sistema
sistéma with stress marks
system
Usage Note
Sistema is borrowed from Spanish — ultimately from Greek — and is widely used in formal, academic, and bureaucratic contexts to refer to any organized method, structure, or framework. It appears frequently in government, education, and technology discourse, and is one of the more transparent Spanish-origin borrowings in Tagalog.
Examples
" Bago ang sistema namin. "
Natural Translation
Our system is new.
Literal Translation
New the system our.
" Bago ang sistema ng paaralan. "
Natural Translation
The system of the school is new.
Literal Translation
New the system of school.
" Mahirap unawain ang bagong sistema ng pamahalaan, ngunit mas mabilis itong magbibigay ng serbisyo sa mga mamamayan. "
Natural Translation
The government's new system is hard to understand, but it will deliver services to citizens more quickly.
Literal Translation
Hard to-understand the new system of government, but more fast it will-give of service to the citizens.
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