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Gabriel Garcia asks the librarian a question.

Ito ay "paradahan."

Paano po sasabihin ito?

Translation
Gabriel Garcia: How do you say this?

Librarian: It's "paradahan" (parking lot).

Lesson Focus Example

Ito ay + [ ]. Ito ay "paradahan."

It's... It's "paradahan" (parking lot).

Key Vocabulary

umaga tindero paglalakbay pananakop

morning shop clerk travel invasion

 10 Difficult Words to Pronounce in Filipino
Bababa ba? Going down?
bulaklak flower
buntong-hininga sigh
hindi kapani-paniwala unbelievable
kagilagilalas astounding
kinakailangan important
kumukutikutitap twinkling
mamasamasa moist
misteryoso mysterious
patalastas commercial

Tongue Twisters
Pitumpu't pitong puting tupa. Aba, bababa kaba Baba?
77 white sheep. Wow, are you going down Baba?

Bumili ako ng bituka ng butiki sa botika. Nakakapagpabagabag kapag kinakabag ka.

I bought a gut of a lizard in a drugstore. It's bothersome if you are experiencing
gastritis.

Minekaniko ng mekaniko ni Monico ang makina Palakang Kabkab, kumakalabukab,

ng Minica ni Monica. kaka-kalabukab pa lamang,
kumakalabukab na naman.
Monico's mechanic mechanically fixed the Minica A bullfrog is croaking; it had just croaked,
(a car name from Japan) of Monica. and now it’s croaking again.

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