ganiyan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ganyan
- gayan
Etymology
From ga- + niyan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧ni‧yan
- IPA(key): /ɡaniˈan/, [ɡɐˈɲan]
Adverb
ganiyán
- like that; in that particular manner (near the listener, but far from the speaker)
- Synonyms: gaya niyan, katulad niyan
Derived terms
- ganiyanan
- ganiyanin
- gumaniyan
- iganiyan
- ipaganiyan
- maganiyan
- magkaganiyan
- magpaganiyan
- makaganiyan
- mangganiyan
- mapaganiyan
- naganiyan
- paganiyan
- pagkakaganiyan
- palaganiyan
See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
| Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) | Locative (nasa) | Existential | Manner (gaya ng) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Near speaker* | ari/are, iri/ire, yari** | nire/niri, niyari** | dine/dini | nandine | ere/eri, here/heri, ayri | ganire/ganiri, gayari |
| Near speaker and listener | ito | nito | dito, rito | nandito, narito | heto, eto, ayto** | ganito |
| Near listener | iyan | niyan | diyan, riyan | nandiyan, nariyan | hayan, ayan | ganiyan/ganyan |
| Remote | iyon, yaon** | niyon, noon, niyaon** | doon, roon | nandoon, naroon | hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun | ganoon, gayon** |
| *This series, for the most part, is not used anymore by most Tagalog speakers. Instead, the pronoun in the second row are used. **These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. | ||||||