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

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