I cant spell tagalog, but this is how the chorus sounds like: kuro-kuko, star star .... or kuro-kuko tars tars.
I don't speak/understand tagalog much. But i went to philippines for vacation and during a disco I heard that song and i cant find it, please help me on the title.
the kuro kuko star star star part might also be song by a group of girls. But overall, i think the song is sung by a group of guys and girls....
and it's not kembot, i checked =(
or boom tarat tarat, or itaktak mo. I kno it's weird...

here it is...

what were you doing to the boys? just dont mind them and ignore them and also
i can come and fight them for you and kill them,hehe.Also transfer schools like i did.Im sad because i dont know why,haha!ym 7:30 my voice,but i did not have phone.where are you from in the Philippines,pampanga? me im from Tarlac city! i always pass their in pampanga.

thanks..

I am going to the Philippines for quite a long time and I've been kicking myself for not learning it before I went last time. I need to learn it within 2-3 months, and I need to learn it for free. I also own a Taglog-English English-Tagalog dictionary at my house, if that helps.

Hello, I am from the United States and I was sending IM's to someone from the Philippines. They didn't speak English very well so they sent me some messages in their language. I'm looking for someone who can translate those messages for me.

Can you help me out?

I understand some tagolog but not much. Here are the ones that I don't fully understand.

1) "nag chat ako saaking kaibigan ok"

2) "i kaw c goro mafami kang ka chat ngnyon"

3) "ta ma ba ao"

4) "kasi nakikita kita sa cam mo"

5) "ok lang naman saakin"

6) "wag mong sabihin hindi mo alang ang meneng yon"

I don't think the spelling is good either but maybe you can still tell what is being said. Thanks a lot for you time....

bcam

if not, what is the differences and when does Pilipino became a national language in Philippines if so

an american in the philippines entered an elevator going down with some pinoys in it.At the 4th floor, it stopped, door opened and a pinoy outside asked "bababa ba?" Some of the pinoy answered "bababa!" Bewildered,the american asked "did you just have a conversation?
please share other funny sounding pinoy repetitive words

I know 40% of tagalog language are loanwords from spanish,so i guess it is easy for a filipino to learn spanish,and is there spanish training center in philippines,and where?

Hello all,

I've heard that Filipino writers are really, really good, and can write really well in English. I have a ton of stuff I need writing...

Where could I find a good writer in the Philippines and how much do they usually charge?

I was curious about this because during Dr. Rizal era he is using Spanish languages especially in his writtings like his ultimo adios and the two books, Noli and Fili. And if Tagalog was use during this time how come there are no known Tagalog piece or poem or any form of writing that was in Tagalog. I suppose everybody is speaking in Spanish and not Tagalog. I bet even Bonifacio is fluent in Spanish. Because he was once called a MISTISO. A mixture of Spanish and Filipino feature. The only thing I pity is why didn't we adopted 2 foreign languages, good in Spanish and also good in English at the same time fluent in Tagalog. We have all the advantages especially visiting Latin American countries like Ecuador, San Salvador, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Guatemala, and Europe like Spain, Portugal etc....can you provide a website that talks about Tagalog emerging language in the Philippines during the 17th century? I guess there are no person or persons dig further on the Tagalog subjects during these era. Is Rizal more concern of making Spanish the national language of the Philippines? I understand we have lots of different regional dialect like Ilokano, kapangpangan, bisaya at iba pa and the Tagalog language makes us more unfied in some sense. What do you think?

I recently moved from the USA to the Philippines. I am currently 14 years old and attending 2nd year public high school. Though I attend a 1st year Filipino class as well as having a tutor. How long and difficult will it be to learn the language here?
So after I'm done learning Tagalog, how long will it take for me to learn a regional language such as Ilocano (my mom's decent) or Hilagayon (my dad's decent?

I'm writing a paper in both english and Filipino for my language class. I want to make sure or I guess have an idea of how to go about goal-focused and subject-focused verbs.. so if someone could translate these paragraphs it'd help me majorly!

