anyone speak tagalog?

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1. krovanh says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   tnx!!
   i love you too!

   1. ) Just add "mga" (pronunciation: "ma-nga") to pluralized tagalog nouns.
   Example: Book-Books = Libro-Mga libro
   Child-children = Bata- Mga Bata

   2.) "Nasaan"(pronunciation: "Na-sa-an") means "where(interrogative pronoun)"
   Example:Where is ana?
   Nasaan si Ana?

   Where is the cat
   Nasaan ang pusa?

   Where is the school?
   Nasaan ang paaralan(paaralan means school)
   (Note: Always put "si" before the noun if it is NAME OF A PERSON. If it is improper noun use "ang")

   "Bakit" means "Why".
   Example: Why are you like that?
   Bakit ka ganyan?

   Why is it red?
   Bakit pula ito?

   "Kailan" (pronunciation: ka-i-lan) means "When" (interrogative).
   Example:
   When will you go?
   Kailan ka aalis?

   When should I go?
   Kailan ako dapat umalis?

   "Sino" means "Who"(interrogative).
   Example:
   Who is Ana?
   Sino si Ana?

   Who is the teacher?
   Sino ang guro?

   3.) "Ba" is use for interrogative sentences.
   Example:
   You are beautiful
   Maganda ka

   Are you beautiful?
   Maganda ka ba?

   4.)Tagalog has only 3 verb tenses. And these are Past, Future and Present Continuous.

   To make verbs in future tense just double the first syllable of the word.
   Example:
   dance- will dance
   sayaw- sasayaw

   eat- will eat
   kain- kakain

   drink- will drink
   inom- iinom

   I will eat spaghetti
   Kakain ako ng spaghetti

   I will drink milk
   Iinom ako ng gatas

   To make verbs in past tense is complicated. Copy the first letter of the verb and then put "u" (If the first letter of the word is a vowel, just put "u". Put "m" from the first vowel of the first syllable.( I hope that i explain well it to you)
   Example:
   dance- danced
   sayaw- sumayaw

   eat- ate
   kain- kumain

   drink- drank
   inom- uminom

   I ate spaghetti
   Kumain ako ng spaghetti

   I drank milk
   Uminom ako ng gatas

   OR just add na- before the root word.
   Example.

   I already ate that
   Nakain ko na iyan.

   I already take/drink my vitamins.
   Nainom ko na ang bitamina

   I danced with Ana/ I danced Ana
   Nasayaw ko si ana

   To make verbs in present continuous is much complicated. Copy the first letter of the word and put "u" after it. Put "m" before the first step and add the first letter of the first syllable, after that put the root word after those two steps. (I hope that i explained it well)
   Example:
   dance- dancing
   Sayaw- Sumasayaw

   eat- eating
   kain- kumakain

   drink- drinking
   inom- umiinom

   I am eating spaghetti
   Kumakain ako ng spaghetti

   I am drinking milk
   Umiinom ako ng gatas

   5.) If you heard the word "taga-", it means that you are living
   in a particular place.
   Example:
   Taga-Maynila (living in Manila)

   I am living in Manila
   Taga-Manila ako

   I live in California
   Taga-California ako

   "Taga-" also means "the one who".
   Example
   clean- linis
   cleaner- taga-linis

   read- basa
   reader- taga-basa

   I am the reader
   Taga-basa ako

   6.) "Naka-" means wearing something.
   Example:
   Naka-pula (wearing red. Pula means red)

   I am wearing red
   Naka-pula ako

   I am wearing T-shirt
   Naka-Tshirt ako

   7.) Politeness. Use the word "po" for polite sentences.
   Example
   Where are you?
   Nasaan ka? (impolite)
   Nasaan po kayo? (polite)
   (Note: Kayo is the plural form of "ka". Whenever using the word "po", you must pluralized the pronoun. So, "Nasaan po ka?" is wrong!

