EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
two by two, in pairs...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/da-la-da-la-WA/
FIL: Sa paraan na tig-dalawa o sa mga pangkat ng dalawa.
EN: two by two, in pairs
Think Noah's Ark, but for everything. When you enter a room 'dala-dalawa,' you go in pairs. When you eat fishballs from the street vendor, you might eat them 'dala-dalawa'. It's the 'buy one, take one' of counting.
From 'dalawa' (two), with the first part reduplicated.
A distributive adverb. It indicates how a group is divided or arranged. The same pattern applies to other numbers (isa-isa, tatlu-tatlo).
🇵🇭 Pumasok sila sa sinehan nang dala-dalawa.
🇺🇸 They entered the cinema two by two.
🇵🇭 Binigyan niya ng kendi ang mga bata nang dala-dalawa.
🇺🇸 She gave the children candies in pairs (two each).
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.