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My first entry in Tagalog :) Hello Friends! So I have decided to learn Tagalog as I will be travelling to Mindoro for work in a couple months :) I just started today and I decided to use Tim Ferries' 80/20 rule by translating the following sentences :D Let me know if this are incorrect as I translated them from google :P The apple is red - Ang mansanas ay pula I give John the apple - Bigyan ko John any mansanas It is John's apple - Ito ay John mansanas We give him the apple - Bigyan kami ng kanya ang mansanas He gives it to John - Siya ay nagbibigay ito sa John She gives it to him - Siya ay nagbibigay ito sa kana Is the apple red? - Red ba ang mansanas? The apples are red - Ang mansanas ay pula I must give it to him - Ako ay dapat ibigay ito sa kanya I want to give it to her - Gusto kong ibigay ito say kana I`m going to know tomorrow - Ako pagpunta upang malaman na bukas I can`t eat the apple - Hindi ko maaaring kumain ng mansanas -- I must eat - Dapat kong kainin I want to eat - Gusto kong matikman I`m going to eat tomorrow - Ako pagpunta sa kumain bukas I can`t eat - Hindi ko kumain -- Let me know how this looks Salamat! :)

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The apple is red - Ang mansanas ay pula 

 

It is John's apple - Ito ay John mansanas Iyon/iyan* ay mansanas ni John.

(*depends on the object's distance from the speaker. "iyon" is also used for "that")
("ito" is most commonly used for "this")


I give John the apple - Bigyan ko John any mansanas Ibinigay** ko kay John ang mansanas.


(**In this case, even though "ibinigay" is in the past tense, we don't really use "ibinibigay" unless it's to translate "I am giving")


We give him the apple - Bigyan kami ng kanya ang mansanas Ibinibigay*** namin sa kanya ang mansanas.

He gives it to John - Siya ay nagbibigay ito sa John Ibinibigay*** niya iyon kay John.

She gives it to him - Siya ay nagbibigay ito sa kana Ibinibigay*** niya iyon sa kanya.

(***If translated properly. However, colloquially, it's acceptable to just use "ibinigay" without regard for the tense, in the above cases)


Is the apple red? - Red Pula ba ang mansanas?

The apples are red - Ang mansanas ay pula. Ang mga mansanas ay pula.

I must give it to him - Ako ay dapat "Dapat kong ibigay ito sa kanya." or "Dapat ko itong ibigay sa kanya."

I want to give it to her - Gusto kong ibigay iyon/iyan sa kana kanya.

I`m going to know tomorrow - Ako pagpunta upang malaman na bukas Malalaman ko bukas.

I can`t eat the apple - Hindi ko maaaring kumain ng makakain ang mansanas

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I must eat - Dapat kong akong kainin kumain

(LOL "dapat akong kainin" means "I should be eaten")

I want to eat - Gusto kong matikman kumain.

I`m going to eat tomorrow - Ako pagpunta sa kumain bukas Ako ay kakain bukas.  or Kakain ako bukas.

I can`t eat - Hindi ko kumain ako makakain.

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Give - ibigay (We use "ibigay" if the verb is used imperatively, as in "Give it to him." - Ibigay mo iyan/iyon sa kanya.")
gives / giving - ibinibigay

gave/given - ibinigay

will give - ibibigay

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