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5. TANONG : ___________________?
SAGOT : ___________________.

6. TANONG : ___________________?

SAGOT : ___________________.

7. TANONG : ___________________?

SAGOT : ___________________.

8. TANONG : ___________________?
SAGOT : ___________________.

9. TANONG : ___________________?

SAGOT : ___________________.

Gramatika

Study the following explanations of Filipino grammar.

I. Review Saan and Nasaan
In an earlier lesson, you learned that there are two ways of asking “where”
questions: using saan and nasaan.
Review these again for this chapter. Remember two things:
First, use nasa when answering questions that start with nasaan, and use sa
when answering questions that start with saan.
Second, saan questions are accompanied by a verb while nasaan is not. For
example:

EXAMPLES : Saan ka pupunta? Where are you going?
Saan pupunta si Maria? Where is Maria going?

Nasaan ka? Where are you?
Nasaan si Maria? Where is Maria?

II. Forming verbs using English words
A good way to expand your vocabulary is to learn how to form verbs using
English words that have no equivalent in Filipino. For example, words such as
skiing and snowboarding are not indigenous to the culture (since there is no

snow in the Philippines) so they cannot be translated. Also, recently invented