Tagalog Notes

Numbers 1-10
Numbers 11-19
Numbers 20-99

EXERCISES

Translate the following into English:

1.1. anim
1.2. lima
1.3. pito
1.4. dalawa
1.5. isa
1.6. siyam
1.7. tatlo
1.8. apat
1.9. walo
1.10. sampu

ANSWERS

1.1. six (6)
1.2. five (5)
1.3. seven (7)
1.4. two (2)
1.5. one (1)
1.6. nine (9)
1.7. three (3)
1.8. four (4)
1.9. eight (8)
1.10. ten (10)

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

2.1. seven (7)
2.2. ten (10)
2.3. eight (8)
2.4. one (1)
2.5. nine (9)
2.6. two (2)
2.7. three (3)
2.8. five (5)
2.9. six (6)
2.10. four (4)

ANSWERS

2.1. pito
2.2. sampu
2.3. walo
2.4. isa
2.5. siyam
2.6. dalawa
2.7. tatlo
2.8. lima
2.9. anim
2.10. apat

EXERCISES

Translate the following into English:

3.1. lima
3.2. apat
3.3. walo
3.4. anim
3.5. pito
3.6. siyam
3.7. sampu
3.8. tatlo
3.9. isa
3.10. dalawa

ANSWERS

3.1. five (5)
3.2. four (4)
3.3. eight (8)
3.4. six (6)
3.5. seven (7)
3.6. nine (9)
3.7. ten (10)
3.8. three (3)
3.9. one (1)
3.10. two (2)

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

4.1. five (5)
4.2. seven (7)
4.3. two (2)
4.4. six (6)
4.5. ten (10)
4.6. three (3)
4.7. four (4)
4.8. eight (8)
4.9. one (1)
4.10. nine (9)

ANSWERS

4.1. lima
4.2. pito
4.3. dalawa
4.4. anim
4.5. sampu
4.6. tatlo
4.7. apat
4.8. walo
4.9. isa
4.10. siyam

EXERCISES

Translate English into Tagalog and Tagalog into English:

5.1. four (4)
5.2. anim
5.3. one (1)
5.4. sampu
5.5. seven (7)
5.6. dalawa
5.7. five (5)
5.8. tatlo
5.9. eight (8)
5.10. siyam

ANSWERS

5.1. apat
5.2. six (6)
5.3. isa
5.4. ten (10)
5.5. pito
5.6. two (2)
5.7. lima
5.8. three (3)
5.9. walo
5.10. nine (9)

EXERCISES

Translate English into Tagalog and Tagalog into English:

6.1. nine (9)
6.2. tatlo
6.3. one (1)
6.4. anim
6.5. four (4)
6.6. sampu
6.7. five (5)
6.8. walo
6.9. two (2)
6.10. pito

ANSWERS

6.1. siyam
6.2. three (3)
6.3. isa
6.4. six (6)
6.5. apat
6.6. ten (10)
6.7. lima
6.8. eight (8)
6.9. dalawa
6.10. seven (7)

Note the following patterns:

1. For numbers whose last digit begins with a vowel in Tagalog, add "labing-" to the beginning: labing-isa (11), labing-apat (14), labing-anim (16).

2. For numbers whose last digit begins with a consonant in Tagalog, add "labin" to the beginning: labindalawa (12), labintatlo (13), labinlima (15), labinsiyam (19).

There are two exceptions:

1. For 17, add "labim" in front of "pito": labimpito (17).

2. For 18, add "labing" in front of "walo": labingwalo (18).

EXERCISES

Translate the following into English:

1.1. labindalawa
1.2. labing-apat
1.3. labing-isa
1.4. labinlima
1.5. labinsiyam
1.6. labintatlo
1.7. labimpito
1.8. labing-anim
1.9. labingwalo

ANSWERS

1.1. twelve (12)
1.2. fourteen (14)
1.3. eleven (11)
1.4. fifteen (15)
1.5. nineteen (19)
1.6. thirteen (13)
1.7. seventeen (17)
1.8. sixteen (16)
1.9. eighteen (18)

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

2.1. twelve (12)
2.2. sixteen (16)
2.3. fifteen (15)
2.4. nineteen (19)
2.5. eighteen (18)
2.6. thirteen (13)
2.7. eleven (11)
2.8. seventeen (17)
2.9. fourteen (14)

ANSWERS

2.1. labindalawa
2.2. labing-anim
2.3. labinlima
2.4. labinsiyam
2.5. labingwalo
2.6. labintatlo
2.7. labing-isa
2.8. labimpito
2.9. labing-apat

