How to Say "Instead" in Tagalog | NA LANG in English

→ As “Just”

Pagtiyagaan mo na lang. (Just make do with it.)

Dito na lang tayo maghintay. (Let’s just wait here.)

Puwede bang bukas na lang? (Can we do it tomorrow instead?)

Sa bahay na lang ako kakain. (I’ll just eat at home.)

Tubig na lang ang iinumin ko. (I’ll just drink water.)

Huwag tayong makipag-away. Umiwas na lang tayo. (Let’s not start a fight. Let’s just avoid it.)

Palitan na lang natin ito. (Let’s just replace this.)

Isulat mo na lang sa papel. (Just write it down on paper.)

Huwag mo nang pansinin, hayaan mo na lang. (Don’t mind it, just let it go.)

Bumili na lang tayo ng bago. (Let’s just buy a new one.)

Sa ibang araw na lang. (Let’s just do it some other day.)

Mamaya na lang ako kakain. (I’ll just eat later.)

Magtulungan na lang tayo. (Let’s just help each other.)

Manood na lang tayo ng since bukas. (Let’s just watch a movie tomorrow.)

Sabihin mo na lang ang totoo. (Just tell the truth.)

Tawanan na lang natin ‘yan. (Let’s just laugh it off.)

→ As “Instead”

Bumili na lang kami ng lutong ulam. (We bought cooked food instead.)

Sa kabilang lane na lang kami dumaan. (We took the other lane instead.)

Kumain na lang kami sa labas kasi tinatamad akong magluto. (We ate out instead since I didn’t feel like cooking.)

Wala si Kuya kaya si Tita na lang ang sumundo sa akin. (Kuya wasn’t around, so Tita picked me up instead.)

Hindi ko na sinagot, binura ko na lang. ( I didn’t reply; I deleted it instead.)

Naglakad na lang sila papunta sa sakayan. (They walked to the terminal instead.)

Ayoko nang makipagtalo, umalis na lang ako. (I didn’t want to argue; I just walked away instead)

Wala silang large kaya medium na lang ang binili ko. (They didn’t have large, so I bought medium instead.)

Sa app na lang ako nagbayad. (I paid through the app instead.)

Nagbigay na lang siya ng regalo kaysa mag-sorry. (He gave a gift instead of saying sorry.)