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(Kalayaan Dormitory)?
SAGOT : Mula sa Roces Avenue, kumanan ka sa Laurel Avenue.
Lumampas ka sa Apacible at Agoncillo streets. Nasa kaliwa
mo ang Church of the Risen Lord.

2. TANONG : Paano ako pupunta sa Balay Kalinaw mula sa UP Department
of Military Science?

SAGOT : _________ ka sa Magsaysay Avenue. _________ ka sa
Guerrero. _________ ka sa Laurel Avenue. _________ ka sa
unang kanto. Nasa _________ mo ang Balay Kalinaw.

3. TANONG : Paano ako pupunta sa UP Alumni Center mula sa Meralco
Domain Substation?

SAGOT : ___________________.

4. TANONG : ___________________?

SAGOT : ___________________.

5. TANONG : ___________________?
SAGOT : ___________________.

Gramatika

I. The imperative form of the verb in giving directions
In English, we use the verbs go and turn when we give directions. For example,
we say “turn right” or “go straight.” In Tagalog/Filipino, we form the verb by
taking root words such as kanan (right), kaliwa (left), diretso (straight),

lampas (past) and hinto (stop) and making them into verbs. For these four
words, the prefix um- is used.
Thus, we studied the following commands:

EXAMPLES : Kumanan ka! Turn right!
Kumaliwa ka! Turn left!

Dumiretso ka! Go straight!
Lumampas ka sa kalye Mabait. Go past Mabait street.

Huminto ka! Stop!

II. Inserting honorifics such as po and ho