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LESSON

BASIC GREETINGS 1.1

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the lesson, the student is expected to:

∞ Define basic greetings.

∞ Read and understand the conversations/lessons properly.
∞ Greet each other and reply to the given basic conversation questions orally.
∞ Translate the conversations/paragraph from Filipino to English and vice versa.
∞ Distinguish the difference between possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns
and subject articles.
∞ Analyze the speaking situations presented in the materials.
∞ Write conversation chunks; and
∞ Present simple conversation chunks. (Role-playing games)
∞Provide the appropriate nouns, pronouns and articles using word pool

Basic greetings are used to communicate with people bearing the manner of
respect, proper intonation, grammar and pronunciations. Thus, it reflects how do people
understand each other’s dilemma whenever they meet along the street, office, house,
schools and the like. It supplies basic information needed by the speaker or
communicator. By having the knowledge about basic greetings, the speaker or
communicator as well as the listener or person whom the communicator is talking to will
be able to answer/reply to the certain queries easily. It is also called day to day
conversation. Here are the examples:

Maganda - Beautiful/Good Gabi - Evening

Umaga - Morning Araw - Sun/Day
Tanghali - Noon Din/Rin - Also / Too
Hapon - Afternoon

ng- no equivalent in English if it is connected to adjectives which end with

vowels to modify a noun (it serves as a connector/ligature).

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 FILIPINO ENGLISH
Magandang umaga Good morning
Magandang tanghali Good noon
Magandang hapon Good afternoon
Magandang gabi Good evening
Magandang araw Good day

As a reply to greetings presented, all you have to do is add din/rin after the last
word.
Examples:
Magandang umaga Maganding umaga rin
Magandang hapon Magandang hapon din

NOTE: Use rin if the word/words presented end/s with vowel/s and din if it ends
with consonant/s.

Oral Exercise:

1. Ask the students to read the Magandang umaga to Magandang araw

orally with proper intonation.
2. Let the student/s ask his/her/their classmates or look for his/her own
partner to greet each other and wait for the response before proceeding to
the next greetings.
3. Encourage the students to greet the teacher with response from first to
last and vice versa.

Greetings Reply

Magandang araw ___________________

Magandang umaga ___________________
Magandang tanghali ___________________
Magandang hapon ___________________
Magandang gabi ___________________

KUMUSTA WITH SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND SUBJECT ARTICLES

SUBJECT PRONOUNS SUBJECT ARTICLES

Kumusta _______? Kumusta_________?

Ka Si
Siya Sina
Sila Ang
Kayo Ang mga

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Ka/Ikaw - means you, subject pronoun (Ka-usually found in the middle or in the end
of the statements/questions but never been used in the beginning while Ikaw- is used to
begin a statement/question).

Si - is a subject article used for specific name/ 1 name only (no equivalent in
English). Ex. Si Merly

Sina -used for two or more names followed by the word at which means and.

Ex. Sina Greg at George

Sina Greg, Anna, at George

Ang – is an article the which is used for specific thing and counted as one (singular
noun i.e. common nouns- father, mother, basket etc.) Ex. ang aso (the dog)

Ang mga – same thing with ang but used in plural form of common nouns. In
here the s will be dropped once used in a plural form of common nouns except
for the word/s ending with s. Ex. Prutas(friut) - ang mga prutas (the fruits)

Mabuti – Good/Fine
Hindi Mabuti – Not good/Not fine

FILIPINO ENGLISH

you?
Kumusta (ka)? How are
Kumusta si_________? How is Markie?
Kumusta sina______ at_______? How are Anecka and Chie?
Kumusta ang ________? How is the project?
Kumusta ang mga ________? How are the projects?
Mabuti Fine
Hindi mabuti Not Fine

To reply, just say Mabuti o Hindi Mabuti (for short reply)

Mabuti si ______, Hindi mabuti sina_____ (for complete reply)

ORAL EXERCISE:

The teacher will ask the students to read and ask the questions to his/her
classmates then the students whom asked will answer the questions with short
and complete reply.

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 QUESTIONS

Kumusta ka? Kumusta ang pamilya?

