How to Count Numbers from 1 to 10 and Use Them in Everyday Context:
This lesson will teach you the basics of counting in Tagalog and how to use numbers when talking about quantities. This is suitable for beginners and useful for shopping, giving directions, or counting items in daily life.
The idea of this lesson is to guide you the practical way to understand how Tagalog sentences are constructed. It might be different in your own language so you can check out the example sentences below and follow the pattern. You can use the same logic when you construct other sentences later on pertaining to numbers.
Tagalog Lesson: Counting:
Isa = One
Dalawa = Two
Tatlo = Three
Apat = Four
Lima = Five
Anim = Six
Pito = Seven
Walo = Eight
Siyam = Nine
Sampu = Ten
Using Numbers in Sentences:
You can use numbers in your sentences in a variety of ways. Like other languages, you can also compose your Tagalog sentences in many ways like the examples below.
- Mayroon akong 5 kaibigan na dadalo sa birthday ko. – I have 5 friends who are coming to my birthday.
- 5 na kaibigan ang dadalo sa birthday ko. – 5 friends are coming to my birthday.
- May 5 kaibigan na dadalo sa birthday ko. – There are 5 friends coming to my birthday.
- Sa birthday ko, 5 ang dadalo. – On my brithday, 5 are coming.
Practice Activity 1:
Create your own Tagalog sentences keeping the idea of the sentences below. Use the guide sentences above.
- I have 10 fingers (daliri).
- He/She has 6 siblings (mga kapatid).
- There are 2 teachers (mga guro) sa classroom
Practice Activity 2:
- Take note of the highlighted words – numbers 1-3.
- 6 books – 6 na libro
- 5 friends – 5 na kaibigan
- 9 apples – 9 na apples
- 1 mother – 1 nanay / isang nanay
- 1 father – isang tatay
- 2 tables – dalawang table
- 3 chairs – tatlong upuan
- 4 glasses – 4 na baso