Tagalog Lesson: Numbers 11 to 20

Here’s how to count numbers in Tagalog.

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The numbers from 11 to 20

11 – labing-isa

12 – labindalawa

13 – labintatlo

14 – labing-apat

15 – labinlima

16 – labing-anim

17 – labimpito

18 – labingwalo

19 – labingsiyam

Correction: This should be labinsiyam. I will upload the corrected mp3 version soon…

20 – dalawampu

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5 Responses to “Tagalog Lesson: Numbers 11 to 20”

  1. on 06 Jun 2010 at 9:03 pm 1Dee

    I am very interested learning at least basic tagalog
    quite difficult but fun.

    Thank you.

  2. on 06 Jun 2010 at 9:04 pm 2Dee

    i am still learning the words and try to pronounce properly

  3. on 29 Jul 2010 at 1:06 am 3jack

    Hello, this is great help! Is there a rule of when to apply “labing” or “labin” or “labim”?

  4. on 29 Jul 2010 at 7:03 am 4Viloria.net

    Thanks for asking, Jack. I’ll update this page soon, because 19 in Tagalog/Filipino should be labinsiyam.

    Labing – when followed by a vowel or the letter ‘w’ (because that sounds like the vowel ‘u’ followed by the vowel ‘a’)

    Labin – when followed by d, l, r, s, t (some of us pronounce this as dalarasata in order to memorize it more easily).

    Ex. labindalawa, labintatlo, labinsiyam

    Labim – when followed by p

    It basically makes things easier to pronounce.

    For example, it’s easier to pronounce “import” rather than “inport” since the ‘p’ sound seems to come more naturally after you make an “mmm” sound rather than when you make an “nnn” sound.

  5. on 21 Jan 2011 at 2:55 pm 5Jill Fabrero

    Hello, is it also correct to write labing dalawa, labing tatlo etc?

    [From Viloria.net] Well, some people write it that way. A lot of folks have accepted it. My strict Filipino teachers in grade school or high school would prefer it written as labindalawa and labintatlo.