Tagalog Words For Numbers
Category : Phrases & Vocabulary , Words
Filipino primary schools teach children to count in Filipino and English. As a result of 373 years of Spanish colonization (1521 – 1898) over the Philippines, Spanish derived numbers are used commonly by most of the Filipino population.
English | Tagalog |
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one | isa |
two | dalawa |
three | tatlo |
four | apat |
five | lima |
six | anim |
seven | pito |
eight | walo |
nine | siyam |
ten | sampu |
eleven | labing-isa |
twelve | labing-dalawa |
thirteen | labintatlo |
fourteen | labing-apat |
fifteen | labinlima |
sixteen | labing-anim |
seventeen | labimpito |
eighteen | labing-walo |
nineteen | labinsiyam |
twenty | dalawampu |
hundred | daan |
thousand | libo |
million | milyon |
Besides counting with Tagalog numbers, Filipinos often use Spanish-derived numbers for telling time and one’s age. Often they provide a faster and simpler way to speak.
For example:
labindalawa (syllables: 5)
twelve
dose (syllables: 2)
twelve (Spanish derived)
Tagalog | Spanish derived |
isa one |
uno one |
dalawa two |
dos two |
tatlo three |
tres three |
apat four |
kuatro four |
lima five |
sinko five |
anim six |
seis six |
pito seven |
siete seven |
walo eight |
ocho eight |
siyam nine |
nueve nine |
sampu ten |
diez ten |
To express a specific number of an object, add ‘ng’ to the number words that end in vowels and add ‘na’ to the number words that end in consonants.
For example:
pito(ng) isda
seven fish
isang bata
one child
anim na sapatos
six shoes
siyam na libro
seven books