Comments on: i have a Filipino friend who lives in Philippine but she said she doesn’t speak Tagalog only English.?

By: JuSt Wait AnD sEe KeViN

JuSt Wait AnD sEe KeViN — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

if you have a filipino friend…then i have a teacher, although she speaks and understand some Tagalog phrases from which she playfully used…she told us that she need to get a tutor and/or a Filipino class because…most of her tagalog intellectuality are now gone…(huh?),

she’s a Business management and Call Center teacher, btw….so that could be the reason, why most of her tagalog is baluktot (crooked),…i don’t know…maybe she had slumbered her Filipino advocacy for some temporal time…so as to make way for an English demanding career

but anyway…if your friend who lives in the philippines…and had told you that she doesn’t speak her native language….she is a WaNnaBe an Impostor!, she is just pulling your leg, so that you can be impress with her "capabilities"….tsk tsk tsk , but in reality she is not true with herself

Fyi.. Babies by age 3…eventhough you don’t teach them…can actually cope up with whatever his/her parent’s native language…that’s what you call HEREDITARY at its best!,…and some answerers here are right!, eventhough in the remotest islands of the philippines, everybody can speak Filipino…

she was born and raised in the Philippines right?….sooo..the alleged acclaims of your friend, is quite impossible and improbable..

kaya iwanan mo na iyan…peperahan ka lang hehehe

By: Zakaria - Papu of Babby Joshua

Zakaria - Papu of Babby Joshua — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

But could she speak in other Filipino dialect?.. please understand that the Philippines is comprised of 7,100 islands with hundreds of dialects, not everyone could speak Tagalog fluently, especially those living in the remote areas of provinces.

Else, she may have been born, grew up and just arrived from the US/UK and have not yet learned the Filipino national language – Tagalog.

Other than this…. you can say that she wants to pull your….?

By: fireFox

fireFox — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

If she was born and raised in the Philippines, it is possible that she speaks another language/dialect which is not Tagalog, e.g., Cebuano or Ilocano, and English. That’s probably what she meant by "doesn’t speak Tagalog only English". However it is doubtful that she speaks English only, exclusively, and not another language. Unless she is securely held captive in a distant cave where there is a strict English-only policy.

By: suzette

suzette — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

Hi. Maybe it’s because English is the primary language spoken in her home and in school. This is possible. But she might understand Tagalog but not speak it. My kids are like that. English is their spoken language but they understand Tagalog and some phrases in our local dialect and speak just a little Tagalog phrases. This is because English is the primary language spoken in their school and we talk to them in English at home also. Hope this helps.

By: sari-manok

sari-manok — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

born & raised in the phils w/ filipino parents but english-speaking only (no other dialect) – UNBELIEVABLE

born & raised in the phils but parents are non-filipinos (there are lots of missionaries there) and speaks english only – POSSIBLE

take note that not all filipinos speak tagalog coz its just one of our many dialects in the phils. some filipinos speak cebuano only, some ilocano only. but all, i mean most everyone can speak little english.

By: ragdefender

ragdefender — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

Even if she is not a tagalog, it is impossible for her to grow up and not know tagalog even if she was from some distant province. Because thats the language taught in schools. And if by chance she did not go to school, how on earth does she get to speak English?

She is pulling your leg.

Add: Its impossible that she doesn’t speak tagalog at all, however, it is possible she isn’t as fluent in Tagalog as she is in English. That is fairly common in provinces.

By: Po Gi Ba?

Po Gi Ba? — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

she’s definitely pulling your leg and maybe your pants too.

By: Delauria

Delauria — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

If she has been raised and grown up in the Philippines and attended school there, all students are required to study Filipino (Tagalog). I just wonder why she can’t speak any Tagalog at all. Speaks only English? How about other dialects. Remember, we have more than
80 dialects and languages in the Philippines.

By: r4nd0m..dr3ams

r4nd0m..dr3ams — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

Yeah, I thought that was odd but she’s the same as my cousin.
My cousin was born and raised in the Philippines but he doesn’t speak tagalog. I think I can speak more than him even though I was born in Australia. S:
I think he only speaks English is because he always goes to America and he’s used to speaking english.

By: bbyan0nym0us

bbyan0nym0us — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

Hey i was born there and stayed there for 3 years and all my family speak tagalog to me. But i reply back with english because I cant speak it. But i can only understand it. Well thats me!