Tagalog Lesson 9

Barya

loose change, coins

bayad

payment

manggas

sleeves

mamimili

buyer/ shopper

presyo

price

sukat

size/ measurement

sukli

change (money back)

tela

fabric, cloth, textile

tindero/ tindera

merchant, store keeper, seller

tindihan

store

bili

to buy

bumili

to buy (verb)

magbili/ magtinda/ magbenta

to sell

bilihan

place to buy (store)

bilihin

goods (items to be bought)

bago

new

luma

old

uso

trendy, in style

mahal

expensive

mura

cheap

baligtad/ baliktad

upside-down, inside-out

konti/ kaunti

few, little

marami

many/ plenty

mabigat

heavy (weight)

timbang

weight

magaan

light (weight)

magaan sa bulsa

affordable (light on the pocket)

mahaba

long (length)

makli/ maiksi/ maigsi

short (length)

makapal

thick

makapal na mukha

overly bold/ extroverted (obnoxious?)

manipis

thin

makinis

smooth

malambot

soft

malapad

wide

malawak

very wide/ vast

lupa

soil/ land

maluwag/ maluwang

loose (fit)

masikip

tight (fit)

meshekep

tight (fit) “casual”

mapusyaw

light color, faded

matibay

durable/ sturdy

matigas

hard, tough

matigas ang ulo

“hard headed”

marumi/ madumi

dirty

dumi

dirt

pangit

ugly

sira

detroyed, broken

ulo

head

mukha

face

leeg

neck

braso

arm

kamay

hand

daliri

finger

balat

skin

pisngi

cheeks

tyan

stomach/ belly

balakang

hip

hita

thigh

tuhod

knee

paa

foot

bewang

waist

bumili

to buy

gumastos

to spend (money)

gumamit

to use

humanap

to look for something/ someone

humingi

to ask for something

humiram

to borrow/ check out

kumuha

to get, to take

lumapit

to approach, to get closer

lumayo

to get farther

pumasok

to enter

pumunta

to go

tumawag

to call

tumingin

to look at

tingin

gaze/ look

tumulong

to help

umutang

to borrow money/ buy on credit

umuwi

to go home

magbenta

to sell

magbukas

to open something

magtinda

to sell/ display goods for sale

daan

unit of hundred

libo

unit of thousand

ito/ ‘to

this (near speaker)

iyan/ ‘yan

that (near listener)

iyon/ ‘yon

that (far from both speaker and listener)

ang ganda ng damit mo! Bagay na bagay sa ‘yo

your clothes are so nice! They really suit you

bagay

matching/ fitting

bago ba ‘yan? Saan mo binili iyan?

Is that new? Where did you buy that?

Gusto mo bang isukat?

do you want to try it on?

kasiyang-kasiya lang sa iyo

it really fits you welll

kasya

fits

magkano ang bili mo diyan?

how much did you pay for that?

mayroon kaya sila niyan sa..?

do they have this in..? (another size, color)