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JUAN : Mawalang galang na po, anong oras na po?
Excuse me, what time is it?

BABAE : Pasensiya na kayo, wala po akong relo.
Sorry, I don’t have a watch.

Bokabolaryo

Study the following words. Some of them were used in the dialogue you just read
and some of them will be useful when you make your own sentences for your
dialogues.

Mga Salita Tungkol sa Oras (Words About Time)

There are two ways of telling time in Tagalog/Filipino. The more popular way is to
use the Spanish-derived words. The other way is to use indigenous Tagalog words.

The Spanish-derived words are on the left and the indigenous words are in the
middle.
Ala-una Ika-isa One o’clock

Alas-dos Ikalawa Two o’clock
Alas-tres Ikatatlo Three o’clock
Alas-kuwatro Ika-apat Four o’clock

Alas-singko Ikalima Five o’clock
Alas-sais Ika-anim Six o’clock

Alas-siyete Ikapito Seven o’clock
Alas-otso Ikawalo Eight o’clock
Alas-nuwebe Ikasiyam Nine o’clock

Alas-diyes Ikasampu Ten o’clock
Alas-onse Ikalabing-isa Eleven o’clock

Alas-dose Ikalabindalawa Twelve o’clock
y medya kalahati Half (used for thirty minutes)

menos... para bago ang Before (used for indicating minutes
before reaching an hour; for example:
menos singko para alas-onse or limang
minuto bago ang ikalabing-isa = five
minutes before eleven)

Oras Time; hour