EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
if not for; were it not for...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/kun-DA-ngan/
FIL: Isang pangatnig na nagpapahayag ng kondisyon o dahilan na siyang pumigil o naging hadlang; katumbas ng "kung hindi lamang dahil sa".
EN: if not for; were it not for
Ito yung "sana" na may kasamang sisihan. "Sana mayaman na ako, kundangan sa gastos ko sa milk tea." It's the ultimate 'what if' word for explaining why you're not yet at your peak form. Basically, "if it weren't for..." this one thing that's holding me back.
Likely from "kung" (if) and "daan" (way/reason) with the "-an" suffix, evolving over time.
Considered formal and somewhat archaic, but still used in literature and formal speech.
🇵🇭 Matagal na sana siyang nakatapos, kundangan ay nagkasakit siya.
🇺🇸 He would have graduated long ago, if not for the fact that he got sick.
🇵🇭 Tagumpay sana ang plano, kundangan sa biglaang pag-ulan.
🇺🇸 The plan would have been a success, were it not for the sudden rain.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.