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Learning the Filipino Articles displayed below is vital to the language. Filipino articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".
In Tagalog the is usually translated with ang and the indefinite article a with ng. However Tagalog uses an entirely different approach, ang is called a focus marker, ng a out of focus marker. The noun in focus is the noun which is talked about. For example Ang bahay ng lalaki maganda, The house of the man is beautiful. Beatiful is a description of the house, not of the man, since ang puts the house in focus. Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Filipino Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | artikulo |
| the | ang |
| a | isang |
| one | isa |
| some | ilan |
| few | ilan |
| the book | ang libro |
| the books | sa mga libro |
| a book | isang libro |
| one book | isang libro |
| some books | ang ilang mga libro |
| few books | ilang mga libro |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Filipino.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Filipino. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Filipino Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | pagkain |
| almonds | mga almendras |
| bread | tinapay |
| breakfast | almusal |
| butter | mantikilya |
| candy | kendi |
| cheese | keso |
| chicken | manok |
| cumin | kumin |
| dessert | dessert |
| dinner | hapunan |
| fish | isda |
| fruit | prutas |
| ice cream | surbetes |
| lamb | tupa |
| lemon | limon |
| lunch | tanghalian |
| meal | pagkain |
| meat | karne |
| oven | oben |
| pepper | paminta |
| plants | mga halaman |
| pork | baboy |
| salad | salad |
| salt | asin |
| sandwich | sanwits |
| sausage | batutay |
| soup | sopas |
| sugar | asukal |
| supper | hapunan |
| turkey | pabo |
| apple | mansanas |
| banana | saging |
| oranges | mga dalandan |
| peaches | mga milokoton |
| peanut | mani |
| pears | mga peras |
| pineapple | pinya |
| grapes | mga ubas |
| strawberries | strawberries |
| vegetables | mga gulay |
| carrot | karot |
| corn | papkorn |
| cucumber | pipino |
| garlic | bawang |
| lettuce | litsugas |
| olives | oliba |
| onions | mga sibuyas |
| peppers | peppers |
| potatoes | patatas |
| pumpkin | kalabasa |
| beans | patani |
| tomatoes | mga kamatis |
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