Day 18 - A focus on Tagalog Numbers White boy learns Tagalog / Filipino
Today I focused on numbers. There is a weird thing in Filipino, when using numbers you use Spanish numbers to tell time, Tagalog numbers to count, and english numbers when you buy things if you so choose to? lol. I am quite confused about this however I guess its normal. There is such a big Spanish and English influence in the Philippines that speaking a mixture of languages is just normal.
It was easy for me to deal with the Spanish numbers to tell time. Also the use of "anong oras na?" (what time is it?) because my wife has said that so often in the past. Also I have studied Spanish and know how to count in Spanish. This would however, add a level of difficulty to a new learner.
Here are the numbers for your practice.
Tagalog English
isa One
dalawa Two
tatlo Three
apat Four
lima Five
anim Six
pitong Seven
walo Eight
siyam nine
sampu ten
labing-isang Eleven
labindalawa Twelve
labintatlo thirteen
labing-apat fourteen
labinlim Fifteen
labing-anim Sixteen
labing pitong Seventeen
labing-walo eighteen
labinsiyam Nineteen
dalawampu twenty
dalawampu't isa twenty one
Tatlumpu thirty
Tatlumpu't isa thirty one
Apatnapung fourty
Apatnapu't isa fourty one
limampu fifty
limamput isa fifty one
animnapu sixty
animnapu't isa sixty one
pitumpu Seventy
pitongput-isa seventy one
walumpu eighty
walumput isa eighty one
siyamnapung ninety
siyamnapu't isa ninety one
isang daan one hundred