Page 163 - Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines

Minuto Minute
Segundo Second
Ng umaga In the morning

Ng tanghali At noon
Ng hapon In the afternoon

Ng gabi In the evening
Madaling-araw Dawn
Hatinggabi Midnight

Makalipas After
Relo Watch

Orasan Clock

Mga Halimbawang Pangungusap

Practice saying these sentences aloud and study the sentence structures.
1. Alas-tres kinse na ng hapon. It is three fifteen in the
afternoon.

2. Ika-anim na ng umaga. It is six o’clock in the
morning.
3. Hatinggabi na. It is midnight.

4. Menos kinse na para alas-dos. It is quarter to two.
5. Dalawampung minuto na makalipas ang alas It twenty minutes past four.
kuwatro.
6. Wala ho akong relo. I don’t have a watch.

Pagsasanay

Practice these questions and answers by both speaking and writing. Use the time
indicated in parentheses as your guide. Independent learners should write the
questions and answers. Classroom learners should work as pairs and ask each other
questions.