Lesson 87: 3A: "To somebody (a person’s name) happens an action"

We often say something happens to somebody.
When we refer to that somebody by name,
we have what we call pattern 3A.

Pattern 3A	Personal name	AY object-focus verb
	Nene	was helped by Charina at the market.
	Si Nene	ay tinulungan ni Charina sa palengke.

In the pattern definition above:
"Personal name" can be replaced by "one or more personal names."
"Object-focus verb" can be replaced by "one or more object-focus verbs."

Compare the different patterns:

3A Personal name	Charina was given a gift.
3B Personal pronoun	We were not given gifts.
3C Non-personal name	Mother was given the gift of music.
3D Non-personal pronoun	It was given many gifts.