Question: bang in the dictionary is explained as a word to indic

na / -ng.... for the umpteenth time is like the English word "that, or which". Lets look here:Ang manok na pulaThe chicken that/which is red.Ba + na happens usually after a verb (including the MA- verbs which are called adjectives in a lot of sources out of convenience).

OK thank you pedantically then " + "that" "

Steve, I like and admire your attention to detail. I would suggest you look at all MARKERS and LINKERS so you can concentrate on the meat of the sentence. And natives are certainly not going to offer much in the way of pauses/punctuation...Any time you see a word you don't recognize and it ends with -ng...see what happens if you just strip off and ignore the -ng ending. Magandang umaga Walang wala Talagang talaga :DTagalogs LINK adjectives closely to nouns so that they do not dangle. So an adjective either proceeds or follows the noun with a LINKER.For adjectives that occur in front of a noun and end in a vowel...we LINK with -ng added as a suffix. "NG" by comparison is a non-topic MARKER for a pronoun or phrase after the noun.For adjectives before the noun ending in a consonant we add the linker NA. And we use the NA for adjectives after the noun.All disclaimers apply...Tagalogs will shortcut, local style, personal style...on and on.Goodluck!

I just saw this and thought this is your adjective key sentence...And its a golden oldie sure to bring a smile to any Filipina's earsWalang matigas na tinapay sa mainit na kapeWala -ng (linker) matigas na (linker before) tinapay sa mainit na (linker before) kapefor the timeless...No hard bread in the hot coffee. Or directionally....no hard bread survives the hot coffee. Enjoy