I guess the best place would be to start at the beginning. My wife and I met while I was stationed overseas. She lived in the Philippines while I was still in Japan. We got pregnant after marriage and she wanted to have her family with her when she gave birth so the baby was born in the Philippines. She was living with her family in one place as typical for filipinos so the baby had constant attention, especially from her mom. Due to some difficulties with immigration and missing paperwork, it wasnt until this year that we were able to bring the child home with us. He is now 4. I was able to visit quite a few times while he was in the Philippines. My wife's immigration was already completed so she had been working here in the US with me to save money to send home for her family. In any event, our son understood he needed to come home with his parents so we brought him back here and hes now been here with us for 3 days. It was a big change for me especially since Ive not had any time with him really so Im learning to be a dad for the first time. The other issue is that he speaks mostly Tagalog which is native language over there. He speaks a little English but I worry about what will happen when preschool times comes, which is right around the corner. Ive never trained anyone to speak, Im not sure if flash cards will work or how Im supposed to go about this? I dont want him falling behind because hes not a native English speaker. So far hes been pretty good. He plays and Ive had a day or two where mommy can sleep and Ill take him to the park with me. He doesnt ask for her and as long as I keep him entertained, seems fine. Oh yeah, with this all in mind, I shouldnt be expecting much sleep during these years correct? I just want to be sure I know what to expect. Seems like hes super active really late into the night. People have told me I should sleep as much as I can when he sleeps. Seems like hell wake up for 8 hours, take a nap and then up for another 8 hours. Its been hard cuz my wife and I are kind of on different schedules that way. She stays up with him at night for the last 4 hours or so because she can get him to sleep by coddling him. Doesnt do that with me so I usually crash a few hours before her. Then when he wakes up, Ill send her to the bedroom so that she can sleep and I try and take him out of the house somewhere to play so he can use up some energy. Its tough in WA, the weather is always so bad its hard to find places outside to take him...ideas? I guess Im just wondering if this is all normal, if the sleep thing will be something the wife and I will have to make the best of while hes this age and also if anyone is filipino reading this, if you have any suggestions for teaching him English now that hes here? He likes watching backyardigans on tv and whatnot, and knows some songs totally in English but still talks to my wife and I in Tagalog. Again, Im just worried about school and him learning a new language and how best to teach him. If anybody lives in WA area and knows of any resources I could consult about Filipino schools that teach English or something similar, that would be great. I just want the best for him and to get a good dad. As good a dad as my wife is a mother. I feel like shes having to hold up so much right now and I just want to do everthing I can to make this doable for her too. Hope I didnt write too much. I appreciate any inputs or advice, this is scary starting off. Thanks

Hi,
I love learning languages. I've learned most of Japanese and Cantonese and English in three-seven years. However, I'd like to learn Ilokano--a Filipino language.

Since money is low, I'm wondering if any one knows how I can learn it for free or for no higher than 5-15$?

My boyfriend speaks this language and has taught me some basics but I'd like to learn more so I could converse with him in his language and English.

Help, please?

I want to pick up on some of the Tagalog language before I go visit my bf's family in a few years. I seem to be pretty good with languages and I have someone who can help me, but I wanted to buy a good textbook to help me out structurally and I don't want to waste my money on a crappy one. Does anyone know of a good one?

Im filipino, and I Have Exploring New Languages, and I need something I can take to school with me that helps me represent our filipino culture. I dont want to bring the flag, or filipino money, because everybody else is going to bring it.
Umm I dont want to bring food. Everybody might want some thats why.
Oooh And We are not allowed to brign pictures of things.
Haha. I Should Have bought barrell man when I went on my trip to the Philippines.

I need someone to teach me tagalog, or give me a website where it does not cost money to learn...I'm trying to find it but can't find good ones that can really teach me the grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, slang, etc. If you know what website I can refer to, or know how to speak tagalog well, please, please contact me! thank you soooooooooo much, i truly appreciate it! my email is tingtinglaw@yahoo.com

thank you in advance!

I need someone to teach me tagalog, or give me a website where it does not cost money to learn...I'm trying to find it but can't find good ones that can really teach me the grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, slang, etc. If you know what website I can refer to, or know how to speak tagalog well, please, please contact me! thank you soooooooooo much, i truly appreciate it! my email is tingtinglaw@yahoo.com

thank you in advance!

think about it, floyd is only popular because of his antics, blathering tactics and of course, he's from USA, but what if he's a filipino or from a different race except america, would he still be regarded as great or a genius or whatsoever?

note: he's plays safe all day long, he cherry picked opponents, he talks like he's the best there is, he show-off his everything that is expensive and his money, and most of all his ego is too damn big.

I am a half filipino half puerto rican american and i ve been trying to find a good app to learn tagalog. something that says a word/sentence and i can repeat it. i cant fine any free ones so could anyone help me into finding a really good one thats worth the money?? i read some reviews on some just thought i'd ask on here.

i already hav all my sppainsh ones ^_^

1. What grade are you in?
2. What school do you go to?
3. How old are you?
4. This is mine.
5. Do you want a smoothie?
6. You have a beautiful daughter.
7. Let's have a Bible study at your house.
8. Dark blue.
9. I need some polish remover.
10. Is he crazy?
11. Ok, we need to clean our house first though.
12. Dad's got alot of money.
13. I love reading this book.
14. Who's sitting here?
15. I don't know.
16. You speak tagalog?
17. He's making me angry.
18. Nothing.
19. I only know a little tagalog.
20. I feel so awkward around friends.
21. It could be possible.
22. What's your number?
23. My number is ___-____
24. Where do you want to go?
25. I need to work for Dad.

Well that's all I want to know. Oh yeah... I forgot... What does '' Saan tayo kakain'' mean again? It has something to do with food or something? If you know.. TELL ME! Ok, love ya ppl!

I'm half-Filipino, half-English, and know hardly any of my mother's language, since when I was little I showed no interest in learning, and was only interested in english. Now I have many friends who are all from the Philippines and I'm desperate to learn, but I don't know how, since my mother isn't a very good teacher.
Also, since I am only 16, I don't have a lot of money to spend on things like language CDs.
I've also been learning spanish for the past year or two, and recently I've been listening to some Filipino songs.

Greeting! I miss you alot and I want to say thank you for gave me money. I wish i could be there in your celebration B-day!

Talagoa

I have a couple chat friends in the Philippines, and have interest in learning their language. I don't want to spend a lot of money on cd's to learn..

Will the language people speak sound like this in a decade:

Ka-day nag-go ako sa airport para mag-meet ang father ko. Maraming people doon nag-wawaiting sa mga flight buhat sa USA. Amerikano at Filipino ay nag-enter sa arrival area para mag-take ang kanilang baggage. Ako ay nag-kiss ng father ko at nag-say I love you sa kanya.
Happy ng Happy sya na nag-see sya sa akin nag-again. Lumalong sya sa Amerika at nag-miss ang family nya. Nag bring sya ng gift at money. Umaold ang face nya pero happy sya pa also.