How can I learn tagalog at home without having to take classes?

10 Comments

1. Arianne M says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   i’m seventeen years old. american-filipino, filipino parents. i’m really looking into learning tagalog too.

   this is what i do. and if you’re in the same boat, cool.
   i pretty much understand tagalog real good, except for some of those textbook words i don’t hear often. its the whole speaking tagalog that makes me go … o.o.
   so basically this is what i did to learn. i started watching filipino movies and dramas. i’m really into romance and all that, and filipinos basically spoon-fed that all to me. find something interesting you like on TFC/GMA, and watch, listen. then if you’re too shy to converse wth your parents/other people because of your american [?] accent, start mimicking the people on tv. practice it to yourself at night and apply yourself. then, tell your parents to speak to you in tagalog, and you have to respond to them. you’ll start off basic, but you’ll get the hang of it aslong as your willing.

   i was doing pretty good, but i really am bad at following things up. -___-. i’m determined to start learning again
2. Stace P. says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   you should try rosetta stone.
   you can learn right from your computer screen!
3. JFK says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   Buy an English – Pilino and Pilipino -Englsih dictionary. Then watch Pilipino channel at the cable TV. Then find a Pilipino friend.
4. just me says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   http://www.tagaloglang.com/
5. Aemie L says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   I suggest trying rosettastone too.

   Asking your parents to teach you how to speak
   the language would also be a good idea though
   it might be hard if either of you guys dont have enough
   time to spare to do it.

   I think itd be easier for you to grasp Tagalog since
   I’m assuming you hear your parents use it. You can
   always ask your parents to teach you the basics of it
   and then try using some kind of dictionary or computer
   program like rosettastone to learn the more deeper,
   complicated ones.

   The basics of Tagalog is easy since you dont
   have the gender differences unlike French. The
   only thing that makes the language complicated
   and frustrating is learning the additional words and
   syllables that are put into the root word when it comes to dealing with the past and future tense. I myself am Filipino
   and fluent in Tagalog and even I get tongue tied sometimes.

   I suggest learning the basics of basics first and then
   going off from there.
6. ken_r41 says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   All good responses. Here is the link to the Pinoy Channel.You can now watch it online

   http://pinoychannel.tv/
7. Datu Dagohoy says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   I would like to tell you that Tagalog is different to Pilipino which is the national language of the Philippine.
   Tagalog is easiest to learned than Pilipino language.
   Learn Tagalog by talking to your parent in Tagalog not in english coz you are not English.
8. Semper Fi says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   Go live in Manila. You should pick it up pretty fast there.
9. Farticus says:

   September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   Get a hammer and whack yourself in the sack really hard – you’ll be speaking Tagalese in no time! WIN!
10. Dayreel says:

    September 23, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Just listen to the words that they use and ask them the meaning. Try to apply the words that you learned when talking to somebody