Benoît
Ang aso ko. Noon nakatira ko sa South Africa, may aso ako. “Cookie” ang pangalan niya. Kyut na kyut naman siya! When I was living in South Africa, I had a dog (is there a past tense for "may"?) His name was Cookie. He was very cute.
Dec 9, 2014 3:59 PM
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Ang aso ko.

Noong nakatira pa ako sa South Africa, may aso ako. “Cookie” ang pangalan niya. Kyut na kyut naman siya!

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Not bad! Below is a breakdown/explanation of the corrections:

1. Noon means past, noong means when.

2. pa means still

3. You can still say ko but you have to use the contraction 'ko (short for ako which means I). 'Ko is the colloquial way of saying I if ako is in the middle of the sentence.

4. Naman was unnecessary in this sentence. You use naman if you want to say "so" or "likewise".

 

Hope this helps. :)

January 9, 2015
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Ang aso ko. 

 

This is nearest to what you wanted to say:

 

Nakatira ako dati sa South Africa.  May aso ako noon. Ang pangalan niya, Cookie. Kyut na kyut siya!

 

[TRANS: I used to live in South Africa. I had a dog then. His name was Cookie. He was very cute!] 

 

When I was living in South Africa, I had a dog (is there a past tense for "may"?) His name was Cookie. He was very cute.

December 17, 2014

Ang aso ko. = My dog.

Ang aso ko noon. =  My dog then/of long ago.

Ang aso ko dati. =  My former dog. = My dog before/in the past.

 

Noon nakatira ako sa South Africa, may aso ako.  = Then I was living in South Africa, I had a dog.’

- The first “ako” may be pronounced as “ ‘ko “, but the correct word is “ako” (I) and not “ko” (my).

Noon na/Noong nakatira ako sa South Africa... = (Then) when I was living in South Africa...

Noon na/Noong nakatira pa ako sa South Africa... = (Then) when I was still living in South Africa...

 

Although “may” can mean “to have” when its object is followed by a person’s name or a personal pronoun as the owner, its real meaning is, “there is/are/was/were/will be”.  Therefore, its “tense” adapts to the time element of the sentence.

May aso si Paul. = Paul has a dog.

May pusa ako noong bata pa ako. = I had a cat when I was still young.

May mga bisita sa bahay. = There are visitors in the house.

May maibibigay ako sa iyo bukas. = I will have something to give you tomorrow. = There will be something that I can give you tomorrow.  

 

“Cookie” ang pangalan niya.  - Correct

 

Kyut na kyut naman siya! -  “Kyut” is OK, though I think the majority of Filipinos would just use “cute” for that.  You also don’t need the “naman” in there.  You may opt to have “naman” there if there was a preceding statement that does not seem to be supportive of this statement.  For example: Matapang si Cookie pero cute na cute (naman) siya. = Cookie was vicious, but (otherwise), he was very cute.   

December 10, 2014
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