Kumusta si Jennifer? Kumusta ang mga tao?
Kumusta sina Manny at Jacky? Kumusta si Patrick?
Kumusta ang trabaho? Kumusta sina Mike at Kim?
Kumusta ang mga libro? Kumusta ka?
Kumusta ang mga proyekto? Kumusta ang pusa?
Kumusta si Jericho? Kumusta ang mga negosyante?
Kumusta ang sweldo? Kumusta si Andrea?
Kumusta sina Sylvia, Michael at Kenneth? Kumusta si Tonny?
NOTE
Kumusta sina Ate atTHE
Kuya?FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS
Kumusta ang mga pagkain?

Observe the following vocabulary words.

Proyekto - project Sweldo - salary

Libro - book Buhay - life
Bata - kid/child Pamilya - family
Tao - person Pusa - cat
people
Kotse - car Ate - sister elder
Opisina - office Kuya - brother
Kontrata - contract Pagkain - food
Negosyo - business Gusali - building
Tanghalian - lunch Agahan - breakfast
Gabihan - dinner Hapunan - afternoon lunch
Mahal - expensive Mura - not expensive

FILIPINO ENGLISH

Kumusta siya? How is he/she?

Kumusta sila? How are they?
Kumusta kayo? How are all of you?/How are
you all?
Mabuti siya/sila/kami. She/they, we is/are fine.
Hindi siya/sila/kami mabuti. She/they, we is/are not fine.

Ako (I), Siya, Sila, Kayo are used to substitute a noun.

Kayo – the person who is talking to is not included. (excluded)
Kami- We, the person who is talking to is included. (included)

Example:
Kumusta si Jennifer? Kumusta siya?

Kumusta sina Manny at Jacky? Kumusta sila?

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WRITING EXERCISE:

Change the following subjects into pronouns and vice versa. Write your complete
answer on the space provided.

1. Kumusta si Jack? _________________________

2. Kumusta sina Mel at Ken? _________________________
3. Kumusta si Karen? _________________________
4. Kumusta si Angelo? _________________________
5. Kumusta sina Billy, Greg at Dex? _________________________
6. Kumusta siya? ___________________________
7. Kumusta sila? ___________________________
8. Kumusta kayo ___________________________
9. Kumusta siya? ___________________________
10. Kumusta sila? ___________________________

READING EXERCISE

A. Read and translate the succeeding paragraph into Filipino.

P1
Good day! How are you? How are the foods? Good, the foods are good…Caldereta,
Steak, and Curry. How is work? Not good, the salary is bad. How is the office? Office is
not good. How is Rey? Rey is fine, he is good. How is the contract? Not good, contract
is not good.

P2
Good morning! Good morning as well! How is the morning? Beautiful, the morning is
beautiful. How are the business proposals? The business proposals are beautiful. How
is the building? Fine, the building is fine and beautiful. How are the people? Not good,
they are not fine.

P3
Good afternoon! How is life? Good, life is good and beautiful. How is the family? Fine,
they are fine. How are the children? Children are fine as well. How is Benny? He is not
fine. How is lunch? Lunch is good, chickenjoy, barbecue, kare-kare and fish fillet.

P4
Good evening! How is the day? The day is beautiful. How is the cat? The cat is fine.
How is Marie? She is not fine. How are they? They are fine. How are you all? We are
fine. How is the dinner? Dinner is good, spaghetti, lasagna and pizza. How are the
books? Books are fine and not expensive.

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B. Read the subsequent paragraph loud then translate it into English.

P1

Magandang umaga! Kumusta ka? Kumusta si Ana? Mabuti si Ana, maganda si Ana.
Kumusta ang pamilya? Mabuti, mabuti ang pamilya. Kmusta ang trabaho? Hindi
mabuti ang trabaho, hindi maganda ang sweldo. Kumusta sina Candy, Joan, at Mike?
Mabuti, mabuti sila.

P2
Magandang tanghali! Kumusta ang tanghalian? Hindi mabuti ang tanghalian, French
fries at hotdog lang. Kumusta kayo? Mabuti, mabuti kami. Kumusta ang ate at
kuya? Mabuti, mabuti sina Ate at Kuya. Kumusta ang mga bata? Hindi mabuti ang mga
bata. Kumusta si Peter at ang kontrata? Mabuti siya at ang kontrata.

