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Introduction


Sana is a Tagalog conjunction that is used to express hope or things the speaker what to happen. It can be interpreted as hopefully, I wish, or I hope. The actual term to describe hope itself is pag-asa.


Possibility / Uncertainty


Use sana when you want to express something you wish to happen.

FORM : sana + quantifier

FORM : sana +  may
FORM : sana + mayroon / meron
FORM : sana + verb
FORM : sana + absolute pronoun
FORM : sana + sa + possessive pronoun 

Sana dalawa ang puso ko. ~ I hope I have two hearts.
Sana 


Negation


The negation of sana is sana hindi (sometimes shortened as sana'di) or sana wala. Sana hindi is hope(fully) not or wish not. While sana wala is wish there isn't.

FORM : sana + hindi + ergative pronoun + interjection + verb + demostrative
FORM : sana + hindi + sa + possessive pronoun + demonstrative + noun
FORM : sana + walang +  noun
FORM : sana + wala + absolute pronoun (ng) + thing

Sana hindi niya alam. ~ (I) hope he doesn't know.
Sana hindi niya talaga alam. ~ Maybe he doesn't really know.
Baká hindi niya talaga alam 'yun. ~ Maybe he doesn't really know that.

Sana walang klase mamaya. ~ (I) hope there's isn't a class later.
Sana wala akong sakit. ~ I hope I don't have a disease.



Summary


Sana is a conjunction use to express hope or wish.
Sana can be interpreted as hopefully, or wish to.
The negation of sana is sana hindi or sana wala.