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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Tagalog

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Tagalog words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The main building of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Mark Joseph C. Olmedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tagalog phrases in this lesson

Isaee-SA
One

The number one. Existential weight in Filipino: "ako lang" means I alone, just me. Numbers are regular and easy after one.

Dalawada-LA-wa
Two

Regular from here. Three is tatlo, straightforward Tagalog counting. No weird tens rule like Danish; it stays predictable.

TatloTAT-lo
Three

Continues smoothly. Filipinos do not stress over numbers; they will accept approximations and rounding up.

Apata-PAT
Four
Limalee-MA
Five
Anima-NEEM
Six
Pitopee-TO
Seven
Walowa-LO
Eight
Siyamsee-YAM
Nine
Sampusam-POO
Ten

Prices are often said in English or Spanish numbers.

Where Tagalog is spoken

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