« Back to Glossary Index ▸ 1. Part-of-Speech & Meaning • Part of speech: numeral / determiner• Meaning: “nine hundred (900)”
Siyam ka gatos ka estudyante ang mipirma sa petisyon.
→ Nine hundred students signed the petition.
Nag-order ko og siyam ka gatos ka bibingka.
→ I ordered nine hundred rice cakes.
Siyam ka gatos ra ko ka minuto nag-huwat.
→ I waited only nine hundred minutes.
▸ 2. Cebuano or Spanish? Native (Cebuano): siyam ka gatos Spanish-based: nobesyentos (novecientos)▸ 3. How the Two Number Sets Are Used Scene / Need siyam ka gatos (native)nobesyentos (Spanish)Counting people / objects ✓ — Prices, phone digits, codes — ✓ Ordinals ika-siyam ka gatos (900ᵗʰ)Spanish ordinals almost never used
▸ 4. Practical Use Patterns siyam ka gatos ka + Noun
Siyam ka gatos ka tiket among gipalit.
▸ 5. Five Common Pitfalls Forgetting ka → ✗ siyam ka gatos mansanas Adding another plural marker → ✗ siyam ka gatos ka mga tawo Mixing nobesyentos inside a native-number sentence Reversing order → ✗ mansanas siyam ka gatos ka Using cardinal when ordinal is required (say ika-siyam ka gatos for “the 900th”) ▸ 6. Quick Collocations ▸ 7. Learner Alerts Prices & phone numbers are usually read nobesyentos or English “nine-hundred.” Pronounce /SI-yam ka GA-tos/ (stress SI and GA ). Avoid Tagalog siyam -na -daan in Cebuano contexts. For estimates, use mga or hapit (e.g., hapit siyam ka gatos “almost 900”). ▸ 8. Handy Phrases Siyam ka gatos ra mi kabuok karon . — “There are only nine-hundred of us now.”Pwede ko mangayo og siyam ka gatos pa ka kutsara? — “May I have nine-hundred more spoons?”Siyam ka gatos na lang ang nahibilin. — “Only nine-hundred remain.”Magkita ta mga siyam ka gatos ka oras gikan karon . — “Let’s meet about nine-hundred hours from now.”Siyam ka gatos ka beses nako gisulayan — nakaya ra gyud ! — “I tried nine-hundred times and finally did it!”▸ 9. Simple Everyday Dialogues ▸ 10. Multiple-Choice Dialogue Questions ▸ Answer Key & Simple Reasons Q Correct Letter Why that sentence is correct 1 C Verb gipalit ko then object; numeral phrase directly before the noun. 2 A Natural order: verb → place → subject → numeral. 3 C Subject phrase Siyam ka gatos ka bata comes before the verb. 4 A Imperative Paliton ta followed by full object in correct order. 5 C Frequency phrase fits smoothly at clause end; other choices invert parts.
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