From root: siyam
Usage Note
Labing-siyam represents the final number in the "excess of ten" series before reaching twenty.
Examples
" Labing-siyam na piso ang sukli. "
Natural Translation
The change is nineteen pesos.
Literal Translation
Nineteen pesos the change.
" May labing-siyam na saging. "
Natural Translation
There are nineteen bananas.
Literal Translation
There-is nineteen that banana.
" Labing-siyam na estudyante ang pumasa sa pagsusulit, samantalang isa lang ang kinailangang mag-aral muli. "
Natural Translation
Nineteen students passed the exam, while only one needed to study again.
Literal Translation
Nineteen students the passed in exam, while one only the needed to-study again.
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