The Negator WALA
WALA is generally used to negate existential and prepositional sentences. They imply the non-existence or absence of someone or something. This is done by using the negator WALA in place of the existential particle MAY/MAYROON or in place of the "preposition" NASA. In the case of the prepositional sentence, it more complex than this, but for our purpose, this should do for now.
| EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES | |
| Walang tao sa bahay. | There's nobody home. |
| Walang pera si Josie. | Josie has no money. |
| Walang klase ngayon. | There is no class today. |
| Wala akong panahon para mag-aral. | I don't have time to study. |
| PREPOSITIONAL SENTENCES | |
| Wala sa klase si Noel kanina. | Noel was not in class earlier today. |
| Wala sa kwarto ang libro mo. | Your book is not in the room. |
| Wala sa akin ang susi. | I don't have the key (with me). |
| Wala rito si Lina. | Lina is not here. |