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Easy Tagalog. Joi Barrios
Читать онлайн.Название Easy Tagalog
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isbn 9781462916771
Автор произведения Joi Barrios
Жанр Книги о Путешествиях
Издательство Ingram
MELISSA : Amerikano ako. Pero Filipino ang etnisidad ko. Ikaw? I am American. But my ethnicity is Filipino. And you?
RALPH : Amerikano ako pero Italyano ang etnisidad ko. I am American, but my ethnicity is Italian.
VOCABULARY
Here are other nationalities and names of countries in Tagalog. Some of these words are borrowed from other languages, such as English or Spanish.
| English | Tagalog | |
| Country | People | |
| United States | Estados Unidos | Amerikano |
| Japan | Hapon | Hapon (m)/Haponesa (f) |
| China | Tsina | Tsino (m)/Tsina (f) |
| Great Britain | Inglatera | Briton |
| Russia | Rusya | Ruso |
| Spain | Espanya | Kastila |
m = male; f = female
Now, try to answer the following questions:
1. Question: Ano ang etnisidad mo?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
2. Question: Ano ang nasyonalidad mo?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
SUMMING UP
Let us review what you have just learned in Chapter 2.
Fill in the blanks for the first two paragraphs about Ralph and Melissa. Then, using the cues in these two paragraphs, write a sentence about yourself.
Taga-_____________ si Melissa. Amerikano ____________. Nakatira siya ngayon sa ______________. _______________ ang etnisidad niya.
Taga-________________________ si Ralph. _______________________ siya. __________________ ngayon sa Makati. _________________ ang etnisidad __________________. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CHAPTER 3
What is your job?
Ano ang trabaho mo?
Sarah is an advertising account executive at Orendain Advertising; Mr. Tolentino is a lawyer; and Melissa is a student. In this dialogue, learn how to talk about jobs and professions. Study how the two question words you have learned, ano (what) and saan (where), are used, and how sentences are constructed to ask and answer these questions.
Jobs and Professions
| estudyante | student |
| account executive | account executive |
| abugado | lawyer |
| Abugado ako. | Lawyer + I. I am a lawyer. (informal) |
| Abugado po ako. | I am a lawyer. (formal) |
| Ano ang trabaho mo? | What + ang + job + your?What is your job? |
| Account executive po ako. | I am an account executive. (formal) |
| namumuno | to head or to be in charge of |
| ako ang namumuno | I + ang + head |
| Ako ang namumuno sa Legal Department. | I + ang + head + in + Legal Department.I head the Legal Department. |
| pinuno | head |
| ako ang pinuno | I + ang + head. I am the head |
| Ako ang pinuno ng Legal Department. | I + ang + head + of + Legal Department.I am the head of the Legal Department. |
| saan | where |
| nagtatrabaho | work |
| Saan po kayo nagtatrabaho? | Where + you + work?Where do you work? (formal) |
| Nagtatrabaho ako sa North American Investment Bank. | Work + I + at + North American Investment Bank.I work at North American Investment Bank. |
| nag-aaral | study |
| Saan ka nag-aaral? | Where + you + study? Where do you study? |
| Nag-aaral ako sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. | Study + I + at + University + of + Philippines.I study at the University of the Philippines. |
| namin | our (1st person plural possessive pronoun; refers only to the speaker and his/her companions) |
| natin | our (1st person plural possessive pronoun; refers to the speakers and the people being addressed; literally, we + you) |
| kliyente namin | our client |
| ninyo | your (2nd person plural possessive pronoun) |
| bangko ninyo | your bank |
| Kliyente po namin ang bangko ninyo. | Client + po + our + ang + bank + your.Your bank is our client. |
| nila | their (3rd person plural possessive pronoun) |
| bangko nila | their bank |
| Kliyente po namin ang bangko nila. | Client + po + our + ang + bank + their.Their bank is our client. |
SARAH : Saan po kayo nagtatrabaho, Mr. Tolentino? Where do you work, Mr. Tolentino?
MR. TOLENTINO : Sa North American Investment Bank. Ako ang namumuno sa Legal Department. Ikaw, ano ang trabaho mo? At the North American Investment Bank. I head the Legal Department. What about you, what is your job?
SARAH : Advertising account executive po ako. Kliyente po namin ang bangko ninyo. I am an advertising account executive. Your bank is our client.
MR. TOLENTINO : Ganoon ba? Saan ka nagtatrabaho? Is that so? Where do you work?
SARAH : Sa Orendain Advertising po. At Orendain Advertising.
MR. TOLENTINO : Talaga? Ikaw, Melissa? Really? What about you, Melissa?
MELISSA : Estudyante po ako. Nag-aaral ako sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. I am a student. I study at the University of the Philippines.
VOCABULARY AND SENTENCE PRACTICE
For some professions, Tagalog uses loanwords from other languages. Examples of these are: social worker, computer programmer, and website designer. In some cases, the words are derived from English but have a Tagalog spelling. Here are other words you can use.
| manedyer ng bangko | bank manager |
| guro/titser | teacher |
| doktor | doctor |
| nars | nurse |
| kawani | employee |
| kawani ng gobyerno | government employee |
| abugado | lawyer |
| inhinyero | engineer |
| arkitekto | architect |
| mananaliksik | researcher |
| manggagawa | worker |
| drayber | driver |
| magsasaka | farmer |
| negosyante | businessperson |
| manunulat | writer |
| bumbero | fireman |
| pulis | police
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