Tagalog Numbers in Use
Tagalog, English and Spanish-derived numbers are often used interchangeably. The tables below show the preferred language(s) in everyday conversation.
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Dates |
October 3 (three) 1970 (nineteen seventy) |
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Time |
limang minuto, five minutes limang oras, five hours |
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Clock time |
three o’clock, alas tres |
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Age |
tatlong taon, three years old |
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Percentage |
sampung porsyento, ten percent |
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Money |
1 – piso 2 – dalawang piso, two pesos 10 – sampung piso, ten pesos 20 – dalawampung piso, twenty pesos, bente pesos 50 – limampung piso, fifty pesos, singkwenta pesos 75 – seventy-five pesos 100 – sandaang piso, one hundred pesos |
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Length |
limang metro, five meters limang kilometro, five kilometers |
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Volume |
limang kutsarita, five teaspoons limang kutsara, five tablespoons limang tasa, five cups limang litro, five liters limang galon, five gallons |
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Weight |
limang kilo, five kilos five pounds |
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Addresses |
5 (five) Ipil Street 1100 (one one zero zero) |
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Grade levels |
grade one fourth year |
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Other |
limang pares (5 pairs) limang dosena (5 dozens) |
See also: Cardinal numbers (p. 236), Clock time (p. 266)
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