Learn Tagalog

Lesson 18

Vocabulary: (Pronouns)
Ba.........................................................(signals a question)
Ikaw.....................................................You

Note:
For the meantime, let’s forget the other pronouns we had learned before.
Today it’s “Ikaw” and “Ba.” The two letter word “Ba” makes a sentence into
a question. “Ba” comes (1) after the pronoun and (2) before the article.

English: Do you have five combs?

Short-form Tagalog: Ikaw ba ay mayroong limang suklay?

Exercise:
Translate the following:

PLURAL
Do you have four cats?

Do you have four drink bottles?

Do you have five teachers?

Do you have one Thursday?

Do you have ten combs?

Do you have nine papers?

Do you have three books?

Do you have five Tuesdays?

Note for Exercise 2:

On Exercise 2, you will notice that the English translations are similar. However, the
condition sets them apart. Think of these two sentences, “Dad, does our family have five
dogs?” and “Teacher, does our family have five dogs?” The first sentence the Dad is
included in the group. In the second sentence, the teacher is outside of the group. See
below.
Exercise 2: Make more questions
Use “SILA” THEY
drink bottles?
five teachers?
Thursday?
combs?
nine papers?
books?
Tuesdays?
Open Condition: asked by a (1) person belonging in a group to a (2)
Use “KAMI”
person not belonging in the same group
four cats? Do we have four cats? Answer: Kami ba ay mayroong apat na pusa?
drink bottles?
five teachers?
combs?
nine papers?
books?
Tuesdays?
Limited Condition: asked by (1) a person belonging in a group to a
Use “TAYO”
(2) person belonging in the same group
four cats? Do we have four cats? Answer: Tayo ba ay mayroong apat na pusa?
five teachers?
Thursday?
combs?
nine papers?
books?
Tuesdays?
Use “SIYA” He/She
four cats?
drink bottles?
five teachers?
combs?
nine papers?
books?
Tuesdays?