Unit 4 - Pakikisama (Social Life & Interactions)
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KALENDARYO at ORAS

 


Periods of time:

taon – year                                                oras – hour, time           
buwan – month                                                minuto  – minute
linggo – week                                                sandali – minute, moment
araw – day                                                katapusan – end (of the month)
                                                            a-primero – 1st (of the month)

 

Telling time:

Anong oras na?  What time is it?
Anong oras ang miting?  What time is the meeting?

There are two ways of responding.  The Spanish derived form is more frequently used.
The Filipino form is more formal and more often encountered in public speeches, radio stations…

Two o’clock in the afternoon is expressed as:   Ika-dalawa ng hapon   OR   Alas-dos ng hapon
Note the prefix “ika-” is used for Filipino numbers, and “alas” for Spanish-borrowed numbers.
Not the prefix for one o’clock:  Ala una.

Quarter past the hour – “y kuwarto”

1:15 – Ala una’y kuwarto            4:30  Alas kuwatro’y kuwarto    2:15 Alas dos y kuwarto

9:15_________________________  8:30___________________________ 11:15_________________________

6:30_________________________ 7:15____________________________ 4:30__________________________

 

Half past the hour -  “y medya”

1:30  Ala una’y medya   5:30  Alas singko’y medya        12:30   Alas dose’y medya

10:30________________________  6:30___________________________   2:30_________________________

12:30________________________ 9:30___________________________   1:30 _________________________

 

Months:  Mga Buwan:

Enero    - January              Mayo – May               Setyembre - September
Pebrero – February             Hunyo – June               Oktubre - October
Marso    - March                            Hulyo – July                Nobyembre – November
Abril     - April                                    Agosto – August            Disyembre – December

 

Days:  Mga Araw:
Note: linggo (small “l”) = week

Linggo – Sunday              Miyerkoles – Wednesday                        Biyernes - Friday
Lunes – Monday             Huwebes – Thursday                        Sabado – Saturday           

Date:  Ang Petsa:

A-singko ng  Oktubre  dos mil otso  2008
Ika-lima ng Oktubre

  1. Anong piyesta opisyal ang ika-labindalawa ng Hunyo?_______________________
  2. Anong piyesta opisyal ang a-kuwatro ng Hulyo?_____________________________
  3. Anong petsa ang kaarawan mo? 

      A-___________________ng______________ mil nobesiyentos _____________(’y________)
      Ika-__________________ng______________ isang libo ___________daan_______________

  1. Anong petsa ang Bagong Taon?_________________________________________
  2. Anong araw ang Pasko itong taon?_______________________________________
  3. Anong petsa ngayon?

      _____________, a-____________________________________________________________________
         araw                bilang                        buwan                  taon

            _____________, ika-___________________________________________________________________
            araw                            bilang                                        buwan                                    taon