Filipino Nouns
Welcome to the third Filipino lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Filipino to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.
potatoes  mga patatas | tomatoes mga kamatis | onions mga sibuyas | carrots mga karot |
fruits mga prutas | apples mga mansanas | bananas mga saging | oranges mga dalandan |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Filipino |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | may gatas ka ba? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | meron akong gatas at kape |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | meron siyang tatlong mansanas |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | meron lamang siyang isang mansanas |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | nakatira kami sa maliit na bahay |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | gusto ko ang ating almusal |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread tinapay | milk gatas | butter mantikilya | cheese keso |
coffee kape | sandwich sanwits | meat karne | chicken manok |
fish isda | breakfast almusal | lunch tanghalian | dinner hapunan |
Conversation in Filipino
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Filipino |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Filipino)? | marunong ka ba (mag-ingles / mag-filipino)? |
| Just a little | konti lang |
| I like Filipino | gustó ko ang filipino |
| Can I practice with you? | puwede akong makipag-praktis sa iyo? |
| How old are you? | ilang taón ka na? |
| I'm thirty three years old | ako ay tatlumpu't tatlong taong gulang |
| It was nice talking to you | masayá akó at nakausap kita |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Filipino. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Filipino Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |