Tagalog/Adjectives

right|350px|thumb|Boracay Sunset Pang Uri - Adjectives Most of Tagalog's adjectives are started with the prefix ma-, like maganda which means beautiful, its rootword is ganda with means beauty. The order of an adjective and a noun is interchangeable, it can be an adjective first then followed by a noun or a noun first before an adjective. But remember: you must add the connector word na if the first word (maybe an adjective or noun) ends with a consonant or the suffix -ng if the first word (maybe an adjective or noun) ends with a vowel (or an -n) before being succeeded by the second word. For example: Batang maganda or Magandang bata both mean Beautiful child. Maganda means beautiful and bata means child. An adjective can be used as a predicate in a sentence. Most of the time, Tagalog sentences start with the predicate before the subject, but you can also put the subject before the predicate (Remember! You must put the word ay in between the subject and the predicate if you put the subject first before the adjective). For Example: Mahirap si Juan. (John is poor.) Siya ay mahirap pero Masaya. (He is poor but happy.) Kinds of Adjectives Adjectives of Quality 1. Si Maria Makiling ay isang matapang na Babae. Maria Makiling is a brave woman. Maria Makiling - Maria Makiling ay - is isa(-ng) - a matapang - brave babae - woman 2. Ang init noong Sabado. It was hot last Saturday. Ang - It Init - Hot Noong - Last (Noong is used for Dates) Saturday - Sabado 3. Si Jose ay isang matapat na lalaki. Jose is an honest man. Si - (Article indicating a person) Jose - Jose (Jose usually means Joseph in English) Matapat - Honest Lalaki - Man 4. Ang Maynila ay isang malaking lungsod. Manila is a big city. Maynila - Manila Malaking(malaki na) - Big Lungsod - City 5. Ang Sampaguita ay isang magandang bulaklak. Jasmine is a beautiful flower. Sampaguita - Jasmine Magandang(maganda na) - Beautiful Bulaklak - Flower 5. Mabaho ang kanal. The canal is smelly. Mabaho - Smelly Kanal - Canal, Sewer System 6. Mabango ang pabango. The perfume smells good. Mabango - Smells Good Pabango - Perfume Adjectives of Quantity 1. Kaunti na lang ang pagkain natitira. There's only little food left. Kaunti - Little Pagkain - Food Natitira - Left Adjectives of Number 1. Maraming tao dumalo sa palabas. There were many people that went to the concert/show. Marami/Maraming - Many Tao - People Dumalo - Visited Palabas - Show Demonstrative Adjectives 1. Ang kabayong ito ay akin. This horse is mine. Kabayo - Horse Ito - This/These Akin - Mine 2. Ang kabayong iyan ay sa iyo. That horse is yours. Iyan - That Iyo - Yours 3. Masarap ang mga mansanas na ito. These apples are delicious. Masarap - Delicious Mga Mansanas - Apples Ito - These/This Useful Adjectives Word Antonym Mabuti - Good Masama - Bad Tama - Right Mali - Wrong Mayaman - Rich Mahirap - Poor Maganda - Beautiful Pangit - Ugly Malinis - Clean Madumi - Dirty Mainit - Hot Malamig - Cold Mabigat - Heavy Magaan - Light Swerte - Lucky Malas - Unlucky Bata - Young Matanda - Old Marami - Many Kaunti - Little Exercise Exercise 1.0 Translate these words into English: 1. Malamig-cold 2. Madumi-dirty 3. Kaunti-little 4. Marami-many 5. Matapat-honest 6. Matapang-brave See Also Mgá Pang-abay (Adverbs) Ang Panahunan (Conjugation) Mgá Pangatníg (Conjunctions) Mgá Pang-angkóp (Ligatures) Mgá Pangngalan at Pangmarká (Nouns and Markers) Mgá Panlapì: Mgá Unlapì at Hulapì (Affixes: Prefixes and Suffixes) Mgá Pang-ukol (Prepositions) Mgá Panghalíp (Pronouns) Mgá Panakláw (Quantification Words) Mgá Pananóng (Question Words) Mgá Pandiwa (Verbs)