Introduction |
John: Welcome to 3-Minute Filipino Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation. In this lesson, you'll learn how to state essential negative statements in Filipino. |
Body |
John: Here's the informal way to say "I don't have a pen." in Filipino. |
Camille: [Normal] Wala akong pen. |
John: First is a word meaning "none." |
Camille: [Normal] wala [Slow] wala |
John: Next is the word meaning "I." |
Camille: [Normal] akong [Slow] akong |
John: Last is the word meaning "pen." |
Camille: [Normal] pen [Slow] pen |
John: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "I don't have a pen." |
Camille: [Slow] Wala akong pen. [Normal] Wala akong pen. |
John: Now, let's see the informal way to say "I don't have time." |
Camille: [Normal] Wala akong oras. |
John: First is a word meaning "none." |
Camille: [Normal] wala [Slow] wala |
John: Next is the word meaning "I." |
Camille: [Normal] akong [Slow] akong |
John: Last is the word meaning "time." |
Camille: [Normal] oras [Slow] oras |
John: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "I don't have time." |
Camille: [Slow] Wala akong oras. [Normal] Wala akong oras. |
John: Next, here is the formal way to say "I don't know." |
Camille: [Normal] Hindi ko po alam. |
John: First is a word meaning "no." |
Camille: [Normal] hindi [Slow] hindi |
John: Next is the word meaning "I." |
Camille: [Normal] ko [Slow] ko |
John: Next is a word indicating politeness. |
Camille: [Normal] po [Slow] po |
John: Last is the word meaning "know." |
Camille: [Normal] alam [Slow] alam |
John: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "I don't know." |
Camille: [Slow] Hindi ko po alam. [Normal] Hindi ko po alam. |
John: Finally the following is a formal way to say "I don't understand." |
Camille: [Normal] Hindi ko po maintindihan. |
John: First is a word meaning "no." |
Camille: [Normal] hindi [Slow] hindi |
John: Next is the word meaning "I." |
Camille: [Normal] ko [Slow] ko |
John: Next is a word indicating politeness. |
Camille: [Normal] po [Slow] po |
John: Last is the word meaning "understand." |
Camille: [Normal] maintindihan [Slow] maintindihan |
John: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "I don't understand." |
Camille: [Slow] Hindi ko po maintindihan. [Normal] Hindi ko po maintindihan. |
Cultural Insight |
John: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
Camille: Just like in English, you could always answer yes or no questions in Filipino, just by saying “yes” or “no” as you learned in this lesson. But keep in mind that there are two ways of saying "no": hindi and wala and two ways of saying "yes": oo and meron. |
Outro
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John: And that's all for this lesson. Don't forget to check out the lesson notes, and we'll see you in the next lesson! |
Camille: Maraming salamat! |
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