Chapter 2 meanings (Filipino - English)

Question 1

taga-saan

Answer 1

from (literally, from where)

Question 2

Taga-saan ka?

Answer 2

Where are you from?
(From-where + you?)

Question 3

taga-Los Angeles

Answer 3

From Los Angeles

Question 4

Taga-Los Angeles ako

Answer 4

I am from Los Angeles
(From-Los Angeles + I)

Question 5

saan

Answer 5

where

Question 6

nakatira

Answer 6

living

Question 7

na

Answer 7

already

Question 8

ngayon

Answer 8

now

Question 9

Saan ka na nakatira ngayon?

Answer 9

Where do you live now?
(Where + you + already + living + now?)

Question 10

nakatira na ako

Answer 10

I now live (living + already + I + now)

Question 11

sa

Answer 11

in (preposition; can also mean at or on)

Question 12

sa Quezon City

Answer 12

in Quezon City.

Question 13

Nakatira na ako ngayon sa Quezon City.

Answer 13

I now live in Quezon City
(Living + already + I + now + in + Quezon City)

Question 14

noon

Answer 14

in the past or previously

Question 15

Saan ka nakatira noon?

Answer 15

Where do you live previously?
(Where + you + live previously?)

Question 16

Nakatira ako noon sa Manhattan

Answer 16

I used to live in Manhattan
(Lived + I + previously + in + Manhattan)

Question 17

Taga-saan ka, Melissa?
Taga-Los Angeles ako. Ikaw?
Taga-New York ako. Saan ka nakatira ngayon?
Nakatira na ako sa Quezon City ngayon.

Answer 17

Where are you from, Melissa?
I am from Los Angels. And you?
I am from New York. Where do you live now?
I now live in Quezon City.

Question 18

lugar

Answer 18

place

Question 19

barangay

Answer 19

smallest political unit in the Philippines
(similar to a village)

Question 20

bayan

Answer 20

town, country, people

Question 21

lungsod

Answer 21

city

Question 22

probinsiya

Answer 22

province

Question 23

isla

Answer 23

island

Question 24

estado

Answer 24

state

Question 25

bansa

Answer 25

country

Question 26

kontinente

Answer 26

continent

Question 27

mundo/daigdaig

Answer 27

world

Question 28

uniberso

Answer 28

universe

Question 28

Saan ka nakatira?

Answer 28

Where do you live?

Question 29

Nakatira ako sa Quezon City.

Answer 29

I live in Quezon City

Question 30

nasaan

Answer 30

where

Question 31

ng

Answer 31

of (can also mean by, from, and with; also used as an object marker)

Question 32

lungsod ng Quezon

Answer 32

city of Quezon or Quezon City (city+ of + Quezon)

Question 33

Nasaan ang lungsod ng Quezon?

Answer 33

Where is the City of Quezon? (Where + ang + city + of + Quezon?)

Question 34

nasa

Answer 34

in (can also mean at and on)

Question 35

nasa Metro Manila

Answer 35

in Metro Manila

Question 36

Nasa Metro Manila ang lungsod ng Quezon

Answer 36

The city of Quezon is in Metro Manila (In + Metro Manila + ang + city + of Quezon)

Question 37

Saan ka nakatira? Nakatira ako sa Quezon City. Nasaan ang Quezon City? Nasa Metro Manila ang Quezon City.

Answer 37

Where do you live? I live in Quezon City. Where is Quezon City? Quezon City is in Metro Manila.

Question 38

Nassan ang barangay Katipunan?

Answer 38

Where + Barangay Katipunan? (Where + ang + Barangay Katipunan?)

Question 39

Nasa lungsod ng Quezon ang Barangay Katipunan.

Answer 39

Barangay Katipunan is in Quezon City (In + city + of + Quezon + ang + Baranagay Katipunan)

Question 40

ano

Answer 40

what

Question 41

anong

Answer 41

what (contraction of ano + na)

Question 42

anong probinsiya

Answer 42

what province

Question 43

nasa anong probinsiya

Answer 43

in what province

Question 44

lungsod ng Calamba

Answer 44

Calamba City (city + of + Calamba)

Question 45

Nasa anong probinsiya ang lungsod ng Calamba?

Answer 45

In what province is Calamba City? (In + what + province + ang + city + of + Calamba?)

Question 46

Nasa probinsiya ng Laguna ang lungsod ng Calamba.

Answer 46

Calamba City is in the province of Laguna. (In + province + of + Laguna + ang + city + of + Calamba)

Question 47

alin

Answer 47

which

Question 48

aling

Answer 48

which (contraction of alin + na)

Question 49

nasa aling isla

Answer 49

in which island?

Question 50

isla ng Luzon

Answer 50

Luzon island (island + of + Luzon)

Question 51

Nasa aling isla ang probinsiya ng Laguna?

Answer 51

In which island is the province of Luzon? (In + which + island + ang + province + of + Laguna)

Question 52

nasa isla ng Luzon

Answer 52

in Luzon island (in + island + of + Luzon)

Question 53

probinsya ng Laguna

Answer 53

Laguna province (province + of + Laguna)

Question 54

Ano ang Luzon?

Answer 54

What is Luzon?

Question 55

isa

Answer 55

literally, one (used for English article a)

Question 56

isang

Answer 56

one (contraction of isa + na)

Question 57

isang isla

Answer 57

an island (literally. one island)

Question 58

Isang isla ang Luzon

Answer 58

Luzon is an island (An + island + ang + Luzon)

Question 59

Saan sa...

Answer 59

Where in...

Question 60

Saan sa Luzon...

Answer 60

Where in Luzon...

Question 61

Saan sa Luzon ka nakatira?

Answer 61

Where in Luzon do you live? (Where + in + Luzon + you + live?)

Question 62

Nakatira ako sa lungsod ng Calamba.

Answer 62

I live in Calamba City. (Live + I + in + city + of + Calamba.)

Question 63

Taga-saan po kayo, Mr. Tolentino? Taga-Cabanatuan ako. Nasaan po ang Cabanatuan? Nasa Nueva Ecija ang Cabanatuan. Ikaw? Taga-New York po ako. Saan sa New York? sa Manhattan po.

Answer 63

Where are you from, Mr. Tolentino? I am from Cabanatuan. Where is Cabanatuan? Cabanatuan is in Nueva. And you? I am from New York. Where in New York? (In) Manhattan.

Question 64

nasyonalidad

Answer 64

nationality

Question 65

ano ang

Answer 65

what is

Question 66

Ano ang nasyonalidad mo?

Answer 66

What is your nationality? (What + ang + nationality + your?)

Question 67

etnisidad

Answer 67

ethnicity

Question 68

mamamayan

Answer 68

citizen

Question 69

pero

Answer 69

but

Question 70

Ano ang nasyonalidad mo, Melissa? Amerikano ako. Pero Filipino ang etnisidad ko. Ikaw? Amerikano ako pero Italyano and etnisidad ko.

Answer 70

What is you nationality, Melissa? I am American. But my ethnicity is Filipino. And you? I am American, but my ethnicity is Italian.