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Tagalog Plural

This page provides information about the plural in Tagalog. Below is a list of singular (one) and plural (many) words, listed side by side.

Woman: babae
Women: mga babae
Language: lenguwahe; wika
Languages: mga lenguwahe, mga Wika
Man: lalaki
Men: mga lalaki
Country: bansa
Countries: mga bansa
Boy: batang lalaki
Boys: mga batang lalaki
Lake: lawa; dagat-dagatan
Lakes: mga lawa; mga dagat-dagatan
Girl: batang babae
Girls: mga batang babae
Pen: pen
Pens: mga pen

These examples show a sentence with both singular and plural forms. The list includes the use of nouns, numbers and pronouns.

I visited one country: binisita ko ang isang bansa
She visited three countries: binisita niya ang tatlong bansa
She has one sister: may ate siya
He has two sisters: may dalawang kapatid na babae siya
We speak two languages: nakakapagsalita kami ng dalawang lenguwahe / wika
They speak four languages: nakakapagsalita sila ng apat na lenguwahe / wika

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