the pronoun comes after the object, you use the second type of sang pronouns (the ones that start with "n").

This Belongs To...

To say "This is yours," or "This is Jane's," you would use sa. You would basically say, "To him this," and "To Susan that."

"The broom is yours." — "Sa imo ang silhig." (broom = silhig)
"This is Rob's." — "Kay Rob ini." (this = ini)
"Whose is this?" — "Kay sin-o ini?" (who = sin-o)

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