“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” in Filipino: “Naghahanap ako ng hotel na may pool at wifi.”

When to use it

Use it when booking a place to stay and you want a pool and internet.

“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” — The sentence in English

In “I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” the preposition ‘with’ attaches the features, and ‘pool’ takes ‘a’.

I'm

contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"

looking

verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now

for

prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"

a

determinerindefinite article

hotel

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

a

determinerindefinite article

pool

nounnoun; a swimming pool

and

coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction

wifi

nounnoun

“Naghahanap ako ng hotel na may pool at wifi.” — The sentence in Filipino

In “Naghahanap ako ng hotel na may pool at wifi.” the linker plus ‘may’ (has) — ‘na may’ — attaches the features to the hotel. ‘may’ never changes, and ‘pool’ and ‘wifi’ are English loans.

Naghahanap

verbhanap · focus: actor (mag-) · aspect: imperfective · the search is still going on

ako

pronoun'I'

ng

prepositionmarker ng

hotel

nounnoun 'hotel'

na

particlelinker: na may 'that has'

may

verbmay · form: existential · 'has, there is'; never changes

pool

nounEnglish loan: swimming pool

at

coordinating conjunction'and'

wifi

nounEnglish loan

English × Filipino: What changes from one language to the other

English uses the preposition ‘with’; Filipino a linker plus ‘may’, and no ‘a’.

Example conversation