eskwelahan
eskwelahán with stress marks
school building
From root: eskwela
Usage Note
Eskwelahan is the everyday word for the school building, formed from eskwela with the -an place suffix. Filipinos use it far more often in speech than the formal paaralan, which belongs to signage and official documents.
Examples
" Nasa eskwelahan ang mga bata. "
Natural Translation
The children are at the school.
Literal Translation
At school the plural child.
" Sarado ang eskwelahan tuwing Linggo. "
Natural Translation
The school is closed every Sunday.
Literal Translation
Closed the school every Sunday.
" Tuwing umaga ay puno ang tapat ng eskwelahan ng mga magulang na naghahatid sa kanilang mga anak. "
Natural Translation
Every morning the front of the school is full of parents dropping off their children.
Literal Translation
Every morning full the front of-the school of the parents who bringing at their plural child.
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