Tagalog Sentences with No POD

The following sentences have no POD (p. 30):

1. yes, no, maybe

Oo.	Yes.
Siguro.	Maybe.

Kumusta?

How are you?

3. some interjections (p. 387)

Aray!

Ouch!

4. sentences with a verb in recently completed form (p. 188)

Kararating lang ni Mary.

Mary has just arrived.

Takbo!	Run!
Pakibuhat ng bag.	Could you carry the bag.

6. some sentences with a pseudo-verb (p. 207)

Gusto ni John ng mangga.	John wants a mango.
Gustong kumain ni John.	John wants to eat.

7. sentences with an adjective intensified by a Group 2 intensifier (p. 227)

Napakalaki ng aso!

The dog is so big!

May aso.	There’s a dog.
Maraming aso.	There are many dogs.

9. some sentences with a magka- verb (p. 134) or magkaroon (p. 135)

Nagkagulo.

Nagkaroon ng gulo.

A commotion broke out.

Chaos broke out.

Nagkaproblema.

Nagkaroon ng problema.

A problem occurred.

10. sentences expressing time

* See also: mag- ⁵ (p. 129)

11. sentences expressing natural phenomena

Umuulan.*	It’s raining.
Bumaha’ kahapon.	It flooded yesterday.
Lumilindol!	There’s an earthquake! Lit. It’s “earthquaking!”
Kumukulog at kumikidlat.	There’s thunder and lightning.
Mainit sa Maynila’.	It’s hot in Manila.

* See also: (-)um- ² (p. 177)

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