Pinoys: How Many Foreigners Have You Personally Met Who Can Speak Fluent Tagalog?
Just curious- how many have you seen that can converse in Tagalog beyond just a few phrases-meaning ''fluent'' ( as in flowing- making sentences, conveying ideas, asking directions, etc).
Joryday, I tried to email you to congratulate you but you do not allow emails- you said you speak to foreigners in their own language? Wow, you mean you are fluent in Japanese, Korean, Hindi and all the Chinese dialects as well as German, Swedish and Spanish?
Paolo, you have met 800 foreigners on a website who all speak fluent Tagalog? Where is that website?
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A token few.
It’s sad and it conveys, in a sense, a lack of respect by them for the Filipino people and culture. I’m talking about expats who have lived in the Philippines for a few years, especially the ones who have married into the society.
The irony is that most of these same people would have been the type who would tend to badmouth a pinoy immigrant or any outsider in their Western cultures for not learning English well enough.
The truth is that tagalog or its taglish variant is painfully easy to learn for all but perhaps the chronically illiterate. So it all comes down to lack of respect or apathy.
800 foreigners
Oh, do you mean like Taglish?
not one since i talk to them on their own language for this reason myself i am lost with my own language it’s them who influenced me instead of me influencing them. in fact it’s automat when you deal with english spoken, to avoid being downgrade you have to show them that you are not illiterate person that somehow, sometime,somewhere you have your own educational attainment, and it works for this reason i got promoted in my job!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe 2 or 3 of the ones I have met speak some Cebuano fairly good but still sounds funny. I hear some others from time to time but not that many. Mostly the Tagalog I hear them speak is just some words from tv.
more than 2 but less than 6 and they are all mexican-americans. and the reason they can speak tagalog fairly well is they married filipinos. and they regularly visit the philippines altho they live in usa.
My fiance- his passion is languages so I’m proud that hes trying his best to learn tagalog. Now, I can say, hes already fluent
Oh my god! I’ve met so many Chinese who can speak Tagalog, English and Chinese fluently. They’re invading us! This is not a joke!
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Surprisingly, it seems everyone I met could speak Tagalog better than I can.
lost count,many of them are american mormons, speak better than some local chinese, and their accents are amazing, then, arabs with filipino wives, the 5-6 people here (india) japanese and korean missionaries.
2, and they haven’t been to the philippines, ever!
I’ve seen mostly Indians or Chinese…
my sister in law who happens to be a 100% australian. you’d think you’re talking to a filipino when you’re on the phone with her.
none actually one can speak tagalog but not in a tagalog way
I didn’t come to a Christian english speaking nation to learn a new language.
I lived on the Texas Mexico border all my life and I don’t speak Spainish either.
With my accent I have been told not to even try.
none
NONE. We have some foreign family friends who have been or stayed here in the Philippines and they only speak at least 5 Tagalog phrases. –Nosebleed–
i know someone who speaks penguin. very fluent indeed. you should meet him/her/it?
TWO.
my friends.:))
With respect, best wishes and greetings to all Filipinos, why would a non-Filipino study tagalog? The only foreigners with a reason to do so would be one who lived in the Philippines, specifically in a Tagalog-speaking region. As I understand it, most Filipino citizens’ native language is not Tagalog, although Tagalog is the largest group and the basis for the official language. In formal business settings with 100% Pinoys, English is often spoken without the presence of foreigners. Most public written communication (signs, business transactions, etc.) are in English. Just following the lead of Filipinos themselves, why learn Tagalog? Most non-Tagalog Filipinos have no choice – it’s required in school. Having said all that….
Gustong-gusto kong magtagalog, kahit na mayron maraming mali. Gusto ko kausa mga kaibigan ko. Ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat ay gusto ko gawin ang kahit ano basta kasama si mahal na nobya ko. Siya’y Pilipina. Ako’y Amerikano.