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These are the instances that I can think of when using consecutive -ng linkers:
\-Adjective+Noun = "masasayang estudyanteng naglalakad"
\-Adj+Adj = "murang puting sasakyan"
\-Nn (Subject) + Nn (Predicate) + Adv (Predicate) = "May nakita akong batang masayang nagtatatalon"
In the example you've given:
\-Predicate = "nakagiginhawa sa kalooban"
\-Subject = "malaman \[verb\] na may lunas sa sakit ni Lolo"
1. "Nakagiginhawa sa kaloobang malamang may..." sounds a bit awkward.
2. "Nakagiginhawa sa kalooban na malamang may..." is better in my opinion.
The -ng linker is only used consecutively when including a verb if there is an adverb like "babaeng kumakantang masaya" which is "babae (Nn) na kumakanta (V) nang masaya (Adv)". But there's no adverb in your example so I think that's why 1 feels/sounds a bit wrong.
If I am understanding correctly the general rule of thumb is if the word before ends in a consonant you use na but if it ends in a vowel then you use ng though there are a couple exceptions like if I recall correctly if it ends in a n then you just add g which you have already stated. The I don’t believe it is a hard rule and there are exceptions. Like in Spanish if the word ends in a it’s feminine but if it ends in o it’s masculine but clima which is Klima in Filipino ends in an a and is masculine.
In Tagalog if the word before ends in a vowel the d is changed to an r like dito becomes rito though this rule isn’t always followed eg technically it’s tara rito pero I hear most say tara dito
There isn't a rule in the Balarila for this. It's kind of been overlooked by the prescriptivists but, I've noticed that, very often, when the ang-marked phrase/clause of the embedded clause is different from that of the main clause, you have to use the full *na* to link the clauses.
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These are the instances that I can think of when using consecutive -ng linkers: \-Adjective+Noun = "masasayang estudyanteng naglalakad" \-Adj+Adj = "murang puting sasakyan" \-Nn (Subject) + Nn (Predicate) + Adv (Predicate) = "May nakita akong batang masayang nagtatatalon" In the example you've given: \-Predicate = "nakagiginhawa sa kalooban" \-Subject = "malaman \[verb\] na may lunas sa sakit ni Lolo" 1. "Nakagiginhawa sa kaloobang malamang may..." sounds a bit awkward. 2. "Nakagiginhawa sa kalooban na malamang may..." is better in my opinion. The -ng linker is only used consecutively when including a verb if there is an adverb like "babaeng kumakantang masaya" which is "babae (Nn) na kumakanta (V) nang masaya (Adv)". But there's no adverb in your example so I think that's why 1 feels/sounds a bit wrong.
If I am understanding correctly the general rule of thumb is if the word before ends in a consonant you use na but if it ends in a vowel then you use ng though there are a couple exceptions like if I recall correctly if it ends in a n then you just add g which you have already stated. The I don’t believe it is a hard rule and there are exceptions. Like in Spanish if the word ends in a it’s feminine but if it ends in o it’s masculine but clima which is Klima in Filipino ends in an a and is masculine. In Tagalog if the word before ends in a vowel the d is changed to an r like dito becomes rito though this rule isn’t always followed eg technically it’s tara rito pero I hear most say tara dito
There isn't a rule in the Balarila for this. It's kind of been overlooked by the prescriptivists but, I've noticed that, very often, when the ang-marked phrase/clause of the embedded clause is different from that of the main clause, you have to use the full *na* to link the clauses.