Page 412 - Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines

At around ten o’clock in the morning earlier.
PEDRO : Kumusta ang isang drayber?
How is the driver?

MARIA : Sa kasamaang palad, nasawi ang isang drayber.
Unfortunately, the driver passed on.

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.
Balita News

Aksidente Accident
Na-aksidente Met (with) an accident
Insidente Incident

Drayber/Tsuper Driver
Bumbero Firefighter

Sa kasamaang palad Unfortunately
Nasawi Died

Kinapanayam Interviewed

Mga Halimbawang Pangungusap

Practice saying these sentences aloud, to get a feel for how this chapter’s
vocabulary and grammar work in Filipino.

1. Naaksidente si Juan sa Katipunan Juan met (with) an accident at

Avenue. Katipunan Avenue.
2. Nabangga ang kotse ni Juan bandang Juan’s car got hit at around ten