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Counting in Tagalog

Posted on 2011-09-262019-12-15 by
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Tagalog speakers have three ways of counting numbers — the first one is in native Tagalog, the second one is in the Spanish-influenced Tagalog, and the third one is in English. As far as I know, there are no exact rules on which one of these should be used for which specific situation, although there are certain situations where one is usually preferred over the other. Before we go into that, though, let’s try to learn the Tagalog numbers first.

Ones

  1. Isa
  2. Dalawa
  3. Tatlo
  4. Apat
  5. Lima
  6. Anim
  7. Pito
  8. Walo
  9. Siyam
  10. Sampu

Tens

Tens can be formed by combining the words for 1-9 and the letters “mpu” from sampu (ten). If the word ends with a consonant, the word “na” is added before “mpu.”

E.g.  dalawa + mpu = dalawampu (two tens)
        anim + na + mpu = animnapu (six tens)

Counting in Tagalog Using Native Tagalog Words

OnesTens
1isa11labing-isa10sampu21dalawampu’t isa
2dalawa12labindalawa20dalawampu32tatlumpu’t dalawa
3tatlo13labintatlo30tatlumpu43apatnapu’t tatlo
4apat14labing-apat40apatnapu54limampu’t apat
5lima15labinlima50limmapu65animanapu’t lima
6anim16labing-anim60animnapu76pitumpu’t anim
7pito17labimpito70pitumpu87walumpu’t pito
8walo18labing-walo80walumpu98siyamnapu’t walo
9siyam19labing-siyam90siyamnapu99siyamnapu’t siyam

Hundreds/Thousands

Hundreds can be formed by combining the words for 1-9 followed by the word “daan” which means hundred. If the word for 1-9 ends with a vowel, we add the letters “ng” before daan, if it ends with a consonant, we add the word “na.”

E.g.  isang daan = one hundred
        apat na daan = four hundred

HundredsThousandsTen Thousands
100isang daan1,000isang libo10,000sampung libo20,000dalawampung libo
200dalawang daan2,000dalawang libo11,000labing-isang libo30,000tatlumpung libo
300tatlong daan3,000tatlong libo12,000labindalawang libo40,000apatnapung libo
400apat na daan4,000apat na libo13,000labintatlong libo50,000limampung libo
500limang daan5,000limang libo14,000labing-apat na libo60,000animnapung libo
600anim na daan6,000anim na libo15,000labinlimang libo70,000pitumpung libo
700pitong daan7,000pitong libo16,000labing-anim na libo80,000walumpung libo
800walong daan8,000walong libo17,000labimpitong libo90,000siyamnapung libo
900siyam na daan9,000siyam na libo18,000labing-walong libo
19,000labing-siyam na libo

Millions

The same rule goes for forming numbers in the thousands and millions, the only difference is daan is replaced by “libo” which means thousand and “milyon” which means million.

E.g. Walong libo = eight thousand
       Siyam na milyon = nine million

Hundred ThousandsOne MillionsTen MillionsHundred
Millions
100,000isang daang libo1,000,000isang milyon10,000,000sampung milyones100,000,000isang daang milyon
200,000dalawang daang libo2,000,000dalawang milyones20,000,000dalawampung milyones200,000,000dalawang daang milyon
300,000tatlong daang libo3,000,000tatlong milyones30,000,000tatlumpung milyones300,000,000tatlong daang milyon
400,000apat na raang libo4,000,000apat na milyones40,000,000apatnapung milyones400,000,000apat na raang milyon
500,000limang daang libo5,000,000limang milyones50,000,000limampung milyones500,000,000limang daang milyon
600,000anim na raang libo6,000,000anim na milyones60,000,000animnapung milyones600,000,000anim na raang milyon
700,000pitong daang libo7,000,000pitong milyones70,000,000pitumpung milyones700,000,000pitong daang milyon
800,000walong daang libo8,000,000walong milyones80,000,000walumpung milyones800,000,000walong daang milyon
900,000siyam na raang libo9,000,000siyam na milyones90,000,000siyamnapung milyones900,000siyam na raang milyon
Billions
1,000,000,000isang bilyon
10,000,000,000sampung bilyon
100,000,000,000isang daang bilyon
1,000,000,000,000isang trilyon

Number Combinations

Number Combinations can be made by using the word “at” which means “and.”

E.g. dalawampu’t isa = twenty and one
       animnapu’t pito = seventy and seven

Counting in Tagalog Using Native Tagalog Words
Sample Numerical Combinations

NumbersEnglish Translation
164isang daan at animnapu’t apat
1,834isang libo, walong daan at tatlumpu’t apat
23,480dalawampu’t tatlong libo, apat na raan at walumpu
497,201apat na raan at siyamnapu’t pitong libo, dalawang daan at isa
8, 991,283walong milyon, siyam na raan at siyamnapu’t isang libo, dalawang daan at walumpu’t tatlo
30,495,814tatlumpung milyon, apat na raan at siyamnapu’t limang libo, walong daan at labing-apat
720,482,730pitong daan at dalampung milyon, apat na raan at walumpu’t dalawang libo, pitong daan at tatlumpu
6,938,428,343anim na bilyon, siyam na raan at tatlumpu’t walong milyon, apat na raan at dalawampu’t walong libo, tatlong daan at apatnapu’t tatlo

That’s about it with counting using native Tagalog words. Next time, I’ll write about how you can count in Tagalog using Spanish loan words.

Until then!

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