Vocab 1
Where is rice planted in the Philippines?
bukid/palayan (rice field)
What is another name for flatlands?
What is kapatagan? (plains)
What animal may you see in the Philippine country?
What is kalabaw- carabao? (water buffalo)
What is the name of rice before it is cooked?
What is bigas? (uncooked rice)
What is one important job for farmers? (Choose one that may apply)
What is magtanim (to plant), mag-ani (to harvest), mag-abono (to fertilize), or magdilig (to water plants)?
If you were to have someone cook a meal. What is the Tagalog verb you would use to describe this?
What is Magpaluto?
What is the name of the open space between two large mountains?
What is lambak? (valley)
What is rice called once it has been cooked?
What is kanin? (cooked rice)
What is the name of a large mountain that can either remain dormant or erupt?
What is bulkan? (volcano)
What is the name of large bodies of water?
What is karagatan? (ocean/seas)
What is the name for farmer?
If you hired someone to harvest crops, what is the Tagalog verb used to describe this?
What is magpa-ani? (to have someone harvest a crop)
What is the name of the creatures that live in the country?
What is mga hayop? (animals)
What is the name of a piece of land surrounded by water?
What is pulo? (island)
What is the another name for a small incline stretching across a large area of land?
What is burol? (hill)
What is the name for a flowing body of water?
What is ilog? (river)
What is another name for a county of land?
What is probinsiya/lalawigan? (province)
What is the name for a small town or area inhabited by a group of people?
What is barrio? (small village)
What is the name for a tall plant made of bark or bamboo?
What is puno? (tree)
If you hired someone to care for animals, what is the Tagalog verb used to describe this?
What is magpa-alaga ng hayop? (to have someone care for animals)
What is the name for the greenery, crops, and growth in the country?
What is halaman? (plants)
In order to make some money what may a farmer have to do with their crops?
What is magtinda? (to sell)
If you're leaving clothes out in the sun, what is it you are trying to do?
What is magpatuyo? (to dry something)
In order to yield a large harvest, what must a farmer do?
What is magpa-abono? (to have someone fertilize plants)
If you have someone clean something, what Tagalog verb describes this?
What is magpalinis? (to have someone clean)