When to use it
Use it on a Sunday when you need medicine and the usual pharmacy is closed.
The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”)
In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” ‘I'm looking for’ shows an ongoing search, and ‘open’ follows the noun it describes.
- 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
- pharmacy
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sunday
- proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter
The sentence in Filipino (“Naghahanap ako ng botikang bukas tuwing Linggo.”)
In “Naghahanap ako ng botikang bukas tuwing Linggo.” the verb ‘Naghahanap’ (am looking) comes first, repeating the first syllable of the root for an action in progress. ‘bukas’ means both ‘open’ and ‘tomorrow’; here it describes the pharmacy, so it means ‘open’.
- Naghahanap
- verbhanap · focus: actor (mag-) · aspect: imperfective · mag- + hanap with ha repeated: still going on
- ako
- pronoun'I', the topic
- ng
- prepositionmarker ng before what is sought
- botikang
- nounbotika 'pharmacy' + linker -ng
- bukas
- adjective'open' here, not 'tomorrow'
- tuwing
- adverb'every'
- Linggo
- noun'Sunday', capitalised
What changes from one language to the other (English × Filipino)
English starts with the subject ‘I’; Filipino starts with the verb. English says ‘on Sunday’; Filipino adds ‘tuwing’ (every) before ‘Linggo’.
Example conversation
— Naghahanap ako ng botikang bukas tuwing Linggo.
— I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.
— Bukas hanggang alas-nuwebe ang nasa mall.
— The one at the mall is open until nine.