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

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