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English – “anaha

Part of speech & core meaning
• Locative existential-demonstrative particle
• Presents or points out something right there beside the listener (complement of nia/dia “here” and toa “over there”).

Contracted form
• Colloquial clips: ’nha / ’ha after a verb (ari ’nha ra “just there”).
• Full form anaha is clearer in writing.

Sentence position
Always starts the predicate, immediately followed by the noun/pronoun shown.

  • Anaha ang baso. – “The glass is there (by you).”
  • Anaha ra si Lea. – “Lea is just there.”

Common collocations

  • anaha si ___ – ___ is there
  • anaha ang ___ – the ___ is there
  • anaha ra – just there
  • ari anaha! – stay there! / be there!
  • anaha diay – oh, it’s there after all

Detailed usage

  1. Locating for the listener: Anaha ang remote sa imong tuo. “The remote is there at your right.”
  2. Answering “Where?” questions: Asa ang charger?Anaha ra oh!
  3. Contrasting three zones: here (nia), there-near-you (anaha), far (toa).

Common mistakes
• Using anaha for speaker-side objects (use nia/dia).
• Following anaha with a place phrase (❌ anaha sa lamesa → ✔ naa sa lamesa).
• Omitting the noun/pronoun right after anaha.

Everyday example sentences & breakdown

Cebuano sentenceEnglish meaningParts of speech
Anaha ang imong telepono.Your phone is there.anaha (LOC-EXIST) there-is • ang (ART) the • imong (DET) your • telepono (N) phone
Anaha ra si Tatay sa sala.Dad is just there in the living-room.anaha (LOC-EXIST) there-is • ra (PART) only • si (MARK) PN-subj • Tatay (PN) Dad • sa (PREP) in • sala (N) living-room
Anaha diay ang susi nga gipangita nato.Oh, the key we’re looking for is there!anaha (LOC-EXIST) there-is • diay (PART) surprise • ang (ART) the • susi (N) key • nga (LINK) that • gipangita (V-PTCP) looked-for • nato (PR) by-us-incl

日本語 –「anaha

品詞と基本的意味
• 場所指示の存在詞
「そちらに〜がある/いる」—聞き手のすぐ近くを指し示す。

短縮形
• 口語では ’nha / ’ha と省略。

語順(文中位置)
• 述語の先頭に置き、直後に対象を置く。
 例:Anaha ang baso. – 「コップがそちらにある。」

よく使うフレーズ

  • anaha si ___ – ___ がそこにいる
  • anaha ang ___ – ___ がそこにある
  • anaha ra – そこだけ
  • ari anaha! – そこにいて!
  • anaha diay – なんだ、そこにあった

詳しい使い方

  1. 所在提示Anaha ang remote sa imong tuo.「リモコンが君の右にある。」
  2. 居場所回答Asa ang charger?Anaha ra oh!
  3. 三地点対比 – ここ(nia)/そちら(anaha)/あちら遠方(toa)。

注意点
• 話し手側には使わず、遠方には toa を使う。
anaha の後に場所句を直結しない(❌ anaha sa lamesa)。
• 対象を省略しないこと。

例文と品詞分解

セブアノ語日本語訳品詞分解
Anaha ang imong telepono.あなたの携帯はそこにある。anaha(存在)そこに • ang(冠)その • imong(所有)あなたの • telepono(名)携帯
Anaha ra si Tatay sa sala.お父さんはリビングにいるよ。anaha(存在)そこに • ra(副)だけ • si(標識)人名 • Tatay(名)父 • sa(前)〜に • sala(名)居間
Anaha diay ang susi nga gipangita nato.探していた鍵はそこにあった!anaha(存在)そこに • diay(助)意外感 • ang(冠)その • susi(名)鍵 • nga(連結)〜する • gipangita(動分詞)探した • nato(代)私たちが

まとめ
anaha は聞き手側の「そこにある/いる」を示す提示表現。述語冒頭に置き、近称(dia/nia)や遠称(toa)と使い分けると自然な場所説明ができる。

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