P3
Magandang araw! Kumusta ang buhay? Mabuti, maganda ang buhay. Kumusta ang
agahan? Mabuti, mabuti ang agahan at mura ang mga pagkain. Kumusta ang mga
libro? Hindi mabuti, mahal ang mga libro. Kumusta ang kotse? Hindi mabuti ang kotse,
mahal din ang kotse.

P4
Magandang hapon! Magandang hapon din! Kumusta ka? Hindi mabuti, walang sweldo
at mahal ang pagkain. Kumusta ang proyekto? Hindi mabuti ang proyekto, mura ang
mga gusali at kotse. Kumusta si Almie? Hindi siya mabuti. Kumusta sina Romeo at
Juliet? Mabuti sila, maganda ang buhay, mahal ang kotse at maganda ang sweldo.

WRITING EXERCISE

WORD POOL

A. Choose the appropriate answer inside the box and write it before or after each
number.

Si Sina Sila Ang/ang Ang mga

Kami Ka Kayo Proyekto Libro
Bata Tao Mahal Negosyo Pamilya
Gusali Mura kontrata Sweldo Buhay
Siya

Magandang gabi! Kumusta 1. _______ John at Micheal? Mabuti 2._____Kumusta ang

3. ______________? Hindi mabuti ang negosyo, 4. _____________, P3,000,000 ang
5.____________. Kumusta 6._____? Mabuti ako. Kumusta 7.___________ prutas?
Mabuti. Kumutsa 8.____Bernadette? Mabuti 9._______ Kumusta 10.

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______(excluded)? Mabuti 11. ________(included). Kumusta 12.___________
(people)? Kumusta 13. ___________(children)? Mabuti 14. ______. Kumusta 15.
_____________(book)? Mabuti, 16.________ 17.____________(book) P100.00 lang.
Kumusta 18._____________ (life)? Mabuti. Kumusta 19.____________(work)? Hindi
mabuti, P250.00/araw lang ang 20.____________. Kumusta 21. _________________
(family)?

B. Write your own dialogue below about work.

Michael : ______________________________________
Jenny : ______________________________________
George : ______________________________________
Mary : ______________________________________
Michael : ______________________________________
Jenny : ______________________________________
George : ______________________________________
Mary : ______________________________________
Michael : ______________________________________
Jenny : ______________________________________
George : ______________________________________

VOCABULARY WORDS

Marami - Many
Sa - For, In, On, At (Preposition)
Also used to make the gratitude very specific.
Wala - None
Anuman - Anything
Paalam - Goodbye
Din - Too, Also, as well

FILIPINO ENGLISH

Maraming salamat
Maraming salamat sa + Many thanks
(noun) Thanks for the + (noun)
Maraming salamat sa mga +
(plural nouns) Thanks for the + (plural nouns)

Walang anuman You are welcome/ it’s nothing.

Good bye
Paalam Goodbye as well
Paalam din

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The words Marami and Wala could form a complete sentence that can stand alone.

Examples:

Maraming bahay. There are many houses.

Maraming pagkain sa lamesa. There are many foods on the table.
Maraming proyekto sa opisina. There are many projects in the office.

Walang pasok. There is no school.

Walang ulan. There is no rain.
Walang pasok sa trabaho. There is no work.
Walang ulan sa Manila. There is no rain in Manila.

A. Listen to the trainer intently and response as fast as you can.

1. Maraming salamat
2. Maraming salamat sa regalo (gift).
3. Maraming salamat sa mga libro.
4. Maraming salamat sa laptop.
5. Maraming salamat sa tubig (water).
6. Maraming salamat sa kutsara (spoon) at tinidor (fork).
7. Maraming salamat sa suklay (comb).
8. Maraming salamat sa mensahe (message).
9. Maraming salamat sa mga dokumento (documents).
10. Paalam

B. Make your own dialogue about birthday gift for your classmate.

Jossie : _____________________________________
Eldrick : _____________________________________
Johny : _____________________________________
Melissa : _____________________________________
Jossie : _____________________________________
Eldrick : _____________________________________
Johny : _____________________________________
Melissa : _____________________________________

C. Write your own favorite hangouts in ONE paragraph form then read it with
your classmates/teacher out loud. Write your answer on below.

