When to use it
Use it to suggest an outing to a friend for the next day.
“Shall we go to the park tomorrow?” — The sentence in English
In “Shall we go to the park tomorrow?” ‘Shall’ comes before ‘we’ to make a suggestion; ‘to the park’ and ‘tomorrow’ follow.
- Shall
- auxiliary verbshall · tense: present · modal verb; "Shall we…?" makes a suggestion
- we
- pronounpersonal pronoun, first person plural
- go
- verbgo · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "shall"
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- park
- nounnoun
- tomorrow
- adverbadverb of time
“Pumunta kaya tayo sa parke bukas?” — The sentence in Filipino
In “Pumunta kaya tayo sa parke bukas?” the verb ‘Pumunta’ (go) comes first, as is normal in Filipino. The particle ‘kaya’ turns it into a suggestion, ‘what if we go?’, and ‘tayo’ is the inclusive ‘we’ that includes the listener.
- Pumunta
- verbpunta · focus: actor (um-) · aspect: infinitive · um- + punta 'go'; with kaya it becomes a suggestion
- kaya
- particleparticle of suggestion: 'shall we, what if'
- tayo
- pronouninclusive 'we', including the listener
- sa
- prepositionmarker sa for the destination
- parke
- nounnoun 'park', from Spanish parque
- bukas
- adverb'tomorrow', at the end
English × Filipino: What changes from one language to the other
Filipino starts with the verb, English with the auxiliary ‘Shall’. Filipino has two words for ‘we’: ‘tayo’ (including you) and ‘kami’ (excluding you).
Example conversation
— Pumunta kaya tayo sa parke bukas?
— Shall we go to the park tomorrow?
— Sige, sa umaga tayo pumunta.
— Sure, let's go in the morning.