Filipino Nouns
Learning the Filipino Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Filipino language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.
Filipino nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Filipino Nouns |
| nouns | nouns |
| my car | ang aking kotse |
| green car | berdeng kotse |
| three cars | tatlong sasakyan |
| car garage | kotse garahe |
| outside the car | sa labas ng kotse |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Filipino has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tagalog.
List of Nouns in Filipino
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Filipino placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Filipino Nouns |
| arm | braso |
| back | likod |
| cheeks | cheeks |
| chest | dibdib |
| chin | baba |
| ear | tainga |
| elbow | siko |
| eye | mata |
| face | mukha |
| finger | daliri |
| fingers | daliri |
| foot | paa |
| hair | buhok |
| hand | kamay |
| head | ulo |
| heart | puso |
| knee | tuhod |
| leg | binti |
| lip | labi |
| mouth | bibig |
| neck | leeg |
| nose | ilong |
| shoulder | balikat |
| stomach | tiyan |
| teeth | mga ngipin |
| thigh | hita |
| throat | lalamunan |
| thumb | sirain ng mga daliri |
| toe | daliri ng paa |
| tongue | wika |
| tooth | lagyan ng ngipin |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Filipino, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tagalog Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Filipino lessons here: Learn Filipino. Don't forget to bookmark this page.