   8.) To make nouns in adjective form, just add ma- to the root word.
   Example:
   Beauty- Beautiful
   Ganda- Maganda

   Noise- Noisy
   Ingay- Maingay

   Heat- Hot
   Init- Mainit

   It is hot today
   Mainit ngayon (mainit- hot, ngayon- today)

   Ana is beautiful
   Maganda si Ana

   9.) English nouns ending in "-tion, -sion", to translate in tagalog, just replace -tion, -sion to "-syon/siyon" and change the letter "c" to "k", "v" to "b" if there is.
   Example:
   Population- Populasyon/ Populasiyon
   Version- Bersyon/ Bersiyon
   Nation- Nasyon/ Nasiyon

   10.)"Na" means already done/already/already happened in the past.
   Example.
   I ate my breakfast
   kumain na ako ng almusal.

   I already take a bath.
   Naligo na ako

   "Rin/Din" means too/ also.
   He also danced
   Sumayaw rin siya

   I also ate my breakfast
   Kinain ko na rin ang almusal.

   Me too.
   Ako rin.

   "Raw/Daw" is used when something is not yet proven or you are not sure of something. It is commonly used it interrogative sentences. "Raw/Daw" is also used in commanding.
   Example:
   Ana said you should eat at the canteen.
   Sabi ni Ana kumain ka na raw sa kantin.

   What did Ana told you?
   Ano raw sabi sa ito ni Ana?

   11.) "Pinaka-" is use for superlatives
   Example:
   Most beautiful
   Pinaka-maganda

   Tallest
   Pinaka-mataas

   The tallest mountain in the world is the Mount. Everest.
   Mount. Everest ang pinaka-mataas na bundok sa mundo.

   Ana is the most beautiful
   Pinaka-maganda si Ana

   "Mas" (means "than") is use for comparatives
   Example:
   Mount. Everest is taller than K2.
   Mas mataas ang bundok Everest sa K2

   Ana is more beautiful than Sarah
   Mas maganda si Ana kay Sarah

   Now, you almost know on how to speak tagalog. The second step is to memorize some tagalog words.
2. Aref H4 says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   I am a polyglot, sire, but I’m afraid I am yet to be acquainted with the language. Yet I heard the language is sublime.

   Edit: Er, sorry for "sire" address. Your name seems to indicate the contrary.
3. Spongetrick8 says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   Well, thank you for loving us.
   Though i dont think our language ‘tagalog’ is such a good language to learn, i wish you goodluck.

   Mabuhay! haha <—means long live
4. STL Biker says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   I don’t speak Tagalog but I am learning a few words every day.
5. CindyRosy says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   Kamusta? How are you?
   Yes I can.
   Phils. language are not common language to learn. But it would be interesting and fun to learn too. If you are foreign person it will be quite difficult for you to learn the exact pronunciation of some of the words. But it can be learn. For sure it is readable, some vowels and consonants are the normal alphabets, but bit of twister tongue challenge. lol
   Lovely to hear that you are interested in our language.
   Happy learning.

   Salamat!
6. mywowkoronadal says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   Glad to know u like to learn… im willing to teach…
7. Juan C says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   I do… it’s my first language…
8. Violetcharm says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   and we love to be loved.

   anyway, i believe there are online lessons for the language.. or you can start slowly and find an online translation service.
9. Maylan says:

   August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   I love (insert your nationality here) very much!!! <= ;- D
   hahahahahahahaha, it is very interesting to learn the language. You’ll feel great when you learn the language. You can laugh at the funny jokes. You can listen to the stories. You can now sing the Tagalog songs.
10. Coy says:

    August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    Yes I can write, read, and speak very excellent Tagalog.
11. emankcin says:

    August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    Nakakapagsalita ako ng Tagalog.
    (I can speak Tagalog.)
    Salamat! Mahal din namin kayong mga <what’s your nationality?>
    (Thank you! We love you <what’s your nationality? > too.)
12. akReyes says:

    August 25, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    I do speak tagalog.