Chapter 16 Going to a Birthday Party

Question 1

kaarawan

Answer 1

birthday

Question 2

regalo

Answer 2

gift

Question 3

abala

Answer 3

bother (another meaning is to be busy)

Question 4

maligaya

Answer 4

happy

Question 5

masaya

Answer 5

happy

Question 6

nanalo

Answer 6

won

Question 7

natalo

Answer 7

lost

Question 8

ipinanganak

Answer 8

born

Question 9

nagtapos

Answer 9

graduated

Question 10

elementarya

Answer 10

elementary school

Question 11

mababang paaralan

Answer 11

elementary school

Question 12

high school

Answer 12

high school

Question 13

mataas na paaralan

Answer 13

high school

Question 14

kolehiyo

Answer 14

college

Question 15

gradwadong pag-aaral

Answer 15

graduate study

Question 16

ikinasal

Answer 16

got married

Question 17

namatay

Answer 17

passed on; died

Question 18

yumao

Answer 18

passed on; died

Question 19

pumanaw

Answer 19

passed on; died

Question 20

Maligayang kaarawan!

Answer 20

Happy Birthday!

Question 21

Maligayang anibersaryo!

Answer 21

Happy anniversary!

Question 22

Binabati kita!

Answer 22

Congradulations!

Question 23

Ikinalulungkot ko.

Answer 23

I am sad about this.

Question 24

Nakikiraramay ako.

Answer 24

My condoloences.

Question 25

Pagpasensiyahan mo na!

Answer 25

I am sorry for this.

Question 26

Pasensiya ka na.

Answer 26

Sorry. (literally, Sorry you.)

Question 27

Nag-abala ka pa.

Answer 27

You shouldn’t have bothered. (literally, Bothered you.)

Question 28

Huwag ka nang mag-abala.

Answer 28

Please don’t bother.

Question 29

Ganoon ba?

Answer 29

Is that so?

Question 30

Talaga?

Answer 30

Really?

Question 31

Binilhan

Answer 31

Bought (focus on the indirect object or the person to whom the action is directed)

Question 32

Nililigawan

Answer 32

Courting (refers to both “traditional” and “modern” ways of expressing love for another)

Question 33

Pulseras

Answer 33

Bracelet

Question 34

Singsing

Answer 34

Ring

Question 35

Kuwintas

Answer 35

Necklace

Question 36

Hikaw

Answer 36

Earrings

Question 37

Alahas

Answer 37

Jewelry

Question 38

Mahal kita.

Answer 38

I love you. (Mahal or “love” is used here to refer to the “beloved”, to family, friends, and pets.)

Question 39

Iniibig kita.

Answer 39

I love you. (Iniibig or “love”) is used here to refer only to the “beloved,” and to one’s country.)

Question 40

Sayang!

Answer 40

A pity!

Question 41

Kung

Answer 41

If; What about

Question 42

Kaya

Answer 42

(accent on the second syllable) (Expression used to go with KUNG-KUNG + word + KAYA - to express the conditional “if”

Question 43

Kung singsing kaya?

Answer 43

How about a ring? (Literally, What if ring?)

Question 44

Nangangako

Answer 44

Promise

Question 45

Pakakasalan

Answer 45

Will marry

Question 46

Ito lang ang nakayanan ko.

Answer 46

This is all I can manage.

Question 47

Pasensiya na kayo at ito lang ang naihanda namin

Answer 47

So sorry because this is all we have prepared.

Question 48

Hindi na po kayo dapat nag-abala

Answer 48

You shouldn’t have bothered.

Question 49

Labis-labis naman po ito.

Answer 49

This is too much.

Question 50

Nakakahiya naman sa inyo.

Answer 50

I am ashamed [that you took so much trouble]

Question 51

Panahon ng pananakop ng mga Kastila magbasa (accent on the third syllable)

Answer 51

Spanish colonial period

Question 52

magbasa (accent on the third syllable)

Answer 52

to read

Question 53

Nobela

Answer 53

Novel

Question 54

Sinulat

Answer 54

Wrote

Question 55

Binasa

Answer 55

Read

Question 56

Itinatag

Answer 56

Established

Question 57

Nang

Answer 57

Used as a relative pronoun; here used for “When”

Question 58

Sumali

Answer 58

Join

Question 59

Nahati

Answer 59

Split