LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #10

What Sounds do Filipino Dogs
make?

CONTENTS
2 Filipino
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 FILIPINO

1. Jane: Trish, bahay mo ba ito?

2. Trish: Oo, akin ang bahay na ito. Tuloy kayo.

3. Jane: Salamat.
(The dog barks)

4. Maya: Trish, sa'yo ba ang asong ito?

5. Trish: Oo. Siya si Bruno.

(The dog barks)

ENGLISH

1. Jane: Is this your house, Trish?

2. Trish: Yes, this is my house. Come on in.

3. Jane: Thank you.

4. (The dog barks)

5. Maya: Oh, and this is your dog, Trish?

6. Trish: Yes, this is Bruno.

7. (The dog barks)

VOCABULARY

Filipino English C lass

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 ang the article

bahay house noun

aso dog noun

siya he/she/it pronoun

ito this pronoun

mo you pronoun

tuloy kayo come in, welcome interjection

akin mine pronoun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Ang bat a ay mat aba. Mat aas ang nakuha niyang mar ka.

"T he kid is f at ." "He got high marks."

OO, gust o ko lalo na ang Adobo. Ang pangalan ko ay J ane Doe.

"Yes, I especially love Adobo." "My name is Jane Doe."

Ang langit ay bughaw. Nasaan ang bahay mo?

"T he sky is blue." "Where is your house?"

Malaki ang bahay niya. Maganda ang aso niya.

"His house is big." "His dog is beaut if ul."

Ang balbon na aso ay hinahabol ang Siya ang pr esident e ng kompanya.

bola.
"He is t he president of t he
"T he shaggy dog is running af t er a company."
ball."

It o ang aking bag. Ano it o?

"T his is my bag." "What 's t his?"

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It o, pakiusap. It o ang lapis mo.

"T his, please." "T his is your pencil."

Maaar i mo ba akong t ulungan? T uloy kayo sa bahay namin.

"Can you help me?" "Please come in t o our house."

Ang lapis na it o ay akin. Sa akin.

"T his pencil is mine." "It 's mine."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Ang
Ang is an article which functions similarly to "the." This article marks that the word or words
next to it or after it are the subject of the sentence, which can be a noun or an adjective. Ang
is used for any number, singular or plural, and is used by both male and female speakers.

Mo
Mo is the pronoun used to indicate possession ("your") when it comes after a noun or the
subject of the sentence. However, when it follows a verb, it functions as the pronoun "you." Mo
is singular in number, and therefore, refers to only one subject, but it can be used to refer to
both male and female subjects.

Kayo
Kayo is the pronoun for "you," where it mostly is used as the subject of the sentence. Kayo is
plural in number, and thus, refers to a group of people but has no limits on the gender,
whether male or female.

GRAMMAR

T he Focus of t his Lesson is Saying t hat Somet hing Belongs t o Someone.

Bahay mo ba ito?
"Is t his your house? "

We can say that something belongs to someone with the words mo/sayo. Let's say we want
to ask about possession like, "Is that your...?" We can use the sentence pattern: Sa iyo (sayo)
+ ba + [ang + noun + na] + ito/iyan/iyon? For example, Sayo ba ito? (simple) means, "Is this
yours? Sayo ba ang payong na ito? means, "Is this your umbrella?"

Another way of saying it is by using mo. If you want to use mo, we have to use the sentence
pattern:

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[noun] + mo ba + ito / iyan / iyon, which means, "Is this [noun] yours?" For example, we can
say, Payong mo ba ito? ("Is this umbrella yours?")

Formal and Informal

The first sentence pattern using sayo is considered more formal than the latter pattern.
However, the latter pattern which uses mo is more commonly used in daily conversations.
Nevertheless, their meaning is the same.
For example:

1. Sa iyo ba ang aklat na ito?

"Is this book yours?" (formal)

2. Aklat mo ba ito?
"Is this book yours?" (informal)

Examples from this dialogue:

1. Bahay mo ba ito?
"Is this your house?"

2. Sa iyo ba ang asong ito?

"Is this dog yours?"

Sample Sent ences

1. Pusa mo ba ito?
"Is this your cat?"

2. Sa iyo ba ang unan na iyon?

"Is that pillow yours?"

Language T ip

To answer if the object or thing is yours or not we, use the phrase:

A. "Yes": Oo / Opo, sa akin ang + [noun] na + ito / iyan / iyon - "Yes, that [noun] is mine."

B. "No": Hindi sa akin ang + [noun] na + ito / iyan / iyon - "No, that [noun] isn't mine."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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Common Pet s in t he Philippines

Almost every family in the Philippines has a dog for their pet. Popular pets in the Philippines
are dogs and cats. However, ordinary Filipino families' pets don't have a pedigree and are
often called askal, which is short for asong kalye ("street dog") and pusakal, which is short for
pusang kalye ("street cat"). Stray dogs are one of the biggest problems in the streets of
Manila, since a lot of them aren't vaccinated for rabies. Many people get ill with rabies
infections every year. Although the government has been trying its best by offering free
vaccines to lessen the number of people getting infected, still some people are stubborn in
caring for their pets and neglect these issues.

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