“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in Filipino

When to use it

Use it when you call a clinic or tell someone you have to book a dentist's appointment.

The sentence in English: “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.”

In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘appointment’ takes ‘an’.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

The sentence in Filipino: “Kailangan kong kumuha ng appointment sa dentista.”

In “Kailangan kong kumuha ng appointment sa dentista.” ‘Kailangan ko’ (I need) is joined to the verb ‘kumuha’ (to get) by the linker ‘-ng’. ‘appointment’ is an English loan common in the Philippines, and ‘dentista’ comes from Spanish.

Kailangan

adjective'need, necessary'

kong

pronounko 'I' + linker -ng

kumuha

verbkuha · focus: actor (um-) · form: infinitive · kumuha 'to get, to take'

ng

prepositionmarker ng before the object

appointment

nounnoun borrowed from English, common in the Philippines

sa

prepositionmarker sa 'with'

dentista

nounnoun 'dentist', from Spanish

What changes from one language to the other: English × Filipino

English ‘make’ becomes ‘kumuha’ (get) in Filipino, and one Filipino sentence borrows from both English and Spanish.

Example conversation