PAMATLIG

pamatlig
demonstrative



root word: patlig [?]


The only common usage of the Tagalog word pamatlig is in the grammatical term panghalip na pamatlig (demonstrative pronoun).  In English, the four demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these and those. Tagalog has more.


panghalip na pamatlig
demonstrative pronoun



Mga Uri ng Panghalip na Pamatlig
Types of Demonstrative Pronouns
  1. paukol - dito, doon, diyan, riyan, roon, rito
  2. paari - niyan, niyon, nito
  3. panlunan - narito, nariyan, naroon
  4. panulad - ganito, ganyan, ganoon
  5. paturol - ito, iyan, iyon
  6. pahimaton - heto, hiyan, hiyon