EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
ninety (90)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/si-YAM-pu/
FIL: Isang hindi gaanong karaniwan o makalumang anyo para sa bilang na siyamnapu.
EN: ninety (90)
This is the OG, old-school way of saying 'siyamnapu' (ninety). It's the vintage version. If someone uses this, they're either a lolo from the province, a language purist, or trying to sound poetic. It's the vinyl record to 'siyamnapu's Spotify stream.
A contracted form of 'siyam na pu'. A less common, somewhat archaic variant of 'siyamnapu'.
Considered archaic or poetic by most modern speakers. 'Siyamnapu' is overwhelmingly preferred in both speech and writing.
🇵🇭 Sa mga lumang aklat, mababasa ang salitang siyampu.
🇺🇸 In old books, one can read the word ninety (siyampu).
🇵🇭 Ang bilang ng mga taon ay umabot na sa siyampu.
🇺🇸 The number of years has reached ninety.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.