If you're trying to learn Filipino Numbers or Tagalog, check our courses about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Filipino grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Filipino. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Filipino Numbers displayed below is vital to the language. Filipino cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Tagalog use a mixture of numeral, the Tagalog numerals, the Spanish numerals where some Spanish numerals are adjusted to the Tagalog spelling and alphabet, like quarto becomes kuwarto, since the old Tagalog alphabet has no q. Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Filipino Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | mga numero ng |
| one | isa |
| two | dalawa |
| three | tatlo |
| four | apat |
| five | lima |
| six | anim |
| seven | pito |
| eight | walo |
| nine | siyam |
| ten | sampu |
| eleven | labing-isa |
| twelve | dose |
| thirteen | labintatlo |
| fourteen | labing-apat |
| fifteen | labinlima |
| sixteen | labing-anim |
| seventeen | labimpito |
| eighteen | labing-walo |
| nineteen | labinsiyam |
| twenty | dalawampu |
| hundred | daan |
| one thousand | isa thousand |
| million | milyon |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Filipino.
Filipino Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Filipino. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Filipino Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | |
| first | una |
| second | pangalawa |
| third | ikatlo |
| fourth | pang-apat |
| fifth | ikalima |
| sixth | pang-anim |
| seventh | pampito |
| eighth | pangwalo |
| ninth | ikasiyam |
| tenth | ikasampu |
| eleventh | pang-onse |
| twelfth | ikalabindalawa |
| thirteenth | ikalabintatlo |
| fourteenth | panlabing-apat |
| fifteenth | pang-labinlima |
| sixteenth | panlabing-anim |
| seventeenth | ikalabimpito |
| eighteenth | ikalabing-walo |
| nineteenth | ikalabinsiyam |
| twentieth | ikadalawampu |
| once | minsan |
| twice | dalawang beses |
Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Filipino. Once you're done with the Tagalog Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Filipino lessons here: Learn Filipino. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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