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

3.1. seventeen (17)
3.2. eleven (11)
3.3. twelve (12)
3.4. thirteen (13)
3.5. nineteen (19)
3.6. sixteen (16)
3.7. fifteen (15)
3.8. fourteen (14)
3.9. eighteen (18)

ANSWERS

3.1. labimpito
3.2. labing-isa
3.3. labindalawa
3.4. labintatlo
3.5. labinsiyam
3.6. labing-anim
3.7. labinlima
3.8. labing-apat
3.9. labingwalo

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

4.1. nineteen (19)
4.2. twelve (12)
4.3. sixteen (16)
4.4. eleven (11)
4.5. fifteen (15)
4.6. fourteen (14)
4.7. thirteen (13)
4.8. eighteen (18)
4.9. seventeen (17)

ANSWERS

4.1. labinsiyam
4.2. labindalawa
4.3. labing-anim
4.4. labing-isa
4.5. labinlima
4.6. labing-apat
4.7. labintatlo
4.8. labingwalo
4.9. labimpito

Note the following patterns:

1. For multiples of ten whose most significant digit ends in an "a" in Tagalog, add "mpu": dalawampu (20), limampu (50).

2. For multiples of ten whose most significant digit ends in an "o" in Tagalog, replace the "o" with a "u" and add "mpu": tatlumpu (30), pitumpu (70), walumpu (80).

3. For multiples of ten whose most significant digit ends in a consonant in Tagalog, add "napu": apatnapu (40), animnapu (60), siyamnapu (90).

4. For numbers which aren't multiples of ten, at "'t" to the name of the most significant digit and then add the name of the least significant digit: dalawampu't isa (21), tatlumpu't dalawa (32), apatnapu't tatlo (43).

EXERCISES

Translate the following into English:

1.1. dalawampu't tatlo
1.2. limampu't apat
1.3. siyamnapu't tatlo
1.4. limampu't tatlo
1.5. walumpu't walo
1.6. animnapu't isa
1.7. animnapu't walo
1.8. limampu't anim
1.9. limampu't isa
1.10. walumpu't isa

ANSWERS

1.1. twenty-three (23)
1.2. fifty-four (54)
1.3. ninety-three (93)
1.4. fifty-three (53)
1.5. eighty-eight (88)
1.6. sixty-one (61)
1.7. sixty-eight (68)
1.8. fifty-six (56)
1.9. fifty-one (51)
1.10. eighty-one (81)

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

2.1. fifty-five (55)
2.2. sixty-three (63)
2.3. forty (40)
2.4. eighty-six (86)
2.5. thirty-three (33)
2.6. sixty-six (66)
2.7. thirty-nine (39)
2.8. sixty-five (65)
2.9. fifty-nine (59)
2.10. fifty-six (56)

ANSWERS

2.1. limampu't lima
2.2. animnapu't tatlo
2.3. apatnapu
2.4. walumpu't anim
2.5. tatlumpu't tatlo
2.6. animnapu't anim
2.7. tatlumpu't siyam
2.8. animnapu't lima
2.9. limampu't siyam
2.10. limampu't anim

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

3.1. forty-five (45)
3.2. fifty-seven (57)
3.3. ninety-four (94)
3.4. ninety-one (91)
3.5. ninety-nine (99)
3.6. twenty-eight (28)
3.7. fifty-three (53)
3.8. seventy-three (73)
3.9. twenty-two (22)
3.10. eighty-five (85)

ANSWERS

3.1. apatnapu't lima
3.2. limampu't pito
3.3. siyamnapu't apat
3.4. siyamnapu't isa
3.5. siyamnapu't siyam
3.6. dalawampu't walo
3.7. limampu't tatlo
3.8. pitumpu't tatlo
3.9. dalawampu't dalawa
3.10. walumpu't lima

EXERCISES

Translate the following into Tagalog:

4.1. thirty-four (34)
4.2. seventy-seven (77)
4.3. eighty-three (83)
4.4. twenty-four (24)
4.5. forty-three (43)
4.6. sixty-four (64)
4.7. ninety-five (95)
4.8. fifty-nine (59)
4.9. twenty-seven (27)
4.10. twenty-five (25)

ANSWERS

4.1. tatlumpu't apat
4.2. pitumpu't pito
4.3. walumpu't tatlo
4.4. dalawampu't apat
4.5. apatnapu't tatlo
4.6. animnapu't apat
4.7. siyamnapu't lima
4.8. limampu't siyam
4.9. dalawampu't pito
4.10. dalawampu't lima