nandoon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • naroon, naron, naro'n
  • nandoroon, naroroon
  • nando'n
  • nandon, nandun — slang
  • andoroon, andoon, andon, handon — colloquial

Etymology

From na- +‎ -n- +‎ doon.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /nandoˈʔon/ [n̪ɐn̪.d̪oˈʔon̪], (relaxed) /nanˈdon/ [n̪ɐn̪ˈd̪on̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: nan‧do‧on, nan‧doon

Adverb

nandoón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. yonder; there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.

Further reading

  • “nandoon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “nandoon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 724
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