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Listed below are the Tagalog words for the '''days of the week'''. '''Linggo''' can also be used as a noun for "week".
Listed below are the Tagalog words for the '''days of the week'''. '''Linggo''' can also be used as a noun for "week".
* '''Linggo''' - Sunday
 
* '''Lunes''' - Monday
{| class="wikitable" style="border:5px outset #b6868b; border-radius: 9px; padding:10px;"
* '''Martes''' - Tuesday
|-
* '''Miyerkules''' - Wednesday
| '''Linggo''' ||Sunday
* '''Huwebes''' - Thursday
|-
* '''Biyernes''' - Friday
| '''Lunes''' ||Monday
* '''Sabado''' - Saturday
|-
| '''Martes''' || Tuesday
|-
| '''Miyerkules''' || Wednesday
|-
| '''Huwebes''' || Thursday
|-
| '''Biyernes''' || Friday
|-
| '''Sabado''' ||Saturday
|}


Spanish speakers can find the above words to be familiar, because they are native versions of the Spanish words for the days of the week, i.e. ''Miércoles = Miyerkules; Jueves = Huwebes''. During the colonization of the Philippines under the Spanish Crown, locals adopted the foreign words for everyday use by substituting foreign letters like 'J' and changing the spelling to look more Tagalog.
Spanish speakers can find the above words to be familiar, because they are native versions of the Spanish words for the days of the week, i.e. ''Miércoles = Miyerkules; Jueves = Huwebes''. During the colonization of the Philippines under the Spanish Crown, locals adopted the foreign words for everyday use by substituting foreign letters like 'J' and changing the spelling to look more Tagalog.

Revision as of 15:35, 12 April 2019

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Listed below are the Tagalog words for the days of the week. Linggo can also be used as a noun for "week".

Linggo Sunday
Lunes Monday
Martes Tuesday
Miyerkules Wednesday
Huwebes Thursday
Biyernes Friday
Sabado Saturday

Spanish speakers can find the above words to be familiar, because they are native versions of the Spanish words for the days of the week, i.e. Miércoles = Miyerkules; Jueves = Huwebes. During the colonization of the Philippines under the Spanish Crown, locals adopted the foreign words for everyday use by substituting foreign letters like 'J' and changing the spelling to look more Tagalog.

Practice Phrases

  • Ngayon ay Martes - Today is Tuesday
  • Ngayon ay Huwebes - Today is Thursday
  • Bukas ay Biyernes - Tomorrow is Friday
  • Bukas ay Sabado - Tomorrow is Saturday
  • Kahapon ay Linggo - Yesterday was Sunday
  • Kahapon ay Miyerkules - Yesterday was Wednesday

Notice that 'ay' can be used both for the present and past tense in the Filipino language.


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