telepono
telepóno with stress marks
telephone
Usage Note
Telepono is the general term for a telephone, but in modern usage it almost always refers to a landline. For mobile devices, Filipinos routinely use the English word cellphone instead, making telepono a useful marker of the landline-versus-mobile distinction.
Examples
" Nasaan ang telepono? "
Natural Translation
Where is the telephone?
Literal Translation
Where the telephone?
" May tumatawag sa telepono. "
Natural Translation
Someone is calling on the phone.
Literal Translation
There-is calling on-the telephone.
" Sira na ang luma naming telepono sa bahay, kaya cellphone na lang ang ginagamit namin para tumawag. "
Natural Translation
Our old telephone at home is broken, so we just use a cellphone to make calls now.
Literal Translation
Broken already the old our telephone at house, so cellphone just the using we for to-call.
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