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What is the difference between "mona" and "muna" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between "mona" and "muna" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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24 Apr 2020
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@kylalapatata there’s two instances possible here.
First, “mona” is just a misspelled version of “muna”. Filipinos tend to interchange “u” and “o” when writing. Basically, both could mean:
1. Yet
eg: Hindi muna ako kakain. (I’m not yet eating.)
2. First (to do something)
eg: Ikaw na muna ang maunang sumakay sa kotse. (You enter the car first.)
3. For a while/For now (temporarily)
eg Ilagay mo muna diyan sa tabi. (Put it aside for a while.)
Second instance is when “mona” actually meant to be “mo na”. “Mo” is a second person singular pronoun which means “you” in English. Its usage however, is more on expressing an active sentence.
Eg. Inaresto mo siya.
You arrested him.
However, the knowledge on usage is “mo” is not really extensive to the likes of me who probably couldn’t explain it like linguists could. The above mentioned example is just its usual usage.

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