▸ 1. Part of Speech & Meaning
• Part of speech: numeral / determiner
• Meaning: “thirty-five”
Katloan ug lima ka estudyante ang nisalmot.
→ Thirty-five students joined.
Nag-order ko og katloan ug lima ka biko.
→ I ordered thirty-five rice cakes.
Katloan ug lima ra ko ka minuto nag-huwat.
→ I waited only thirty-five minutes.
▸ 2. Cebuano or Spanish?
- Native (Cebuano): katloan ug lima
- Spanish-based: traynta-iy-singko (treinta-y-cinco)
▸ 3. Where Each Form Is Used
| Scene | katloan ug lima | traynta-iy-singko |
|---|---|---|
| Counting people / things | ✓ | — |
| Money, phone digits, IDs | — | ✓ |
| Ordinal | ika-katloan ug lima | Spanish ordinal forms almost unheard |
▸ 4. Using katloan ug lima
katloan ug lima ka + Noun
Katloan ug lima ka tiket among gipalit.
Mini-phrases: katloan ug lima ra (only 35) · katloan ug lima pa (35 more)
Frequency: Katloan ug lima ka beses siya mi-praktis sa usa ka tuig.
Ordinal: ika-katloan ug lima → 35ᵗʰ
▸ 5. Five Common Pitfalls
- Leaving out ka: ✗ katloan ug lima mansanas
- Redundant plural: ✗ katloan ug lima ka mga tawo
- Mixing traynta-iy-singko inside a native sentence
- Reversing order: ✗ mansanas katloan ug lima ka
- Using cardinal where ordinal is needed
▸ 6. Quick Collocations
- katloan ug lima ka ___ — thirty-five …
- katloan ug lima ra — only 35
- katloan ug lima pa — 35 more
- ika-katloan ug lima — 35ᵗʰ
- sa katloan ug lima ka adlaw — in 35 days
▸ 7. Learner Alerts
- Phone digits: people say traynta-iy-singko / English “thirty-five,” not katloan ug lima.
- Pronounce /kat-LO-an ug LI-ma/ (stress LO and LI).
- Avoid Tagalog tatlumpu’t lima.
- Use mga, hapit for approximations.
▸ 8. Handy Phrases
• Katloan ug lima ra mi kabuok karon.
• Pwede ko mangayo og katloan ug lima pa ka kutsara?
• Katloan ug lima na lang ang nahibilin.
• Magkita ta mga katloan ug lima ka oras gikan karon.
• Katloan ug lima ka beses nako gisulayan — nakaya ra gyud!
▸ 9. Mini-Dialogues
| # | A (Question) | B (Answer) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tag-pila ang katloan ug lima ka mangga? | Siyento sitenta’y singko pesos ra tanan.Only ₱175 for all 35. |
| 2 | Katloan ug lima ba ka adlaw ka mag-bakasyon? | Oo, katloan ug lima ra ko ka adlaw libre.Exactly 35 days. |
| 3 | Naa kay katloan ug lima ka tiket? | Wala, katloan ug upat ra ang nabilin.Only 34 left. |
| 4 | Katloan ug lima na ka tuig ta nag-kaila, noh? | Sakto, katloan ug lima ka tuig na gyud.Thirty-five years indeed. |
| 5 | Mopalit ta og katloan ug lima ka botelya? | Murag daghan; traynta lang siguro.Maybe 30 is enough. |
▸ 10. Multiple-Choice Questions
Q1. Katloan ug lima ba ka libro imong gipalit?
A Gipalit ko katloan ug lima ka libro.
B Katloan ug lima ka libro akong gipalit.
C Libro katloan ug lima ka akong gipalit.
Q2. Katloan ug lima ba mo ka adlaw mag-puyo dinhi?
A Mag-puyo dinhi mo katloan ug lima ka adlaw.
B Dinhi katloan ug lima ka adlaw mo mag-puyo.
C Mo mag-puyo dinhi katloan ug lima ka adlaw.
Q3. Katloan ug lima ba ka bata ang nag-dula sa gawas?
A Katloan ug lima ka bata nag-dula sa gawas.
B Sa gawas nag-dula katloan ug lima ka bata.
C Nag-dula katloan ug lima ka bata sa gawas.
Q4. Katloan ug lima ba ta ka botelya ang paliton?
A Ta katloan ug lima ka botelya paliton.
B Paliton ta katloan ug lima ka botelya.
C Botelya katloan ug lima ka paliton ta.
Q5. Katloan ug lima ba sila ka beses ni-adto didto?
A Ni-adto sila didto katloan ug lima ka beses.
B Didto sila katloan ug lima ka beses ni-adto.
C Katloan ug lima ka beses sila didto ni-adto.
▸ Answer Key
- Q1 → B — numeral phrase before subject + verb; A & C reorder elements wrongly.
- Q2 → A — sequence “verb + place + subject + numeral” sounds natural.
- Q3 → A — subject phrase then verb is idiomatic; B & C displace adverbial.
- Q4 → B — imperative Paliton ta followed by object is correct; others misorder.
- Q5 → A — frequency phrase at end is smooth; B & C split clause parts.
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