Tagalog Definition 134

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Alam kong mahalaga ang pagkain ng gulay pero ayaw ko ang mga ito.
I know that eating vegetables is important, but I don’t like them.

Alam: know, aware of
kong: ko (my) + ng linker; of-me, by-me + ng linker
mahalaga: important
ang: the; ang is the focus marker. ‘Ang’ marks the subject of a sentence.
pagkain: food
ng: of; the non-focus marker. Points to words that are not the subject. Points to the object of the sentence.
gulay: vegetable
pero: but
ayaw: don’t like;ex: Ayaw ko ng alak. I don’t like alcoholic drinks.
ko: my (of-me, by-me)
ang: the; ang is the focus marker. ‘Ang’ marks the subject of a sentence.
mga: pluralizer; example: bata (child), mga bata (children); also means “about” or “approximately”
ito: it, this; to say ‘these’ you can use “mga ito” (these)

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