Module 10: Adjective, Mayroon o Wala, Food game
written by Amy C Peria and Precious Arao
Background
This presentation is prepared for high school students, but can be modified for college students. This module is a continuation of Module 8.
In this module, students should be able to:
In this module, students should be able to:
- create existential sentences using may and mayroon, and non-existential sentences using wala.
- create existential sentences with adjectives.
Motivating Activity
Note to teacher: This activity should help students review the Adjective/Mga Pang-uri module (module 8).
Activity 1: Balikbayan Box
Ask students, "Ano ang balikbayan box?" (Whats is a balikbayan box?)
To help students expand their knowledge on balikbayan box, have students watch the following videos:
Ask students, "Ano ang balikbayan box?" (Whats is a balikbayan box?)
- balik - return
- bayan - nation
To help students expand their knowledge on balikbayan box, have students watch the following videos:
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Rappler, How to pack a balikbayan and what to put inside
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Mikey Bustos Balikbayan box music video
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Student activity instructions:
Your task is to come up with a list of things to put inside the balikbayan box! You must meet some of these criteria in order for the box to be sent to the Philippines:
Example: What is in our box? (Ano ang nasa Balikbayan Box namin?)
Your task is to come up with a list of things to put inside the balikbayan box! You must meet some of these criteria in order for the box to be sent to the Philippines:
- You must state the quantity of each item
- Each item must accompany an adjective (the number does not count, i.e. isang pulang damit)
- You may not repeat numbers or adjectives
- You must include food items
- You must include objects
- You must put at least 20 individual items in the box
- 10 minutes to complete
Example: What is in our box? (Ano ang nasa Balikbayan Box namin?)
- limang maalat na SPAM
- isang mahal na iPhone
Processing Activity
Existential Sentences
May/Mayroon (meron) sentences are often identified as existential sentences.
There is an existence of something. Here are a few examples,
There is an apple.
May mansanas.
Mayroong mansanas. – A linker is often needed to connect the word “mayroon” with other words.
There are three apples.
May tatlong mansanas.
Mayroong tatlong mansanas.
You can also describe what is in existence. For example,
There are six red apples.
May anim na pulang mansanas.
Mayroong anim na pulang mansanas.
There is a blue bird.
May asul na ibon.
Mayroong asul na ibon.
If there is a pronoun that says who owns the object that exists, “may” is immediately followed by a noun, adjective or verb. On the other hand, mayroon is immediately followed by the pronoun.
I have a blue baseball hat.
May asul na baseball hat ako.
Mayroon akong asul na baseball hat.
She has a green house.
May berdeng bahay siya.
Mayroon siyang berdeng bahay.
Non-existential Sentences
Stating that there is no existence of something, wala is used. Wala (wa-la) – there is not / the absence of / lacking something. For example, a linker is used to connect “wala” to the description (adjective) or noun. For example,
There is no house. = Walang bahay.
Walang puting unan. = There is no white pillow.
If there is a pronoun that says who does not have the object, “wala” stands on its own and the pronoun uses a linker to connect it to the adjective or noun. For example,
I don’t have a red apple.
Wala akong pulang mansanas.
They do not have a baseball hat.
Wala silang baseball hat.
We do not have delicious food.
Wala kaming masarap na pagkain.
Asking questions using existential / non-existential markers:
In Filipino, there is an enclitic or a marker called “ba” to mark the sentence as a question. In speaking Filipino, when you are asking a question, “ba” is not required because you can raise your tone to produce your sentence into a question (similar to English). However, if you want to be sure that you are saying a question, “ba” is often used.
May _____________ ka ba? (Do you have _________?)
Oo, may _______ ako. (Yes, I have ______.)
Wala, wala akong __________. (None. I don’t have ________.)
Wala akong________ pero may ________. (I don’t have _____, but I have _____)
Example:
May lapis ka ba? (Do you have a pencil?)
Oo, may lapis ako. (Yes, I have a pencil.)
Wala, wala akong lapis. (None, I don’t have a pencil.)
Wala akong lapis pero may bolpen ako. (I don’t have a pencil, but I have a bolpen).
May/Mayroon (meron) sentences are often identified as existential sentences.
There is an existence of something. Here are a few examples,
There is an apple.
May mansanas.
Mayroong mansanas. – A linker is often needed to connect the word “mayroon” with other words.
