I get why you are confused. I am confused!
ANG pronoun or ANG NOUN phrase ALWAYS MARKS the focus.
In an Actor focus affix, marks the ACTOR.
In an Object focus affix, marks the receiver of the ACTION (= the object)
Think of a speaker (as opposed to written) who codes the verb by the affix, then we just wait to hear the ANG marker to indicate the focus regardless of flexible ordering.
So how to determine the marking if the AFFIX is both? Depende depende
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talo; AF – ma; OF – in
Hawkins, Michael; Gallo-Crail, Rhodalyne. Tagalog Verb Dictionary (Kindle Location 1077). Northern Illinois University Press. Kindle Edition.
Actor Focus NA LANG
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talo; ACT – ma;
Ramos, Tersita; Bautista, Maria Lourdes. Handbook of Tagalog Verbs. University of Hawaii Press.
Actor Focus NA LANG DINNNNNNNNNNNN
Those are facts. What is the reference for the Tagalog.com dictionary?
@JKOS ...I have asked many times already. PLease explain