Filipino Adjectives
Learning the Filipino Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Filipino language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.
Filipino Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. n Tagalog adjectives are formed by putting ma before a word, lik maganda, malait, matagal. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Filipino Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjectives |
| a green tree | isang berdeng puno |
| a tall building | isang matangkad gusali |
| a very old man | isang napaka-lumang tao |
| the old red house | ang lumang pulang bahay |
| a very nice friend | isang very nice kaibigan |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Filipino has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tagalog.
List of Adjectives in Filipino
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Filipino placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Filipino Adjectives |
| colors | watawat |
| black | itim |
| blue | asul |
| brown | kayumanggi |
| gray | kulay-abo |
| green | berde |
| orange | kahel |
| purple | lila |
| red | pula |
| white | puti |
| yellow | dilaw |
| |
| sizes | sukat |
| big | malaki |
| deep | malalim |
| long | mahaba |
| narrow | makitid |
| short | maikli |
| small | maliit |
| tall | matangkad |
| thick | makapal |
| thin | manipis |
| wide | malawak |
| |
| shapes | hugis |
| circular | pabilog |
| straight | tuwid |
| square | parisukat |
| triangular | tryanggulo |
| |
| tastes | kagustuhan |
| bitter | mapait |
| fresh | sariwa |
| salty | maalat |
| sour | maasim |
| spicy | maanghang |
| sweet | matamis |
| |
| qualities | katangian |
| bad | masama |
| clean | malinis |
| dark | madilim |
| difficult | mahirap |
| dirty | marumi |
| dry | tuyo |
| easy | madali |
| empty | walang laman |
| expensive | mahal |
| fast | mabilis |
| foreign | dayuhan |
| full | puno |
| good | mabuti |
| hard | mahirap |
| heavy | mabigat |
| inexpensive | mura |
| light | liwanag |
| local | lokal |
| new | bago |
| noisy | maingay |
| old | luma |
| powerful | malakas |
| quiet | tahimik |
| correct | tama |
| slow | mabagal |
| soft | malambot |
| very | tunay |
| weak | mahina |
| wet | basa |
| wrong | mali |
| young | bata |
| |
| quantities | dami |
| few | ilan |
| little | kaunti |
| many | marami |
| much | magkano |
| part | bahagi |
| some | ilan |
| a few | ilang |
| whole | buo |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Filipino, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tagalog Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Filipino lessons here: Learn Filipino. Don't forget to bookmark this page.