MARUNONG
root word: dunong (knowledge)
marunong
learned, intelligent
marunong
to know how (to do a certain skill)
Marunong siya.
He's smart. = She's smart. (He/She knows how to do it.)
Marunong ka bang mag-gitara?
Do you know how to play the guitar?
Marunong akong magluto.
I know how to cook.
Marunong ba silang mag-Ingles?
Do they know how to (speak) English?
Marunong ba silang magsalita ng Ingles?
Do they know how to speak English?
Marunong kumanta si Esteban.
Steve knows how to sing.
Mabuti na lang at marunong kang mag-Tagalog.
Good thing you know how to (speak) Tagalog.
To say you know a fact, use the Tagalog word alam.