From root: dalawa
Usage Note
Dalawampu combines "dalawa" (two) and "pulo" (ten), connected by the linker "-m-".
Examples
" May dalawampung mag-aaral dito. "
Natural Translation
There are twenty students here.
Literal Translation
Has twenty students here.
" Nagbayad ako ng dalawampung piso. "
Natural Translation
I paid twenty pesos.
Literal Translation
Paid I of twenty pesos.
" Kahit dalawampung taon na ang nakalipas, malinaw pa rin sa aking alaala ang araw na iyon. "
Natural Translation
Even though twenty years have passed, that day is still clear in my memory.
Literal Translation
Although twenty years already the passed, clear still in my memory the day that.
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