Numbers, Time & Dates

labing-isa hanggang dalawampu

eleven through twenty

lah-bing ee-sah ... dah-lah-wahm-poo

Labing- (ten+) prefix for 11-19; dalawampu = twenty

tatlumpu, apatnapu, limampu

thirty, forty, fifty

taht-loom-poo, ah-paht-nah-poo, lee-mahm-poo

Tens formed with root plus -mpu or -napu

sandaan, dalawang daan, isang libo

one hundred, two hundred, one thousand

sahn-dah-ahn, dah-lah-wahng dah-ahn, ee-sahng lee-boh

Daan = hundred; libo = thousand

ika-lima, ika-sampu, ika-dalawampu

fifth, tenth, twentieth ordinals

ee-kah-lee-mah, ee-kah-sahm-poo

Ika- prefix for all ordinals beyond third

Alas singko y medya.

Five thirty.

ah-lahs sing-koh ee mehd-yah

Spanish-based time: y = and; medya = half (30 minutes)

ng umaga, ng tanghali, ng hapon, ng gabi

in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, at night

nahng oo-mah-gah, nahng tahng-hah-lee

Time-of-day phrases with ng

Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

hweh-bes, bee-yer-nes, sah-bah-doh, ling-goh

Remaining days of the week from Spanish

Abril, Mayo, Hunyo, Hulyo, Agosto

April, May, June, July, August

ahb-ril, mah-yoh, hoon-yoh, hool-yoh, ah-gos-toh

Mid-year months borrowed from Spanish

Nobyembre, Disyembre

November, December

nob-yem-breh, dis-yem-breh

End-of-year months; Pasko (Christmas) is culturally central

Ilang taon ka na?

How old are you?

ee-lang tah-on kah nah

Ilang = how many; taon = years; standard age question