Ba: Tagalog Enclitic Particle

used as an optional question marker

Kumain ka na (ba)?

Have you eaten yet?

Kailan (ba) ang birthday mo?

When is your birthday?

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From Essential Tagalog Grammar by Fiona De Vos
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