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Tagalog Basics

 

 

Numbers

 

Roman  Numeral	Tagalog  (Malay root)	Tagalog  (Spanish root)	English
1	isa  (satu)	uno  (uno)	one
2	dalawa  (dua)	dos  (dos)	two
3	tatlo  (tiga)	tres  (tres)	three
4	apat  (empat)	kwatro  (cuatro)	four
5	lima  (lima)	sinko  (cinco)	five
6	anim  (enam)	sais  (seis)	six
7	pito	syete  (siete)	seven
8	walo	otso  (ocho)	eight
9	siyam	nuwebe  (nueve)	nine
10	sampu	diyes  (diez)	ten
11	labing-isa	onse	eleven
12	labindalawa	dose	twelve
13	labintatlo	trese	thirteen
20	dalawampu	beynte  (veinte)	twenty
21	dalawampu't-isa	beynteuno (veinte-uno)	twenty-one
30	tatlumpu	trenta	thirty
40	apatnapu	kwarenta	forty
50	limampu	singkwenta	fifty
60	animnapu	seisenta	sixty
100	isang daan	siyento	hundred
200	dalawang daan	dos siyentos	two hundred
1,000	isang libo	mil	one thousand
2,000	dalawang libo	dos mil	two thousand
10,000	sampung libo	dies mil	ten thousand
100,000	isang daang libo	siyento mil	one hundred thousand
1,000,000	isang milyon	milyon	one million

A word about Pilipino(Tagalog) vowels

Vowels have short sounds

a - as in Apple, not name

e - as in Echo, not eel

i - as in India, not ice

o - as in Octopus not owl

u - as in Lunar not universe

Common Words and Phrases

Family

Nanay - Mother

Tatay - Father

Ate - Big Sister

Kuya - Big Brother

Anak - Child (genderless; there in no word for Son nor Daughther)

Objects (Nouns & Adjectives)

Tao - human

Lalake - boy/man

Babae - girl/woman

Bata - young

Matanda - old

Masaya - happy

Gutom - hungry

Guwapo - handsome

Maganda - beautiful

Online Resources

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