LESSON ONE

Using Common Everyday Greetings and Inquiries ( October 6, 2009)

Dialog: Sa Klase

Makinig at Intindihin (Listen and Understand):

G. Santos: Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.

Mga Estudyante: Magandang umaga po naman.

G. Santos: Kumusta kayo?

Mga Estudyante: Mabuti po naman

G. Santos: Nasaan si John

Bob: Wala po. May sakit po siya

Tagalog English

Vocabulary for Greetings

gabí

hápon

magandá

namán

po’

tangháli’

umága

evening

afternoon

pretty

too, also

respect particle

noon

morning

Your teacher greets you:

You answer with:

PRACTICE

Magandang umaga, Bob.

tanghalihapongabi

Magandang umaga po, naman, (G. Santos).

tanghalihapongabi

You greet your teacher:

Your teacher responds:

MORE PRACTICE

Magandang umaga po, (G. Santos).

tanghalihapongabi

Magandang umaga naman, (Bob).

tanghalihapongabi

ACTIVITIES

1. What greeting would you use if the time were as follows, and you were greeting a superior?a. 7:00 am b. 11:00 am c. Noond. 8:00 pm e. 4:00 pm f. 9:00 am

2. What would you say in the following situations:a. It is 7:30 am and you meet your

friend in the corridorteacherclassmate

More examples ( on my paper)

The Respect Particle Po’

“ Po’ is a respect particle roughly equivalent in usage to the terms ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’ in English. It is used for older people, for one’s superiors, or for strangers. It is significantly absent from the speech of older people and superiors and in interchanges between equals. It is obligatory in the speech of barrio folks. Ho’ is a less formal variant of po’

Po’ is obligatorily accompanied by kayo (second person plural pronoun) or by the even more respectful sila (third person plural pronoun) Kayo and sila are used in deferential speech in direct address.

Tagalog English

VOCABULARY FOR GREETINGS (II)

anó

áyos lang

ba

ka

kayó

kumustá

héto

mabúti

what

just fine

question marker

you (singular)

you (plural)

how (are you)

here

fine

PRACTICE and ACTIVITIES

Greet your classmates:

Kumusta, Ben. O, ano, Ben, kumusta?

O, ano ba, Ben, kumusta?

Respond with:

Mabuti (naman)!

Ayos lang!

Heto, mabuti!

Activities: Complete the dialogs on sheet.

Tagalog English

VOCABULARY FOR INQUIRIES

anglagnátmaynasaánsakítsisipónsilásiyátrabáhowalá’pulísdoktór

subject markerfeverexistential particlewhereillnessproper noun subject markercoldtheyhe/sheworkexistential negative particlepolicemandoctor

Question Response

PRACTICE

Nasaan si John? Leilani Fred

Bob

Nasaan ang pulis? doktor drayber

Nasaan siya? sila

Nasa laybrari (si John). kapeterya party bus

City Hallospitalparke

sineistadyum

NEGATIVE RESPONSES

Wala. May sakit siya/sila. sipon trabaho lagnat

Ewan ko (I don’t know)

Hindi ko alam (I don’t know)

Activities: pg. 5 of the Book or on your sheet.