zoolohiya
zoolohíya with stress marks
zoology
Usage Note
Zoolohiya is a Tagalog phonetic adaptation of English 'zoology', used exclusively in academic and scientific contexts — school curricula, biology textbooks, and university course names. In everyday conversation most Filipinos would simply use the English pronunciation directly.
Examples
" Mahirap ang zoolohiya. "
Natural Translation
Zoology is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the zoology.
" Nag-aral siya ng zoolohiya upang maging biologist. "
Natural Translation
He/She studied zoology to become a biologist.
Literal Translation
Studied he/she of zoology in-order-to become biologist.
" Sa klase ng zoolohiya, natutuhan namin kung paano umaangkop ang iba't ibang hayop sa kanilang kapaligiran. "
Natural Translation
In zoology class, we learned how different animals adapt to their environment.
Literal Translation
In class of zoology, learned we how adapt the various animals to their environment.
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