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Pagbasa at Pagsabi ng Oras sa Filipino (Telling Time in Tagalog)

Quick lesson and free practice worksheets to help learners master how to say the time in Filipino / Tagalog.

Telling time in Filipino is a bit more complicated than in English.

Whereas you could just say 8:32 AM in English, in Filipino you would have to say “tatlumpu’t dalawang minuto makalipas ang ika-walo ng umaga” or at least “alas otso trenta y dos ng umaga.”

That said, telling the time — pagbasa ng oras — in Tagalog/Filipino is something you can learn easily enough, especially if you’re already familiar with how to say numbers in Filipino.

As demonstrated above, there are two ways to say the time in Filipino:

  1. The purely Tagalog way, which is longer, more formal, and less commonly used outside of news broadcasts and the like; and
  2. The style adapted from Spanish, which is shorter, more commonly used, and involves Filipinized versions of Spanish (Kastila) numbers.

Honestly, it’s also quite common in the Philippines to just say the time in English. But it’s nice to know how to say it in the local language as well, plus it helps you establish a sense of kapwa and common ground with people from all walks of life, so it’s something you should definitely learn.

What you need to know to tell time in Filipino/Tagalog

To be able to tell the time in Filipino/Tagalog, you need to know:

  • how to say numbers in Filipino
  • the parts of the day

If you aren’t very familiar yet with how to say numbers in Filipino, there’s a table after the worksheets below, in the very last part of this page, that can serve as a cheat sheet for you when figuring out how to say the time in Filipino.

The parts of the day are the following:

  • umaga – morning – from 6 AM to 11:59 AM
  • tanghali – noon – 12:00 PM
  • hapon – afternoon – from 12:01 PM to 5:59 PM
  • gabi – evening/night – from 6:00 PM to 11:59 PM
  • hating-gabi – midnight – 12:00 AM
  • madaling-araw / umaga* – dawn – from 12:01 AM to 5:59 AM

* The boundaries between dawn and morning can be fluid. When the sunrise is at 5:15 AM, for example, it seems kind of silly to refer to 5:30 AM as madaling-araw when it’s already quite bright out. To remove the uncertainty, it’s perfectly acceptable to refer to the dawn hours as “umaga” or morning too. So 2:00 AM can be either “alas dos ng madaling-araw” or “alas dos ng umaga.”

How to say the time in Filipino/Tagalog

The format for telling time in Tagalog is like this:
_____ minuto makalipas ang ika-_____ ng [part of the day]

As you can probably tell, it’s the Tagalog translation for “_____ minutes past the hour of _____ in the [part of the day].”

Examples:

  • 1:15 AMlabinlimang minuto makalipas ang ika-isa ng umaga
  • 2:46 PMapatnapu’t anim na minuto makalipas ang ikalawa ng hapon
  • 8:37 PMtatlumpu’t pitong minuto makalipas ang ikawalo ng gabi

There is also a way to say that it’s just a certain number number of minutes before a certain hour. The format in Tagalog is:
_____ minuto bago mag-ika-[next hour] ng [part of the day]

Examples:

  • 7:55 AM – limang minuto bago mag-ika-walo ng umaga
  • 4:45 PM – labinlimang minuto bago mag-ika-lima ng hapon
  • 9:59 PM – isang minuto bago mag-ika-sampu ng gabi

This minutes-before format is usually more commonly used with the adapted-Spanish way of telling the time, though. Speaking of which…

How to say the time in Filipino - adapted Spanish

The format for telling time in adapted Spanish is:
ala/s [hour] [minutes] ng [part of the day]

Examples:

  • 1:15 AM – ala una kinse ng umaga
  • 2:46 PM – alas dos kuwarenta y sais ng hapon
  • 8:37 PM – alas otso trenta y siyete ng gabi

If you want to say that it’s a couple of minutes before a certain hour, it’s a combination of Tagalog and adapted Spanish, like this:
_____ minuto bago mag-ala/s [next hour] ng [part of the day]

Examples:

  • 7:55 AM – limang minuto bago mag-alas-otso ng umaga
  • 4:45 PM – labinlimang minuto bago mag-alas-singko ng hapon
  • 9:59 PM – isang minuto bago mag-alas-diyes ng gabi

I know it all *seems* a bit complicated but use the cheat sheets below the worksheets — and eventually memorize the numbers — and you’ll find it actually pretty easy!

Practice, practice, practice!

