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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

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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