Food is a major part of Filipino culture. IN fact, the number of meals per day is greater than five. These meals consist of at least two meriendas in between the main meals during the day. Today, we will be looking at how to cook on of the most popular dishes in the Philippines, Adobo. You can cook adobo with pork, chick, or beef...

You will need the following ingredients:

(I have already translated the ingredients and steps for cooking)

but also need translated the following facts:

Filipino cooking reflects the history of the islands. Chinese, Hindu, Spanish, and American ingredients and customs have influenced the cooking.

*here I am supposed to talk about curry (hindu) and ketchup/banana ketchup (american) and champado (spanish) foods in Philippines and also how the many sauces - fish sauce/shrimp paste etc are used*
if anyone has ideas about those influences it'd be greatly appreciated! Keep in mind as well I am also only in first year Filipino so I don't have a huge extensive vocabulary but can look up almost anything.

I know it seems like a lot but I am also doing a speech tonight. Thanks!!

With the tagalog dialect. I'm full pinoy, rasied in a western culutre, english speaker naman. ang Gusto ko ay magsita atska magsulat in tagalog. Naparakis lang ako magsulat. I am not good at it yet, but at least im trying. Anyways, Meron ba, a class that will teach tagalog around Chicago? I haven't searched, but if there is, that would be great, because I just don't want to understand it fully and speak it, I want to write it correctly. Alam ko na, it's better that I speak it first, but I want the full package and start speaking and writing fluently within A year. I'm so committed, it's my new years resolution! please help me be good at it!
Just for some additional information about me... Bibili na ako ng Rosetta Stone, and I wasnt born in chicago, I was born in the philippines, naalis ako sa philippines when i was 3.

in english!!!!!!!!!!
you see i'm a participant on slogan making for the month of philippine language with the theme of from baler to the whole Philippines language must be given value.............
so can you think of a slogan that has a relation to the theme????????

take you very much!!!!!!!

IN FILIPINO!!!!!!!!!!!!
mayroon po kayong naiisip na slogan tungkol sa buwan na wika na may temang mula baler hangaang buong pilipinas wika ay pagpahalagahan....................
maraming salamt po!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my mom is filipino and she wants me to learn the language. i want to learn too but there are no tutors or courses avaliable where i live. my mom has triednto teach me but it does not really work because shejust asks me to give her an example of what i want to learn in filipino ion english so she can translate it. no matter how many times i tell her that its not the way to teach someone a language and i will never learn sentence structure like that SHE DOES NOT LISTEN! can you recomend any systems? oh and i am going tot he philippines in about a year and i'd like to be able to speak the language by then if possible.

I'm Filipino born here in America and I have a lot of friends that are too. We all have one thing in common in that we can't really understand Tagalog except when it comes to short phrases, curse words, and foods. Is there a reason for this? Because my mom just gets annoyed when I ask her about it.

Apparently it's common because most of the American Filipinos I meet don't speak the language. It makes me sad sometimes because I wish I could talk to my relatives in the Philippines in Tagalog but I can't.

Since Spanish was the first official language of the country, united the country, and because it had been official for 400 years. Also Tagalog is based mostly in Luzon and I know Cebuano's resent Tagalog being the National language. Another Reason is because Jose Rizal made Spanish the National language of Philippines.
Hey Damong Ligaw..the only problem with your answer is that Filipino language is based on Tagalog why should Tagalog be above other native languages? When in fact it was the Spanish that united the country.. intendehan?

Ok, so I was born in da Philippines. I moved to America when I was 4. That was when I completely forgot how to speak Tagalog. I really miss speaking this and I've tried using dictionaries but it's too hard for me. Do any of you know a better,easier way I can learn how to speak that again? Any websites or certain books? Thank you to all who answer my question. The best answer I will choose is the one that helped me the most. Thanks again! (=

I am so obsessed with the philippines and I would love to have a little filipino girl to go with my son. I am kinda afraid to have another child so I decided I would love to know how can I adopt her and how much would it cost to do so. Plus I need to talk it over with my hubby which he would most likely say now.

