ganyan

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • ganiyan

Etymology

From Blend of gaya (“like”) +‎ niyan (“that (near the person spoken to)”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: gan‧yan
  • Hyphenation: ga‧nyan
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ni‧yan

Adverb

ganyán

  1. like that; in that particular manner (referring to anything far from the speaker, but near the listener)
    Synonyms: iyan nga, ayan
Derived terms
  • ganyanan
  • ginanyan
  • gumanyan
  • iganyan
  • ipaganyan
  • maganyan
  • magkaganyan
  • magpaganyan
  • makaganyan
  • mangganyan
  • mapaganyan
  • naganyan
  • paganyan
  • pagkakaganyan
  • palaganyan

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.
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