Six Basic English to Tagalog Sentence-Structures

1. The apple is red

Ang mansanas ay pula

2. It is John's apple

Ito ay mansanas ni John 

(For a proper flow of Tagalog, this should be said as "Ang mansanas na ito ay kay John.)

3. I give John the apple

Ibibigay ko kay John ang mansanas

4. We give him the apple

Ibibigay namin sa kanya ang mansanas

5. He gives it to John

Ibibigay niya ito kay John

6. She gives it to him

Ibibigay niya ito sa kanya.

(But to be gender specific: Ibibigay ng lalaki ang mansanas kay John; or Ibibigay ng babae ang mansanas kay John In this application, the subject the 'apple' will have to be mentioned rather than using "it". Because the introduction of gender specific created another subject in the phrase, therefore "it" can no longer be used to refer to the main subject.)