Lesson 3 Activity 4

 

4.  Listen, repeat, and learn the numbers 1 to 10.

 

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10

                                    isa    dalawa    tatlo    apat    lima    anim    pito      walo   siyam   sampu

 

Notice the structure of the numbers 11 to 19.  They are recorded at normal and slow speeds.  Then pause the audio and study the patterns for 20 to 24.

 

11   labing-isa                                       21   dalawampu’t isa

12   labindalawa                                   22   dalawampu’t dalawa

13   labintatlo                                       23   dalawampu’t tatlo

14   labing-apat                                    24   dalawampu’t apat                                      

15   labinlima                                                               

16   labing-anim                                               

17   labimpito                                      

18   labing-walo

19   labinsiyam

20   dalawampu

 

Write the following numbers in Tagalog.

 

25______________________________________

 

26______________________________________

 

27______________________________________

 

28______________________________________

 

29______________________________________

 

30______________________________________

 

Listen to the next set of numbers, spoken both slowly and at a normal rate of speech.

 

30   tatlumpu                70   pitumpu

40   apatnapu               80   walumpu

50   limampu                90   siyamnapu

60   animnapu              100   isang daan

 

Grammar Notes:

The prefix “labi + ng” means a number greater than 10 but less than 20.  The root word “labi” is used along with the linker “ng”.  Putting “labi + ng” equates to “labing” for the numbers mentioned above.  The prefix changes as follows:

 

1.  “ng” becomes “m” when the second word starts with b or p.

           Example: labingpito becomes labimpito

2.  “ng” becomes “n” when the second word starts with d, l, r, s, and t.

           Example: labing   -  labindalawa

                                          labinlima

                                          labinsiyam

3.  “ng” is retained when the second word starts with a vowel or with w and y and a hyphen is placed between the

           two words.

           Examples:   labing:  labing-isa             labing-anim

                                         labing-apat          labing-walo

4.  “ng” becomes “m” when the number before “pu” ends in a vowel.  If the number ends in o, the o becomes u,

            resulting in a one word number.

            Examples:    dalawang  dalawampu                              

                                tatlong      tatlumpu

                                limang       limampu

                                pitong       pitumpu

                                walong     walumpu

5.  “ng” becomes “na” when the preceding number ends in a consonant.

            Examples:    apatnapu

                               animnapu

                               siyamnapu

 

The suffix “pu” means times 10 which is equivalent to a “ty” ending in English numbers.

            Examples:  dalawampu means dalawa times sampu  =  dalawampu

                                (20         means      2     times    10      =   20)

 

Write the following numbers in Tagalog.