Tagalog (Filipino native language)

Tagalog (Filipino native language)
 

Who wants to learn Tagalog? I am willling to help.:)

I know someone that speaks that language but it seems really hard.

I would like to learn it, like any other language (besides Spanish) :thumbsup:

Translation in Tagalog:

Mayroon akong kakilala na makakausap mo sa ganoong lengwahe pero mukhang mahirap.

Gusto kong matutunan, gaya lang nang ibang lenguwahe (maliban sa Espanol)

okay I want to start with the basics. I want to know the greetings in Tagolog

Kamusta ka? [How are you?]

Mabuti [I am good]

Anong pangalan mo? [What is your name?]

Ako si JChen [I am/ My name is JChen]

Magandang araw sa iyo. [ Good morning]

Salamat [Thank you]

Saan ka nag-aaral? [Where do you study/Where do you go to school?]

Nag-aaral ako sa ________________[name of school/place/city/province][I study in _________________]

Anong trabaho ng tatay mo? [What does your father do?]
Anong ginagawa ng tatay mo? [same as above]

Ang tatay ko ay abogado [My father is a lawyer/ works as a lawyer]

Saan ka nakatira [Where do you live]

Nakatira ako sa _________________[ I live in ________]

ahh thanks! and is "I love you" in Tagalog "Mahal kita"?

When somebody says that to you, you reply:

Katorse anyos lang ako. (I am only 14 years old]

Bata pa ako. [I am still young]:D

There seem to be a few loan-words from Spanish :D

haha okay :D :rolleyes:


definitely

Are the numbers the same as Spanish?

I doubt it, but we'll see :P

I'm willing to know some easy words.

Please you set them with the meaning...

I agree. I want to know...like the W words, "who" "what" "where" etc. and prepositions ;)

Almost but in spanish 14 is 'catorse' but in Filipino it is 'katorse'. K replaces the 'c'.

Who - Sino

Where- saan

what- ano

Sino ang tatay mo? [Who is your father?]

Saan ka nakatira? [Where do you live?]

Ano ang pangalan mo? [What is your name?]

Note: pronounciation is the same in english except that "ng[a], [i], [o]. is pronounced '[n]gun' but silent 'g'

catorce = fourteen :)

'c'e - c is pronounced 's' in Spanish

katorse- for Filipino it is 's',

any grammar rules like Spanish?

kain- eat

present tense-kumakain
past tense-kumain
future-kakain
past perfect- kumakain
nno conditional, subjunctive tenses. Use the tense in any of those situations.

I will eat if Dad asks me to. - Kakain (future)ako kapag sinabi (asks)ni Tatay.

Tagalog is the hardest language to study. But I know of one Russian linguist who became fluent by enrolling in Philippine university.

ahh thanks. It seems hard though :P