When to use it
Use it when you tell a host or cooking teacher that you would like to learn to cook traditional Filipino food.
“I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.” · The sentence in English
In “I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.” the verbs chain with ‘to’ before each new one, and ‘dishes’ is plural.
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- want
- verbwant · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb
- to
- particleinfinitive marker before the verb
- learn
- verblearn · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"
- to
- particleinfinitive marker before the verb
- cook
- verbcook · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"
- traditional
- adjectiveadjective
- dishes
- nounplural noun; prepared food
“Gusto kong matutong magluto ng mga tradisyonal na pagkain.” · The sentence in Filipino
In “Gusto kong matutong magluto ng mga tradisyonal na pagkain.” linkers join every piece: ‘ko’ + ‘-ng’, ‘matuto’ + ‘-ng’. ‘mga’ makes ‘pagkain’ (food) plural, and ‘na’ links the adjective ‘tradisyonal’ to the noun.
- Gusto
- adjective'want, like'; not a verb in Filipino
- kong
- pronounko 'I' + linker -ng
- matutong
- verbtuto · form: ma- (infinitive) · matuto 'to learn' + linker -ng
- magluto
- verbluto · focus: actor (mag-) · form: infinitive · mag- + luto 'to cook'
- ng
- prepositionmarker ng before the object
- mga
- determinerplural marker mga
- tradisyonal
- adjectiveadjective 'traditional'
- na
- particlelinker na between adjective and noun
- pagkain
- nounnoun 'food, dishes'
What changes from one language to the other · English × Filipino
English marks infinitives with ‘to’; Filipino joins words with the linkers ‘-ng’ and ‘na’. English plural is in the word, ‘dishes’; Filipino adds a separate ‘mga’.
Example conversation
— Gusto kong matutong magluto ng mga tradisyonal na pagkain.
— I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.
— Matuturuan ka ng lola ko ng adobo.
— My grandmother can teach you adobo.