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 Name:________________________ Date: _______________
Teacher :________________________ Score: _______________

A. Fill in the blanks of the following basic greetings, then translate into English.

1. K U_ _ S _ _ K _ ? 6. M _ _ U _ I
2. M _ G _ N D _ _ _ _ _ A W 7. _ A _ A _ _ T
3. M A_ _ N D _ _ _ U _ A G _ 8. P _ A _ _ M
4. _ _ G A N _ _ _ G _ A _ G _ A _ _ 9. W _ LA_ _ AN_MA_
5. M _ G _ N D _ _ _ H _ P _ _ 10. MA_GAN_DA_ _ G_B_

B. Translate the following dialogues into Filipino.

Amie : Good day, Chelsea!

Chelsea : Good day as well!
Amiel : How are you?
Chelsea : I am good! And you?
Amiel : Good as well. How are Joey and Greg?
Chelsea : They are not fine. How is your work?
Amiel : Not good. There is no salary. How is the breakfast?
Chelsea : Oh, it’s ok. Breakfast is good. Thanks for the breakfast.
Amiel : Oh, that’s nothing. Thank you for the help (tulong).
Chelsea : You are welcome.
Amiel : Ok. I am late (huli na) at work, not good.
Chelsea : Sure! Goodbye .
Amiel : Goodbye, too.

C. MATCHIING TYPE: Match the Column A to Column B. Choose the appropriate

picture for the column A.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Kumusta si a.

2. Kumusta ang b.

3. Kumusta ang mga c.

4. Kumusta sina

5. Kumusta sila? d.

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D. PRONUNCIATION: Write the correct pronunciation of the given word/s by
placing a ( ) mark above. Rewrite the word/s if necessary.

1. Proyekto 15. Sweldo

2. Libro 16. Buhay
3. Bata 17. Pamilya
4. Tao 18. Pusa
5. Kotse 19. Ate
6. Kontrata 20. Pagkain
7. Negosyo 21. Gusali
8. Tanghalian 22. Agahan
9. Gabihan 23. Hapunan
10. Mahal 24. Mura
11. Opisina 25. Tanghali
12. Kumusta 26. Umaga
13. Mabuti 27. Walang anuman
14. Magandang araw 28.Paalam

ASSESSMENT EXERCISE

FOR THE TEACHER: The teacher will assess the students’ learning progress by
reviewing the previous lesson before moving to the next topic.

A. TRANSLATION: Translate the following basic greetings into English orally.

1. Magandang umaga 7. Kumusta ang mga tao?

2. Magandang tanghali 8. Maraming salamat sa suklay.
3. Magandang hapon 9. Kumusta sina Jenny, Marie at Carl
4. Magandang gabi 10. Kumusta ka?
5. Magandang araw 11. Kumusta ang gusali?
6. Walang anuman 12. Paalam

B. Kindly listen to the trainer intently and translate into Filipino what she says.

1. Good morning. 11. There is no work.

2. How are you?
3. Thanks for the message.
4. You are welcome.
5. How is the family?
6. How is the Philippines?
7. Not fine.
8. How are Jane and John?
9. How is he/she? How are they?
10. How is the cat?
12. There is no food.
13. There are many buildings.
14. Good day.
15. How are the projects?
16. How are you all?
17. How is the flight?
18. How is Benny?
19. Life is good and beautiful.
20. Dinner is good.

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C. RESPONDING: Listen to your trainer while she says her lines. Provide your replies
without looking at your notes.

GREETINGS RESPONSE

1. Magandang umaga! _______________________________.

2. Kumusta si Mommy? _______________________________.
3. Kumusta si Daddy? _______________________________.
4. Kumusta ang trabaho? _______________________________.
5. Kumusta ang flight? _______________________________.
6. Magandang gabi! _______________________________.
7. Salamat sa email. _______________________________.
8. Kumusta sina Mitch at Borris? _______________________________.
9. Kumusta si Ate? _______________________________.
10. Kumusta ang mga prutas? _______________________________.
11. Maraming salamat sa tsinelas.(slippers) _______________________________.
12. Salamat sa pocket money. _______________________________.
13. Kumusta sina Sharon at Sarah? _______________________________.
14. Magandng hapon. _______________________________.
15. Paalam. _______________________________.

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 1
LESSON
AIF
. BASIC GREETINGS 1.2
LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the lesson, the student is expected to:

∞ Provide correct response to the statement.

