Tagalog Let’s Eat, Go etc.
1. basic form + tayo/natin
Kumain tayo. |
Let’s eat. Lit. We eat. |
Kainin natin ito. |
Let’s eat this. Lit. This is to be eaten by us. |
2. basic form in the POD (p. 30)
The News (p. 30) is emphasized in this construction.
Ito ang kainin natin. |
Let’s eat this. (e.g. not that) Lit. The one to be eaten by us is this. |
Ang cake ang kainin natin. |
Let’s eat the cake. (e.g. not the ice cream) Lit. The one to be eaten by us is the cake. |
See also:
- Ang personal pronouns (p. 44)
- Ng personal pronouns (p. 49)
- Verbs, adjectives etc. used as nouns (p. 85)
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