UCLA, Winter 2003

Lesson 17 Telling Time

(Pagsasabi ng Oras)

By: George Aguila & Christine Raymundo

How to ask “What time is it?”

 2 different ways to ask 1) Anong oras na? [What time is it?] 2) Alas (Spanish number) na ba?  Example: Alas tres na ba? [Is it 3 oclock yet?]

How to respond to the question..

  So if someone asks “Anong oras na?” Use the following Syntax:  Ala(s) + (Spanish number) + na.

 Examples:  Alas tres na. [Three o’clock.]  

Ala

una na. [One o’clock.] Alas otso na. Di-ba? [Eight o’clock. Right?]

Spanish Time Chart

    1:00 ala una 2:00 alas dos 3:00 alas tres 4:00 alas kuwatro   5:00 alas singko 6:00 alas sais     7:00 alas siyete 8:00 alas otso 9:00 alas nuwebe 10:00 alas diyes   11:00 alas onse 12:00 alas dose

What if it’s AM or PM?

  Tagalog/Filipino is a confusing language Recall words that express time such as:  UMAGA     TANGHALI HAPON GABI MADALING ARAW  Don’t you wish there was a word for “AM” and “PM” in Filipino? Well there is n.u. –ng umaga and n.g.- ng gabi but you still have to use the different time expressions.…

What if it’s AM or PM? Cont….

 A more complete answer is: 

Ala(s) + (Spanish number) + NG + (time expression)

 Examples:  Alas dos ng madaling-araw. [2:00am] 

Ala

una ng hapon. [1:00pm]  Alas siyete ng gabi. [7:00pm]

What if its not exactly on the hour? Cont……    Then you’re in trouble!

No seriously it’s a li’l more tricky 1st - Some important vocabulary to note:  y medya = and half  Menos = minus, less  Menos kinse one o’clock para ala una = 15 minutes before

More Vocabulary before we continue..

        13 – trese 14 – katorse 15 – kinse 16 – disisais 17 – disisiyete 18 – disiotso 19 – disinuwebe 20 - beynte        21 – beynte-uno 22 – beynte-dos 23 – beynte-tres 30 – trenta 31 – trenta y -uno 32 – trenta y -dos 40 - kuwarenta

What if it’s not exactly on the hour? (The Answer.)   Examples  2:30  Alas dos y media.

 5:30  Alas singko y media.

 10:37  Alas diyes trentay-sais.

But what about 3:45? Or 6:53?

 “Menos RULE”:  IF the time is over 40min then, subtract 60 - (time) = (a number between 4-20)  Menos + Spanish number (4-20) + para + time its gonna be  Example: 5:47am  Menos trese para alas sais ng umaga.

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So how do I say…

8:15pm  Alas otso kinse ng hapon 10:43am   Menos disisiyete para alas onse ng umaga Alas diyes kuwarentay tres 6:21pm  Alas sais beynte-uno ng gabi 12:29am  Alas dose y beynte-nuwebe ng hatinggabi 5:45:pm   Menos kuwarto para alas sais ng gabi. Menos kinse para alas sais ng gabi.

Adverbial Particles: na, pa

  Na:  It signifies a completed action  Translates to already  ex: May alas dose na ba? ‘Is it 12:00 o’clock now/yet’?

Pa  It signifies an incompleted action  Translates to still or yet  ex:

Hindi pa.

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ex: Kanina pa.

‘Not yet.

.’

‘sometime ago’

or

‘a while back’

Adverbial Particles: na, pa Vocabulary

      Tanghali na - already (timewise); it’s late Maaga Huli na pa - early yet - late already Pasado na Malapit na - past already - close/near Kanina pa - sometime ago

Talking about time Schedules

    How to say “What time is our English? class?” in Tagalog/Filipino. Anong oras ang klase sa Ingles? [What time is our English class?] So the pattern is:  Anong oras + ang + subject The subject could be Science (Agham), Math (Matematika), Psychology (Sikolohiya) etc….

Tagalog Time Chart

    1:00 ika-isa 2:00 ikalawa 3:00 ikatlo 4:00 ika-apat   5:00 ika-lima 6:00 ika-anim     7:00 ika-pito 8:00 ika-walo 9:00 ika-siyam 10:00 ika-sampu   11:00 ika-labing-isa 12:00 ika-labindalawa

How to respond to the question using Tagalog/Filipino numerals..

   Pretty much the same as Spanish If someone asks “Anong oras na?” Syntax:  ika + (Tagalog number)  Examples:    Ika-isa. [One o’clock.] Ikatlo. [Three o’clock.] Ika-labing-isa. [Eleven o’clock]

Putting it all together..

   So far you’ve learned:    how to say the Spanish number (una, dos) add the time of day (umaga, tanghali, hapon, madaling-araw) talk about a subject (class) Lets make a complicated sentence!

Tuwing Sabado, | alas diyes y media ng umaga | ang klase ko | sa Agham.

Every Saturday, my class in Science is 10 a.m.

How would you say…

        We are going to play basketball at 3:59pm.

Maglalaro tayo ng basketbol mamayang alas kuwatro ng hapon

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Can I meet you later at 7pm?

Pwede ba tayong magkita mamayang alas siyete.?

I have a meeting to go to at 11:37 tonight .

Meron akong miting na pupuntahan mamayang alas onse trentay siyete ngayong gabi.

Are you going to be there at 4:30pm?

Pupunta ka ba ngayong alas kuwatro y medya ng hapon?

HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING! Edited by Tita Pambid Tapos.