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Tagalog translation: madaling-araw


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19:23 Aug 8, 2008
English to Tagalog translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: 'dawn' and other terms
I'd like to know all the Tagalaog terms for different times/parts of the day. Tagalogs have terms for dawn, just before dawn, morning, late morning (tanghali), twilight, sunset, evening, midnight, etc. I welcome Old Tagalog, too.
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Tagalog translation:madaling-araw
Explanation:
dawn > madaling-araw
just before dawn > (sa) pagsikat ng araw/bukang-liwayway
morning > umaga
late morning (tanghali) > katanghalian
twilight > takipsilim
sunset > paglubog ng araw
evening > gabi
midnight > hatinggabi

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-08-09 10:09:54 GMT)
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there is another one, which is the nearest to "late afternoon," DAPIT-HAPON

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-08-09 10:14:32 GMT)
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AFTERNOON> HAPON
LATE AFTERNOON> DAPIT-HAPON
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Ria Holmgeirsson
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4 +2madaling-araw
Ria Holmgeirsson
4Period of the Day
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
madaling-araw


Explanation:
dawn > madaling-araw
just before dawn > (sa) pagsikat ng araw/bukang-liwayway
morning > umaga
late morning (tanghali) > katanghalian
twilight > takipsilim
sunset > paglubog ng araw
evening > gabi
midnight > hatinggabi

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-08-09 10:09:54 GMT)
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there is another one, which is the nearest to "late afternoon," DAPIT-HAPON

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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-08-09 10:14:32 GMT)
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AFTERNOON> HAPON
LATE AFTERNOON> DAPIT-HAPON


Example sentence(s):
Ria Holmgeirsson
Denmark
Local time: 02:07
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. Are there other periods of the day that Tagalogs have words for that Eglish-speakers don't? =Please explain why you think 'madaling-araw' means 'dawn' from the adjective 'dali'. Pagsikat ng araw is sunrise, but is that just before dawn?

Asker: bukang-liwayway literally means the break in the horizon. But this is still not technically sunrise, is it?


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agree  dencruise: Agree. Minsan interchangeable ang 'madaling araw' at 'bukang-liwayway'. 'Madaling araw' is usually used sa ordinary convrsations. 'Bukang-liwayway' (daybreak) is more literary.
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agree  Phong Le
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361 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Period of the Day


Explanation:
Dawn - Madaling Araw
Morning - Umaga
Tanghali - Noon / midday (basically 11am to 1pm)
Afternoon - Hapon
Night - Gabi
Midnight - Hating gabi
Tomorrow - Bukas
The day after tomorrow - samakalawa
Last Tueasday - Noong Martes
Next month - Sa isang Buwan
This Morning (assume that it is now afternoon) - Kaninang Umaga
Later with in the day - Mamaya
Later this afternoon - Mamayang Hapon



Example sentence(s):
  • Aalis ka ba mamaya? - Will you leave later?
janice mercado
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or bukang liwayway

Lily Waters
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Aug 8, 2008 - Changes made by Kim Metzger:
Language pairEnglish => English to Tagalog


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