Worksheets

Pagbasa ng Oras Free Worksheets

Note on the Worksheets

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Telling Time in Filipino: Worksheet 1 for Grade 2

You can download a printable version of this worksheet here: Pagbasa ng Oras sa Filipino – HuntersWoodsPH Worksheet 1 (PDF) 

Pagbasa ng Oras sa Tagalog: Worksheet 2 for Grade 2

You can download a printable version of this worksheet here: Pagbasa ng Oras sa Filipino – HuntersWoodsPH Worksheet 2 (PDF) 

Pagbasa at Pagsulat ng Oras sa Tagalog: Worksheet 3

You can download a printable version of this worksheet here: Pagbasa ng Oras sa Filipino – HuntersWoodsPH Worksheet 3 (PDF) 

Tamang Pagsulat ng Oras sa Filipino: Worksheet 4

You can download a printable version of this worksheet here: Pagbasa ng Oras sa Filipino – HuntersWoodsPH Worksheet 4 (PDF) 

Pagbasa, Pagsabi at Pagsulat ng Oras sa Filipino: Worksheet 5

You can download a printable version of this worksheet here: Pagbasa ng Oras sa Filipino – HuntersWoodsPH Worksheet 5 (PDF) 

Mga Bilang: Filipino Numbers Essential for Telling Time

Here’s a two-part table of the numbers you’ll need to know in order to tell the time in Filipino.

Keep in mind that spellings for numbers may vary. Depending on your source, the number nine, for example, could be spelled nuwebe or nwebe or nueve. Four could be kwatro or kuwatro. Seven could be siete, siyete, or syete. Et cetera. Whichever spelling you use, the pronunciations are basically the same!

Part 1: Hours

Oras

Filipino / Tagalog

From Spanish

12:00

AM

  • ika-labindalawa ng gabi -or-
  • ika-labindalawa ng hating-gabi

PM

  • ika-labindalawa ng tanghali

AM

  • alas dose ng gabi -or-
  • alas dose ng hating-gabi

PM

  • alas dose ng tanghali

1:00

AM

  • ika-isa ng umaga -or-
  • ika-isa ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ika-isa ng hapon

AM

  • ala una ng umaga -or-
  • ala una ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ala una ng hapon

2:00

AM

  • ikalawa ng umaga -or-
  • ikalawa ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ikalawa ng hapon

AM

  • alas dos ng umaga -or-
  • alas dos ng madaling-araw

PM

  • alas dos ng hapon

3:00

AM

  • ikatlo ng umaga -or-
  • ikatlo ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ikatlo ng hapon

AM

  • alas tres ng umaga -or-
  • alas tres ng madaling-araw

PM

  • alas tres ng hapon

4:00

AM

  • ika-apat ng umaga -or-
  • ika-apat ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ika-apat ng hapon

AM

  • alas kuwatro ng umaga -or-
  • alas kuwatro ng madaling-araw

PM

  • alas kuwatro ng hapon

5:00

AM

  • ikalima ng umaga -or-
  • ikalima ng madaling-araw

PM

  • ikalima ng hapon

AM

  • alas singko ng umaga -or-
  • alas singko ng madaling-araw

PM

  • alas singko ng hapon

6:00

AM

  • ika-anim ng umaga

PM

  • ika-anim ng gabi

AM

  • alas sais ng umaga

PM

  • alas sais ng gabi


7:00

AM

  • ika-pito ng umaga

PM

  • ika-pito ng gabi

AM

  • alas siyete ng umaga

PM

  • alas siyete ng gabi

8:00

AM

  • ika-walo ng umaga

PM

  • ika-walo ng gabi

AM

  • alas otso ng umaga

PM

  • alas otso ng gabi

9:00

AM

  • ika-siyam ng umaga

PM

  • ika-siyam ng gabi

AM

  • alas nuwebe ng umaga

PM

  • alas nuwebe ng gabi

10:00

AM

  • ika-sampu ng umaga

PM

  • ika-sampu ng gabi

AM

  • alas diyes ng umaga

PM

  • alas diyes ng gabi

11:00

AM

  • ika-labing-isa ng umaga

PM

  • ika-labing-isa ng gabi

AM

  • alas onse ng umaga

PM

  • alas onse ng gabi

Part 2: Minutes

Number

Filipino / Tagalog

From Spanish

1

isa

uno

2

dalawa

dos

3

tatlo

tres

4

apat

kuwatro

5

lima

singko

6

anim

sais

7

pito

siyete

8

walo

otso

9

siyam

nuwebe

10

sampu

diyes

11

labing-isa

onse

12

labindalawa

dose

13

labintatlo

trese

14

labing-apat

katorse

15

labinlima

kinse

16

labing-anim

disisais

17

labimpito

disisiyete

18

labing-walo

disiotso

19

labinsiyam

disinuwebe

20

dalawampu

bente

21

dalawampu't isa

bente uno

22

dalawampu't dalawa

bente dos

23

dalawampu't tatlo

bente tres

24

dalawampu't apat

bente kuwatro

25

dalawampu't lima

bente singko

26

dalawampu't anim

bente sais

27

dalawampu't pito

bente siyete

28

dalawampu't walo

bente otso

29

dalawampu't siyam

bente nuwebe

30

tatlumpu

trenta [y]

40

apatnapu

kuwarenta [y]

50

limampu

singkuwenta [y]

So…what time is it now? 😉 

Anong oras na?! ^_^

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