Filipino Questions
Learning the Filipino Questions 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 Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.
Filipino questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Filipino Questions |
| Questions | Tanong |
| how? | kung paano? |
| what? | ano? |
| who? | sino? |
| why? | bakit? |
| where? | kung saan? |
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| where is he? | kung saan ay siya? |
| what is this? | ano ay ito? |
| why are you sad? | kung bakit ikaw ay malungkot? |
| how do you want to pay? | kung paano mo nais na magbayad? |
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| can I come? | ako dumating? |
| is he sleeping? | siya ay natutulog? |
| do you know me? | kilala mo ako? |
| do you have my book? | ang mayroon kayo sa aking mga libro? |
| how big is it? | paano malaki ay ito? |
| can I help you? | may maitutulong ba ako? |
| can you help me? | maaari ka tumulong ako? |
| do you speak English? | nagsasalita ka ng Ingles? |
| how far is this? | gaano kalayo ito? |
| what time is it? | anong oras ito? |
| how much is this? | kung magkano ito? |
| what is your name? | ano ang pangalan mo? |
| where do you live? | saan ka nakatira? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Filipino has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tagalog.
List of Questions in Filipino
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Filipino placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Questions | Filipino Questions |
| Vocabulary | Bokabularyo |
| Countries | Bansa |
| Australia | Australya |
| Cambodia | Kambodya |
| Canada | Kanada |
| China | Tsina |
| Egypt | Ehipto |
| England | Inglatera |
| France | Pransiya |
| Germany | Alemanya |
| Greece | Gresya |
| India | India |
| Indonesia | Indonesiya |
| Italy | Italiya |
| Japan | Hapon |
| Mexico | Mehiko |
| Morocco | Moroko |
| Peru | Peru |
| Spain | Espanya |
| Thailand | Taylandiya |
| USA | Estados Unidos |
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| Languages | Wika |
| Arabic | Arabe |
| Chinese | Intsik |
| English | Ingles |
| French | Pranses |
| German | Aleman |
| Greek | Griyego |
| Hebrew | Hebrew |
| Hindi | Hindi |
| Italian | Italyano |
| Japanese | Japanese |
| Korean | Koreano |
| Latin | Latin |
| Russian | Ruso |
| Spanish | Espanyol |
| Urdu | Urdu |
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| Days | Araw |
| Monday | Lunes |
| Tuesday | Martes |
| Wednesday | Miyerkules |
| Thursday | Huwebes |
| Friday | Biyernes |
| Saturday | Sabado |
| Sunday | Linggo |
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| time | oras |
| hour | oras |
| minute | minuto |
| second | pangalawa |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Filipino, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tagalog Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Filipino lessons here: Learn Filipino. Don't forget to bookmark this page.