ganoon
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ganun
- ganon
- gano'n
- ganuon
Etymology
From Blend of gaya (“like”) + noon (“before”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧nun
- Hyphenation: ga‧non
- Hyphenation: ga‧nu‧on
- Hyphenation: ga‧no‧on
Adverb
ganoón
- like that; in that particular manner (referring to anything far from both the speaker and listener)
- Synonyms: gayon, iyon nga, ayun
- as before
Derived terms
- ganunan
- ginanon
- gumanon
- iganoon
- ipaganoon
- maganoon
- magkaganoon
- magpaganoon
- makaganoon
- mangganoon
- naganoon
- paganoon
- pagkakaganoon
- palaganoon
See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
| Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) | Locative (nasa) | Existential | Manner (gaya ng) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Near speaker* | ire/iri, are, 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. | ||||||