LESSON
4
Vocabulary
at and
bahay house
bunso the youngest child
diba? am I not?
empleyado employee
isa(-ng) one
ito this
kapatid brother, sister
kuna was taken (photo)
kumpanya company
kuya older brother
litrato photograph
magulang parent
maybahay housewife
CHAPTER ONE: SIMPLE SENTENCES 13
Introducing People
mga noun pluralizer
(pronounced as manga)
naman and (a shift in subject)
namin our (excluding
person addresed)
nanay mother
ng of (pronounced as
nang) '
pamilya family
Pasko Christmas
pribado(-ng) private
sila they
siya he, she
tatay father
Showing a Family Photograph
Read these short paragraphs.
Ito ang fitrato ng pamilya ko.
Sila ang mga magulang ko.
Propesor ang tatay ko at
maybahay ang nanay ko.
‘Sila ang mga kapatid ko.
Siya si John. Kuya ko siya.
Empleyado siya sa pribadong
kumpanya. Mayroon siyang
asawa at isang anak.
iya naman si Erick. Bunso
siya Sa pamilya. Estudyante siya
‘sa Junior high school.
Ito ako. Maganda ako, ‘di ba?
Kuha ito sa bahay namin
a California noong Pasko.14 VD LIKE TO SPEAK FILIPINO 2
Exercise 4
Introduce your sibling, then your friend,
‘Ang Kapatid Ko
Ang Kaibigan Ko
Siva si .
ko si
7 iva Taga sive
siyasa
¥ Sa siya nakatira.
Sa siya nekatira, Cangas
a
slyang asawa, yang
Exercis
2 °
Show some photographs to your friend and identity the person /s in the Photos,
Mention as much information about him / her as possible
Familial Terms.
aunt fia, tiya grandmother ola
brother, sister kapatid husband, wife asawa
brother-inaw —bayaw mother nanay
cousin pinsan mother-in-law biyenang babae
elder brother kuya Nephew, niece pamangkin
elder sister ate parent magulang
oldest child panganay relative kamag-anak
father tatay sisterintaw pag
father-in-law biyenangialaki son, daughter anak
grandenild apo uncle tito, tivo
grandfather olo youngest child bunso
Culture Point
Figen. filipbines, one of the most popular conversational topics is family.
Fillpinos show pictures of thelr family even to a person they have just met.
When You visita Filipino home, you may see family photos displayed.
The hosts would even show you their family photo albums.CHAPTER ONE: SIMPLE SENTENCES
‘Study this table.
‘Ang Form / Nominative Case | Ng Form / Possessive Case
3 ang+noun (the) ng + noun (of
£ si + personal name ni + personal name
1_ako (a (my)
g g] 2 ka, Ikaw/kayo (you)| 2 mo J ninyo — (your)
25 (informa) (formal) (informal) (formal
ae
3. siya (he, she)| 3 niya (his, her)
g ito (this) nito {of this)
ge
#3 iyan (that) niyan (of that)
gi
é lyon (that over there) noon (of that over there)
rst parson 2= second person 3 third person
Exercise 3
‘Supply the possessive form.
a. ako d._ siya,
bo ka e. ang
esi f ito
Exercise 4
Complete these sentences with the words in parentheses.
a. Titser, ba si Claudia? (your)
b. Kaibigan siya. (my)
¢, Abogado ang asawa . (her)
d. Estudyante ang mga anak. Claudia. (of)
@, Maganda ang litrato pemilya (6f, her)