Easy Tagalog. Joi Barrios
to use noon as a preposition for past action, and sa for future action.
QUESTION AND ANSWER PRACTICE
1. Question: Saan ka nagtrabaho noon?
Answer: ___________________ ako sa ____________________.
2. Question: Saan magtatrabaho si Melissa?
Answer: __________________ si Melissa sa ____________________.
3. Question: Kailan ka magtatrabaho sa _________________?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
4. Kailan ka nag-aral sa _________________________________________?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
SUMMING UP
Let us review what you have just learned in Chapter 3.
Talk about your studies and work in the past, present and future.
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CHAPTER 4
What is your mother’s name?
Ano ang pangalan ng nanay mo?
In this chapter, we will learn about family members and we will learn some adjectives.
Family Relations
Melissa and Mr. Tolentino discover that they are distantly related because Melissa’s aunt, Luna Sicat, is Mr. Tolentino’s second cousin.
Review/study the following words, phrases, and sentences used in the dialogue:
| nanay | mother |
| tatay | father |
| pamilya | family |
| taga-saan | from where |
| Taga-saan ang nanay mo? | From-where + ang + mother + your?Where is your mother from? |
| Taga-Cabanatuan ang nanay ko. | From-Cabanatuan + ang + mother + my.My mother is from Cabanatuan. |
| pamilya ng tatay ko | family + of + father + my. my father’s family |
| din | also |
| Taga-Cabanatuan din ang pamilya ng tatay ko. | From-Cabanatuan + also + ang family + of + father + my. My father’s family is also fromCabanatuan. |
| apelyido | last name, family name |
| Ano ang apelyido ng nanay mo? | What + ang + last name + of + mother + your?What is your mother’s last name? |
| kaano-ano | how are you related to (literally, how related) |
| Kaano-ano mo si Luna Sicat? | How related + you + si + Luna Sicat?How are you related to Luna Sicat? |
| tiya | aunt |
| Tiya ko siya. | Aunt + my + she. She is my aunt. (informal) |
| Tiya ko po siya. | She is my aunt. (formal) |
| pinsan | cousin |
| Pinsan ko siya. | Cousin + my + she. She is my cousin. |
| kapatid | sibling, brother/sister |
| Kapatid ko siya. | Sibling + my + he/she. He/she is my sibling. |
| magkapatid | siblings |
| kami | we |
| Magkapatid kami. | Siblings + we. We are siblings. |
| lola | grandmother |
| lolo | grandfather |
| mga | word used to make a noun plural |
| mga lola | grandmothers |
| mga lolo | grandfathers |
| Magkapatid ang mga lola namin. | Siblings + ang + grandmothers + our.Our grandmothers are siblings. |
| tiyo | uncle |
| pala | expression used when something is unexpected (used like Oh!) |
| Tiyo ko kayo. | Uncle + my + you. You are my uncle. |
| Tiyo ko pala kayo! | Uncle + my + oh + you! Oh, so you are my uncle! |
| kaya | because (literally, that’s why) |
| maganda | beautiful |
| Maganda ka. | Beautiful + you. You are beautiful. |
| Kaya pala maganda ka. | That’s why + oh + beautiful + you.So that’s why you’re beautiful. |
MR. TOLENTINO : Taga-saan ang nanay mo, Melissa? Where is your mother from, Melissa?
MELISSA : Taga-Cabanatuan po. From Cabanatuan.
MR. TOLENTINO : Talaga? Taga-Cabanatuan din ang pamilya ng tatay ko. Ano ba ang apelyido ng nanay mo? Really? My father’s family is also from Cabanatuan. What is your mother’s family name?
MELISSA : Sicat po. Sicat.
MR. TOLENTINO : Kaano-ano mo si Luna Sicat? (How) are you related to Luna Sicat?
MELISSA : Tiya ko po siya. She is my aunt.
MR. TOLENTINO : Pinsan ko siya. Magkapatid ang mga lola namin. She is my cousin. Our grandmothers are sisters.
MELISSA : Tiyo ko pala kayo! You are my uncle!
MR. TOLENTINO : Kaya pala maganda ka. So that’s why you are beautiful.
VOCABULARY AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Here are additional words you can use when talking about your family. Also review how to pluralize nouns using the word mga, which you learned in Chapter 1.
| nanay/inay/ina | mother |
| tatay/itay/ama | father |
| magulang | parent |
| mga magulang | parents |
| anak | child |
| mga anak | children |
| kapatid | brother/sister |
| ate | elder sister |
| kuya | elder brother |
| lolo | grandfather |
| lola | grandmother |
| apo | grandchild |
| tiyo/tiyuhin/tito | uncle |
| tiya/tiyahin/tita | aunt |
| manugang |