Jeff, a Southerner, met Rod, a Filipino in a high-rise in downtown New York. Jeff told Rod that he always wanted to visit the Philippines since he was a teenagaer and also wanted to learn a foreign language. On their way to the elevator, Jeff said to Rod "Hey, Rod. I happen to know another Filipino, Bob, the elevator guy. Could you guys speak in Filipino? I haven't heard a Filipino conversation before". "Sure." Rod replied. Then the elevator opened and inside a man in uniform and nametag (Bob) was operating the elevator. Then Rod asked Bob "Bababa ba, Bob?". Bob, with a smile, replied "Bababa."

Thinking that the language only composed of a few syllables, Jeff was surprised and whispered "I'll be damned!".

so..im planning on visiting the Philippines in a couple years, and i will be staying for awhile. so i figure i should probably know (at least somewhat) how to speak there language.
so..is there a difference between Filipino and Tagalog? if yes, which one should i learn?
do they also speak english there?
know any places online where i could learn the language?
thanks!

Mabuhay!, Maayong adlaw kaninyo mga igsoon ko! I lived in the Philippines particularly in Davao. I'm a Filipino and I just want to know who are Filipinos in the Yahoo!Answer. And I also want to learn other languages. Can you teach me?

Although I'm kinda trilingual if you exclude Tagalog, none of them is a Philippine language. Which is sad, because I live here in the Philippines.
I mean, which of them do you speak. I didn't mean to say list them down.
I know. But I like being specific, and multilingual doesn't specify how many I know.

I am a half filipina. My dad is from Pakistan and my mom is obviously from the Philippines. I know how to talk in Urdu ( language in Pakistan )a little, but not really Tagalog, only maybe hi's and how are you's.
So is there a thing that will make me faster to learn Tagalog besides... Rossetta Stone

it's like your my teacher in korean i could teach you tagalog from philippines if you wanna know filipino language i could teach and you could touch me korean who's willing? so im going to give my e-mail address so that we could chat and teach each other different languages. please and thank you

I've been living in the US for almost 30 years and my Tagalog has gotten better over the years. I can speak better Tagalog than most Filipinos in the Philippines, I wager. I came to the US when I was 10 years old.

Now why do some kababayans pretend to lose it so suddenly? Like this one woman I met. She moved here 3 years ago when she was 21. Now she's struggling with her Tagalog. I say puwet, she says poo-wat. I think I rolled my eyes so hard, I displaced them.

Ok so i got this weird text message and I looked up the international calling codes and realized it was from the Philippines. This is what it said "ante 2lungan nak man ta masapul ko ti cuarta rodel2" what the hell does that mean?

I need websites similiar to Rossetta Stone that will help me learn the language of Tagalog, from the Philippines.

Hi there, does anybody know of any good books that I could use to learn about the Pilipino involvement in WW2? I know the basics.... Japanese occupation, Bataan Death March, Battle for Manila. But I was wondering if there is anything I could use to enhance my vision of their history. The only problem I know is that many of the books that do cover Philippine actions in WW2 are mainly written by British and American historians. I'd rather learn about the lives of actual Pilipinos through all of this. Any suggestions please ?? Also, please take a look at another question that I posted yesterday about schooling in the Philippines. Thanks

Hello.

My wife is 41 and from the Philippines. We have two small children.

What is a good magazine in the Tagalog language to order a subscription for her? I think a magazine with a monthly subscription would be best. Where is a good place to order it from?

Also, what is a good Tagalog newspaper--maybe I can order her Sunday edition only to have shipped to our USA address. Where can I order?

I want the language to be in Tagalog and not in English.

Miraming Salamat Po! (thank you very much!)

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.

flipside4real2006@yahoo.com

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?????