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Possession

ng / ni and the sa-set

Possession with ng / ni

possessed + ng/ni + possessor.

💬 Examples
kotse ng guro
the teacher's car
📝 ng + common noun
kotse ni Ben
Ben's car
📝 ni + personal name
Pronoun possession: ng-set enclitics

ko, mo, niya, namin, natin, ninyo, nila.

📊 Possessive pronouns (ng-set)
Person Suffix Example
my ko libro ko
your mo libro mo
his/her niya libro niya
our (incl.) natin libro natin
their nila libro nila
💬 Examples
pangalan mo
your name
📝 mo = your
mga kaibigan nila
their friends
📝 nila = their
'Whose' = kanino; 'mine' = akin

Emphatic possession uses the sa-set.

💬 Examples
Kanino ang kotse?
Whose is the car?
📝 kanino = whose
Sa akin ang kotse.
The car is mine.
📝 Sa akin = mine (emphatic)