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Kamusta kayo, ako si Mayumi. Hi everybody! I’m Mayumi.
Welcome to FilipinoPod101.com’s “Filipino sa 3 minuto”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Filipino.
In the last lesson, we learned quite a few phrases used when apologizing in Filipino.
In this lesson we are going to learn numbers in Filipino.
That’s right, numbers! mga numero! And you are going to learn them in only three minutes, tatlong minuto!
Are you ready? Let’s start!
isa.
[slowly] isa.
dalawa.
[slowly] dalawa.
tatlo.
[slowly] tatlo.
apat.
[slowly] apat.
lima.
[slowly] lima.
anim.
[slowly] anim.
pito.
[slowly] pito.
walo.
[slowly] walo.
siyam.
[slowly] siyam.
sampu.
[slowly] Sampu.
Okay, now repeat after me. I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one.
isa
dalawa
tatlo
apat
Lima
anim
pito
walo
siyam
sampu
Great job!
Try to remember these numbers by heart because you’ll see them again in bigger numbers.
Do you know what is before isa? Here’s a clue: it’s almost the same as in English. It’s sero.
[slowly] sero.
Now let’s continue from eleven.
Labing-isa
[slowly] labing-isa
Labindalawa
[slowly] labindalawa
Labintatlo
[slowly] labintatlo
Labing-apat
[slowly] labing-apat
Labinlima
[slowly] labinlima
Labing-anim
[slowly] labing-anim
Labimpito
[slowly] labimpito
Labingwalo
[slowly] labingwalo
Labinsiyam
[slowly] labinsiyam
These numbers may seem longer and harder to remember, but they basically follow a simple rule which is: “labi” + connector + the numbers 1 to 9. In Filipino, the connector is usually “na” if the letter before it is a consonant and “ng” if the letter before it is a vowel. In this case, since labi ends with i, then we’ll be using the “ng” connector.
However “ng” sometimes changes its form depending on the letter that follows it. For the letters d, l, r, s and t, the “g” from “ng” is dropped to make it easier to pronounce: Labindalawa, labintatlo, labinlima and labinsiyam. If a “p” follows the “ng” connector, the “ng” becomes an “m”, just like in labimpito.
Now it’s time for Mayumi’s Tips.
Filipinos don’t exclusively use the Filipino way of counting. As I’ve said before, English is commonly used in the Philippines so it is very common for us to count in English as well. But that’s not all! Sometimes we even use the Spanish way of counting, especially when telling the time.
Now you know how to count up to labinsiyam. But why stop there! Next time we’ll learn more about numbers. Do you know the Filipino word for one hundred? Find out in the next Filipino sa 3 minuto lesson.
Hanggang sa muli!

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