Tagalog - Dahil | Luzvimindan Project
Introduction
Dahil is a Tagalog conjunction that means because.
Dahil As Because
FORM : dahil + absolute pronoun
FORM : dahil + sa + possessive pronoun
FORM : dahil + sa + thing
Dahil can make a possessive pronoun act like as if it's an ergative pronoun.
Dahil ikaw ang sigaw ng puso ko. ~ Because you're the one my heart is shouting for. Literally : You're the "scream" of my heart.
Dahil sa iyo. ~ Because of you.
Dahil + an
Dahil plus the Tagalog suffix -an results to dahilan which means reason.
Ikaw ang dahilan. ~ You're the reason.
Ikaw ang dahilan. ~ You're the reason.
Summary
Dahil means because.
Dahil is the root word of dahilan.