▸ 1. Part of Speech & Meaning
• Part of speech: numeral / determiner
• Meaning: “seventy-five”
Kapito-an ug lima ka estudyante ang midawat sa premyo.
→ Seventy-five students received the prize.
Nag-order ko og kapito-an ug lima ka donuts.
→ I ordered seventy-five doughnuts.
Kapito-an ug lima ra ko ka minuto nag-huwat.
→ I waited only seventy-five minutes.
▸ 2. Cebuano or Spanish?
- Native (Cebuano): kapito-an ug lima
- Spanish-based: sitenta-y-singko (75 → setenta y cinco)
▸ 3. Native vs Spanish Numbers
| Context | kapito-an ug lima | sitenta-y-singko |
|---|---|---|
| Counting people / objects | ✓ | — |
| Money totals, phone digits | — | ✓ |
| Ordinal form | ika-kapito-an ug lima (75ᵗʰ) | Spanish ordinals hardly used |
▸ 4. How to Use kapito-an ug lima
kapito-an ug lima ka + Noun
Kapito-an ug lima ka tiket among gipalit.
Mini-phrases: kapito-an ug lima ra “only 75” · kapito-an ug lima pa “75 more”
Frequency: Kapito-an ug lima ka beses siya mi-bisita sa tuig.
Ordinal: ika-kapito-an ug lima = 75ᵗʰ
▸ 5. Five Common Pitfalls
- Leaving out ka: ✗ kapito-an ug lima mansanas
- Double plural: ✗ kapito-an ug lima ka mga tawo
- Mixing sitenta-y-singko inside a native sentence
- Reversing order: ✗ mansanas kapito-an ug lima ka
- Using cardinal when ordinal is needed
▸ 6. Quick Collocations
- kapito-an ug lima ka ___ — seventy-five …
- kapito-an ug lima ra — only 75
- kapito-an ug lima pa — 75 more
- ika-kapito-an ug lima — 75ᵗʰ
- sa kapito-an ug lima ka adlaw — in 75 days
▸ 7. Learner Alerts
- Phone digits: speakers usually say sitenta-y-singko or English “seventy-five.”
- Pronounce /ka-PI-to-an ug LI-ma/ (stress PI & LI).
- Avoid Tagalog pitumpu’t lima.
- For rough counts, prefer mga, hapit.
▸ 8. Handy Phrases
- Kapito-an ug lima ra mi kabuok karon. — “There are only seventy-five of us now.”
- Pwede ko mangayo og kapito-an ug lima pa ka kutsara? — “May I have seventy-five more spoons?”
- Kapito-an ug lima na lang ang nahibilin. — “Only seventy-five remain.”
- Magkita ta mga kapito-an ug lima ka oras gikan karon. — “Let’s meet about seventy-five hours from now.”
- Kapito-an ug lima ka beses nako gisulayan—nakaya ra gyud! — “I tried seventy-five times and finally did it!”
▸ 9. Mini-Dialogues
| # | A (Question) | B (Answer) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tag-pila ang kapito-an ug lima ka mangga? | Tres-cientos otsenta pesos ra tanan.Only ₱380 for all 75. |
| 2 | Kapito-an ug lima ba ka adlaw ka mag-bakasyon? | Oo, kapito-an ug lima ra ko ka adlaw libre.Exactly 75 days. |
| 3 | Naa kay kapito-an ug lima ka tiket? | Wala, kapito-an ug upat ra ang nabilin.Only 74 left. |
| 4 | Kapito-an ug lima na ka tuig ta nag-kaila, noh? | Sakto, kapito-an ug lima ka tuig na gyud.Seventy-five years indeed. |
| 5 | Mopalit ta og kapito-an ug lima ka botelya? | Murag daghan; sitenta lang siguro.Maybe seventy is enough. |
▸ 10. Multiple-Choice Dialogue Questions
Q1. Kapito-an ug lima ba ka libro imong gipalit?
A Gipalit ko kapito-an ug lima ka libro.
B Libro kapito-an ug lima ka akong gipalit.
C Kapito-an ug lima ka libro akong gipalit.
Q2. Kapito-an ug lima ba mo ka adlaw mag-puyo dinhi?
A Mag-puyo dinhi mo kapito-an ug lima ka adlaw.
B Dinhi kapito-an ug lima ka adlaw mo mag-puyo.
C Mo mag-puyo dinhi kapito-an ug lima ka adlaw.
Q3. Kapito-an ug lima ba ka bata ang nag-dula sa gawas?
A Sa gawas nag-dula kapito-an ug lima ka bata.
B Kapito-an ug lima ka bata nag-dula sa gawas.
C Nag-dula kapito-an ug lima ka bata sa gawas.
Q4. Kapito-an ug lima ba ta ka botelya ang paliton?
A Ta kapito-an ug lima ka botelya paliton.
B Paliton ta kapito-an ug lima ka botelya.
C Botelya kapito-an ug lima ka paliton ta.
Q5. Kapito-an ug lima ba sila ka beses ni-adto didto?
A Kapito-an ug lima ka beses sila didto ni-adto.
B Ni-adto sila didto kapito-an ug lima ka beses.
C Didto sila kapito-an ug lima ka beses ni-adto.
▸ Answer Key & Why
| Q | Correct | Reason (simple) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Numeral phrase before subject + verb; A & B mis-order parts. |
| 2 | A | Natural sequence “verb + place + subject + numeral.” |
| 3 | B | Subject phrase Kapito-an ug lima ka bata then verb is idiomatic. |
| 4 | B | Imperative Paliton ta followed by object; others split components. |
| 5 | A | Frequency phrase at start acceptable; others invert awkwardly. |
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