--- title: Numbers — and where’s the bathroom? layout: post author: "Marvin Johanning" excerpt_separator: --- # Tagalog Diary — 2022-04-26 Mabuhay! Nagtatrabaho ako sa bahay sa araw na ito. Naghintay ako ng aking oven. Nag-install ang electrician ng oven. Makakabake ako ng mga pretzel o ng mga isda ngayon! Binili ko ang whisky gawa sa Amerika. Gusto kong mag-aral ng mga numero ngayon. I have a bit more time on my hand today — due to my working from home — and, therefore, I decided I will try to study a bit more today. I will be watching videos, trying to finish lessons 18 and 19 and study numbers in Tagalog. --- ## Colours - Word root - Infix or root repetition - Prefix - Connecting particle --- ## Tasks - [x] Finish lesson 18 - [ ] Maybe finish lesson 19 - [x] Watch a few more videos - [x] Speak / write a bit - [x] Learn vocab (especially numbers) --- ## Interesting new words or expressions - __nasaán__ - this word is used for asking where something is located - the pattern is _nasaan ang noun_ or _nasaan si Person_ - _nasaan ang banyo_, “where is the bathroom?” - __nása__ - to respond to the above-mentioned interrogative adverb, you would generally use _nasa_ - _nasa paaralan ang banyo_, “the bathroom is at school” - __saán__ - the interrogative adverb mentioned previously is based on the word _saan_ - this, however, is used somewhat differently, as it specifies a verb’s location instead of the location of a noun. - _saan tayo pupunta?_, “Where are we going?” - as should be quite obvious here, the thing being asked for is a verb (pumunta) instead of a noun - __busóg__ - this is an adjective that means “full” or “satisfied” - it can be used in phrases like the English “I‘m stuffed!” (_Busog na ako!_) - __péro__ - a conjunction from Spanish with the same meaning as its Spanish equivalent, _but_ - the more formal variant is _ngunit_ --- ## What was most difficult? The most difficult thing today was most certainly the learning of numbers. I am also still somewhat confused regarding the usage of _nasaan_ vs. _saan_; I guess I will just have to get used to it. --- ## What was learnt or done? The main theme of lesson 18 was asking for the location of an object, place or person; this can be achieved with _nasaan_. The lesson notes also mentioned _saan_ which, too, translates as _where_, but can only be used for asking about a verb’s location. It also mentioned a rather strange (and interesting) word for bathroom, namely _CR_, which stands for “comfort room”. However, the word _banyo_ can also be used. I continued watching the video series _Pilipino sa tatlong minuto_ and have been learning the numbers by doing that, at least the ones from 0 to 19. The numbers from 0 - 10 are as follows: — | English | Tagalog | | ------- | ----------- | | zero | sero / wala | | one | isa | | two | dalawa | | three | tatlo | | four | apat | | five | lima | | six | anim | | seven | pito | | eight | walo | | nine | siyam | | ten | sampu | The numbers 11 - 19 are easy, but somewhat peculiar. They are formed using the word _labi_ + a connecting particle + the numbers 1 - 9. The connecting particle is _-ng_ before vowels, _-n_ before consonants other than p and _-m_ before p: — | English | Tagalog | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | eleven | labing-__isa__ | | twelve | labin-__dalawa__ | | … | … | | seventeen | labim__pito__ | | … | … | I did not finish or even start lesson nineteen due to the fact that I decided I should rather spend my time studying for the final exam. I will try doing it tomorrow, however.