∞ Read and create own questions using nouns and helping verbs.
∞ Analyze and reflect to the paragraphs and situations presented in the lesson
materials.
∞ Translate the conversations/paragraph from Filipino to English and vice versa.
∞ Distinguish the difference between possessive pronouns Ko and Mo.
∞ Write creative conversations that employ any of the lessons presented/discussed.
∞ Use helping verbs correctly.

VOCABULARY WORDS

Ano What, Interrogative Pronoun

Pangalan Name
Gusto Like/Want, Helping verb
Ayaw Don’t like/Don’t want, Helping verb
Kailangan Need, Helping verb
Ko My, Possessive Adjective
Mo Your, Possessive Adjective
Taga- From (only used to ask for a person’s birthplace, hometown,
country of origin)

Saan Where, Interrogative Pronoun

Ako I, Subject Pronoun
Nakatira From the Tagalog root verb tira, which means live (in a certain
location)
You can answer either with the location only (Example: “Sa Maynila.”) or in a
complete sentence (Example: “Sa Maynila ako nakatira.”)
Pasok is the root verb of Enter. Tuloy is the root verb of Continue. Both of these
words are used to invite someone to come into the house, the office, etc.

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 ANO ang + NOUN mo?

FILIPINO ENGLISH
Ano ang + (noun) mo? What is your (noun)?

Response: Response:

______ ang (noun) ko. _______ is my (noun).

Examples:

1. Ano ang pangalan mo? What is your name?

Response:

Sylvia ang pangalan ko. My name is Sylvia.

2. Ano ang trabaho mo? What is your work?

Response:

Doktor ang trabaho ko. My work is a doctor.

ORAL EXERCISE

A. Provide your Short Response Only

1. Ano ang pangalan mo? 5. Ano ang tanghalian mo?

2. Ano ang apelyido mo? 6. Ano ang libro mo?
3. Ano ang pagkain mo? 7. Ano ang trabaho mo?
4. Ano ang kumpanya mo? 8. Ano ang agahan mo?

B. Provide your Complete Response

1. Ano ang contact number mo?

2. Ano ang email address mo?
3. Ano ang probinsiya (province) mo?
4. Ano ang palayaw (nickname) mo?
5. Ano ang paboritong (favorite) sport (laro) mo? / Ano ang paborito
mong laro?
6. Ano ang paboritong palabas (movie) mo? / Ano ang paborito mong
palabas?
7. Ano ang paborito mong damit (clothes)?
8. Ano ang website mo?
9. Ano ang pangalan ng kumpanya mo?
10. Ano ang pangalan ng kaibigan mo?

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A. JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Directions: Create your own BASIC questions using the pattern Ano ang
_________mo? in connection with job interview then ask your classmates/teacher to
provide the answers orally and vice versa. Use the table below.

QUESTIONS RESPONSE
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.

B. RECALLING: After the job interview questions, try to remember what your
classmates/teacher’s response to your questions then let your teacher/classmates ask
the questions to you. Make sure to give your answer the same as their response.

Example:
You asked “Ano ang pangalan mo?”
Teacher/Classmate Response: Marivic and pangalan ko.

Teacher/classmate asked you: Ano ang pangalan ko?

You answered: “Marivic ang pangalan mo.”

ANO + ang + (HELPING VERB) mo?

FILIPINO ENGLISH

Ano ang +(helping verb) mo? What is your +(helping verb)?

Response: Response:

______ang (helping verb) ko. ____is what I (helping verb).

Example:
1. Ano ang gusto mo? What do you like?
Response:
French fries ang gusto ko. French fries is what I like.

2. Ano ang ayaw mo? What don’t you like?

Response:
Hotdog ang ayaw ko. Hotdog is what I don’t like.

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 3. Ano ang kailangan mo? What do you need?
Response:
Kompyuter ang kailangan ko. Computer is what I need?

COLLECTING:

Ask your classmates/teacher about their want, don’t want and needs in 5
minutes. Write their answers on the table below.

QUESTION RESPONSE

1. Ano ang kailangan mo? 1.

2. Ano ang gusto mo? 2.
3. Ano ang ayaw mo? 3.
4. Ano ang gusto mo? 4.
5. Ano ang kailangan mo? 5.
6. Ano ang ayaw mo? 6.
7. Ano ang gusto mo? 7.
8. Ano ang kailangan mo? 8.
9. Ano ang gusto mo? 9.
10. Ano ang ayaw mo? 10.

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