There are three apples.
May tatlong mansanas.
Mayroong tatlong mansanas.
You can also describe what is in existence. For example,
There are six red apples.
May anim na pulang mansanas.
Mayroong anim na pulang mansanas.
There is a blue bird.
May asul na ibon.
Mayroong asul na ibon.
If there is a pronoun that says who owns the object that exists, “may” is immediately followed by a noun, adjective or verb. On the other hand, mayroon is immediately followed by the pronoun.
I have a blue baseball hat.
May asul na baseball hat ako.
Mayroon akong asul na baseball hat.
She has a green house.
May berdeng bahay siya.
Mayroon siyang berdeng bahay.
Non-existential Sentences
Stating that there is no existence of something, wala is used. Wala (wa-la) – there is not / the absence of / lacking something. For example, a linker is used to connect “wala” to the description (adjective) or noun. For example,
There is no house. = Walang bahay.
Walang puting unan. = There is no white pillow.
If there is a pronoun that says who does not have the object, “wala” stands on its own and the pronoun uses a linker to connect it to the adjective or noun. For example,
I don’t have a red apple.
Wala akong pulang mansanas.
They do not have a baseball hat.
Wala silang baseball hat.
We do not have delicious food.
Wala kaming masarap na pagkain.
Asking questions using existential / non-existential markers:
In Filipino, there is an enclitic or a marker called “ba” to mark the sentence as a question. In speaking Filipino, when you are asking a question, “ba” is not required because you can raise your tone to produce your sentence into a question (similar to English). However, if you want to be sure that you are saying a question, “ba” is often used.
May _____________ ka ba? (Do you have _________?)
Oo, may _______ ako. (Yes, I have ______.)
Wala, wala akong __________. (None. I don’t have ________.)
Wala akong________ pero may ________. (I don’t have _____, but I have _____)
Example:
May lapis ka ba? (Do you have a pencil?)
Oo, may lapis ako. (Yes, I have a pencil.)
Wala, wala akong lapis. (None, I don’t have a pencil.)
Wala akong lapis pero may bolpen ako. (I don’t have a pencil, but I have a bolpen).
Activity 2: Get to know each other
Have students get to know each other more. Their template is above. Have them ask and answer questions with each other using these items:
Have students get to know each other more. Their template is above. Have them ask and answer questions with each other using these items:
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Students may come up with their own items. If it is an item that can be described, make sure to instruct students to use adjectives with it.
Culminating Activity
Activity 3: Photo Description
Before doing this activity, have students review or learn the following position/direction phrases:
Before doing this activity, have students review or learn the following position/direction phrases:
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To indicate position of something, sa + ______ is used. For example,
May pusa sa ibabaw ng kahon. Mayroong pusa sa gitna ng dalawang kahon. |
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Have your students describe the following photos using what they have learned in this lesson. Feel free to add more photos or change the photos. Their answers must use existential phrases may, mayroon and state what is not in the photo using wala. Students must also indicate the position of the objects.
Enrichment Activity
This activity should wrap up this lesson and help the students further practice using real world examples. This activity may also be a common scenario. Feel free to make changes to the instructions to make it more relatable to your students. For example, it could be their classmate who is coming to visit them.
Activity 4: Describe your house/neighborhood
Student instructions:
Your cousin is coming to visit you and wants to know descriptions about your house and neighborhood so that she can easily find your place. She’s commuting to your place and has not been there before. Take 10 photos showing your house and neighborhood. Each object that you find for your house and neighborhood must include the color and another adjective and must be existential sentences (use may, mayroon). For example:
Teacher note: You may have to introduce vocabulary related to homes and neighborhoods.
For example:
Student instructions:
Your cousin is coming to visit you and wants to know descriptions about your house and neighborhood so that she can easily find your place. She’s commuting to your place and has not been there before. Take 10 photos showing your house and neighborhood. Each object that you find for your house and neighborhood must include the color and another adjective and must be existential sentences (use may, mayroon). For example:
- Mayroong asul at mahabang gate.
- May brown at flat na roof ang bahay ko.
Teacher note: You may have to introduce vocabulary related to homes and neighborhoods.
For example:
- house - bahay
- roof - bubong
- wall - pader
- parking - paradahan
- small store - tindahan
- window - bintana
- gate - gate
