Tagalog Ng Demonstrative Pronouns: This Dog, That Dog etc.

pronoun

literal translations

ng asong ito,

nitong asong ito

(of/by) this dog (near me)

ng asong iyan,

niyang asong iyan

(of/by) that dog (near you)

ng asong iyon,

noong asong iyon

(of/by) that dog (far from you and me)

ng mga asong ito,

nitong mga asong ito

(of/by) these dogs (near me)

ng mga asong iyan,

niyang mga asong iyan

(of/by) those dogs (near you)

ng mga asong iyon,

noong mga asong iyon

(of/by) those dogs (far from you and me)

Note:

1. Na/-ng (p. 28) is used to link nito/niyan/niyon/noon and ito/iyan/iyon with the noun.

2. In phrases using nito/niyan/niyon/noon, the final ito/iyan/iyon may be dropped when more information about the noun is given right after it. Example:

nitong asong malaki at mabait

(of/by) this big and friendly dog

Please respect copyright. Learn more

This grammar guide is part of the Learning Tagalog Course.
Do you want to speak Tagalog fluently?

Try the course

“I got a copy of your book and I love it. It’s really the best I’ve come across.”
— Martin Kelemenis, Geneva, Switzerland