Language/Tagalog/Vocabulary/Days-of-the-Week

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Days of the Week in Tagalog

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

Tagalog	English
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.

The only difference is the Tagalog word for Sunday, which is Linggo. This could be the case of the shortening of the Spanish Domingo=Mingo=Minggo and later on the letter "M" changed to "L". Thus, it becomes Linggo. Since, Linggo (Sunday) is very important to Filipinos because of their Christian heritage influenced by the Spaniards, the seven-day week is also called Linggo. One week is "Isang Linggo" in Tagalog. Last week is "Nakaraang Linggo" and so on.

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Practice Phrases

Tagalog	English
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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