Tagalog for Beginners
Oras
How to tell time


What time is it?
Anong oras na?
Ä-nohng oh-räs näh?

Twelve o'clock
Noon
Tanghali
täng-hä-lee
.
Midnight
Hating-gabi
hä-teeng gä-bee


When?
Kailan?
kä-ee-län?

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At five (minutes) past four.
Sa limang minuto lampas ng ika-apat.
säh lee-mäng mee-noo-toh läm-päs näng ee-kä-äh-pät

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At eight-fifteen P.M.
Sa ikawalo at labinglima ng gabi.
Sä ee-kä-wä-loh näng gä-bee

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From eight to nine A.M.
Mula ikawalo at ikasiyam ng umaga.
Moo-lä ee-kä-wä-loh ät ee-kä-see-yäm näng oo-mä-gäh

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At eleven sharp.
Sa ikalabing-isa enpunto.
Sä ee-kä-lä-beeng-ee-säh en-poon-toh

*
Between two and five P.M.
Sa pagitan nang ikalawa at ikalima ng hapon.
Sä pä-gee-tän näng ee-kä-lä-wäh ät ee-kä-lee-mäh näng hä-pohn

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It is too late.
Masyado nang lampas.
Mäs-yä näng läm-päs.




Ten o'clock
It's ten o'clock A.M. (P.M.)
Ikasampu ng umaga (ng gabi)
ee-kä-säm-poo näng oo-mä-gäh (näng gä-bee')

Is that the correct time?
Tama ba ang oras na iyan?
Tä-mä bäh ähng oh-räs nä ee-yän?

Three thirty
It is half past three.
Ikatlo at kalahati.
ee-kät-loh ät kä-lä-hä-tee'
.
Six o'clock
It is six o'clock in the morning.
Ika-anim ng umaga.
ee-kä-äh-neem näng oo-mäh-gä


It's quarter past seven.
Labinglima lampas ng ikapito.
Lä-beeng-lee-mäh läm-päs näng ee-kä-pee-toh

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It's almost eleven o'clock.
Malapit nang magikalabing-isa.
Mä-lä-peet näng mäg-lä-beeng-ee-säh

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In two hours.
Sa dalawang oras.
Sä dä-lä-wäng oh-räs.

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In a moment.
Saglit lamang.
Säg-leet lä-mäng.

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It's still too early.
Masyado pang maaga.
Mäs-yä-doh päng mä-äh-gä.

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It's too fast (slow).
Masyadong mabilis (mabagal).
Mäs-yä-dohng mä-bee-lees (mä-bä-gäl)

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