I'm going to the philippines next year in Dec. I need to become fluent in tagalog by that time. Napaprakits ako na sa chat nalang. Ano pa ang gagawin ako? I want to write and speak tagalog as fluent as I can. Na bibili akong software, rosetta stone. atska bibli kong dictionario. parang bata ako na sulat en tagalog, and to speak it. but im trying to practice. my grammar is not correct, but i want to do it right. Nanood ako TFC para maintindihan ko, lahat. What else. give me ideas!
If anyone wants to help me, I need all the help I can get. Naturo ko.

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i know there are lots of filipino english speakers. help me to become fluent.
also, you can send me a YM at
flipside4real2006, so we can chat in tagalog or something, for practice

I know that there are many dialects spoken in the Philippines but I was wondering if most the people there speak Tagalog. I would like to know this because I will be living there for the next two years and I would like to know what language to spend most my time studying. I heard that Ilacano is the dialect that most of the people will speak in the area that I will live in on the northern end of Luzon. Is this right? So should I try to study Ilacano as well?

I really need to speak the tagalog dialect. Eto ba ang story ko. I was born in the Philippines, nalalis ako when I was 3 years old. So all my life I was raised in Chicago. I returned back to the philippines in October this year, it has been 6 years since my last visit. Now, I want to return back there ksi, maxado magsaya ko. Bumalik ko sa pinas in December, but I want to make sure when I return back. matatas lang ko magtagalog. Sorry, I'm trying hard to correctly write the Tagalog Dialect. I feel embarassed that I have to speak english to everyone, when I am a full blooded filipino. I feel like when I was there, everyone expects me to speak tagalog tagala. Mahirap naman magsilta Eh.. now, I'm napakratis lang ko every day, I watch TFC, I work on Rosetta stone, I read the english tagalog dictonary, and I chat in tagalog with pinoy kabigan. At least I try. Even though my wrting is not good. But I want to know if I keep up what I do, will I be fluent by next year?

The Philippines, in the past few years, have been the favored as site for many BPO companies in the US. As a result, the sales and customer service agents Americans reach are more and more likely to be Filipinos. Some say we, Filipinos, compared with Indians, speak betterand more grammatically correct English, and likewise are easily understood by Americans. Conversely, it is said to be that Filipinos also are able to comprehend English more than Indians. I do know that proficiency in English depends largely on an individual's skill on the language, and not on nationality. But there are certain factors, especially with regards to exposure to the language, that puts the Filipinos in favor.

I would like to go visit the Philippines and meet my cousins there but I don't want to not understand them when they are talking. Help?????

i want to learn tagalog, whats the best way to learn? i live in U.S
if i study in the philippines for one year
will that make me speak the lang.?
Inday: I GOT NO PINOY FRIENDS
theyre all NON-Filipino LOL

except for the Philippines..

thanks in advance

I'm doing an essay in S.S about the philippines, and i decided to do bagyo. so does anyone know the languages they speak other that tagalog

I understand there are several dialects being spoken in the Philippines but why insist in Tagalog? What are your thoughts about these to all those who speak different dialects?

My friend, who was born in the US and is now in the Philippines, wants to learn to speak tagalog fluently. He said he has learned a bit just by speaking with other Filipinos, but wants to learn more. He wants to take classes, ideally in a classroom setting, with other non-tagalog speaking foreigners as classmates. Is there one in Quezon City or around that area?

What I am asking is what "large" means in the Bicolano language. Bicol is in the Philippines.

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..

so when i go to college in the philippines next year, i could speak english and tagalog at the same time...and i dont need to speak english in the mall anymore....
salamat!

what are other countries that speak tagalog except for the philippines....juz wondering...

I'm half Filipino and half British and go visit my family in Philippines nearly every summer... I always feel awkward since they all talk in Tagalog and I really don't understand anything and they don't really talk in English to me much though they do know a bit but are too shy... I really need help in learning Tagalog!

while the Hispanic people are allowed to speak Spanish.

Why don't we complain about it?
I mean common, But it's YA Philippines.we should have the right to speak our own language on our own category. It's racist!

We have a debate in school about my question.My classmates chose negative so even if I chose positive, It will still be negative, so i chose negative.Please answer and thank you.
It has to be a fact.
I am in the Philippines.><
I need many answers so we will win the debate.

I want to move to the Philippines and make it my home for a while

In taiwan, if you can't/don't speak mandarin, more or less you're looked down upon...
In Japan, if you can't/don't speak japanese, more or less you're looked down upon...
but how come in the Philippines...If you can't/don't speak tagalog(and other filipino languages)...you're looked up upon?

yeah,how come tagalog is the national language of the philippines.?when the visayas and mindanao and also part of palawan speak a language similar to cebuano....no offense:)

I was born in the Philippines but I have been in the states since I was 2 or 3. I did not learn the language. My biological mother and sister are still there, and I would very much like to learn the language so I can speak with them more. Is there anyone who can help me. Im finding this very hard to do on my own.

Either language is fine. Just teach me how to say the basic everyday things. It would be good if you taught me how to speak a couple of sentences just so I can communicate better with my grandparents and my family members in the Philippines.

Well, I know I can just search over on the internet but what I really want is a personal tutor that can teach me how to speak Filipino.

I just got here with my daughter last august 23. I came from the Philippines so everything herer is soooooooooooo different. Kindda miss home though. My husband came back to his work now, so the silence here is so deafening a total opposite back home. Just wanted to talk with someone who undergo the same situation as i have now.

Tagalog is the language of the philippines.Can any Filipinos suggest some really good websites i can go to i want to learn my language even more than i already know.i know a lot i want to learn more.

I have a friend in the Philippines who will be watching over my computer accounts while I travel. I'd like to send him a postcard. He speaks perfect English, but teases me because all I can say in Tagalog is Maligayang Pasko, Merry Christmas!

Could someone translate into Tagalog this script for me?

"We can't thank you enough for all your help. You are a good friend to us."

That'll show him!

Lots of tagalog (filipino language) words are almost the same as some french words. Here's some french that sounds like tagalog:

TURN - le coup (liko)
LITER - le true (litro)
BEHIND - le coud (likod)
FIVE - le ma (lima)

What was our original language and how did some french words get into it? I thought Spain was the only country who influenced the Philippines.

Filipino is the official language in the Philippines and I know it is based from Tagalog. Could you pls specify its difference, its description?

im filipino born and raised in the U.S. of A and proud of it. but for some reason i know how to speak my native language very fluently and even write it. i dont understand why some of my other filipino friends that wer born in the philippines but raised here understands it very well but cant speak it. and they wer born there and i was born and raised here.