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?

such as the word tagapaghatid,tagapagbalita,tagapaglathala,

so many words are formed as tagapag,so i guess tagapag is a prefix in tagalog language,is it?

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?

to all pilipinos: if u answer this question, u can translate it by tagalog!! BECAUSE I"M PILIPINO! TO ALL who r not pilipinos but u had already read the story of "Noli Me Tangere", just type it by english language or if u can speak tagalog language, it's ok for me ok?

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it's my homework!!

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!)

As i said, im filipino.. but i cant speak the tagalog language and i would reeeaaally like to learn how. I am hearing all of my family members speak tagalog and i can sort of understand, i know words, but i dont know how to use it in a sentence, and i cant really have a tagalog conversation with someone. What is the best way for me to learn Tagalog online, that is FREE? And i cant get Rosetta Stone.

Please help me out!
Def. Choosing best answer..
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I know that the Philippines constitution changed the official language to be known as Filipino, which is based off Tagalog, but are there any major real differences? If Filipino is based off Tagalog, is Tagalog based off another language such as Latin-based or Malay-based?

I ask this because I've seen Filipino-Americans arguing over this. I've noticed how some people point out that the official Filipino languages uses certain letters that are absent with the actual Tagalog language.

Then there was this big argument in class where one person from the Philippines said that Filipino is the Official language and not Tagalog...while a Filipino-American kept saying "no it's Tagalog! since it's based off Tagalog...therefore Tagalog is still the official language"!

I also saw some kids arguing about it too, one set of kids kept calling it Filipino while others kept saying "it's Tagalog". Some have said "FILIPINO isn't even a language, it's TAGALOG!"

There seems to be a lot of confusion with Filipino identity in the U.S., and the language is part of it.

So who can give the best answer with clear and solid proof and evidence?

What Is Corido?? (tagalog language)

i'm going to join this competition on this buwan ng wika and I need a speech. Please give me a speech that revolves aroung the theme and in the tagalog language as well.

Pls. give a good one and if you don't have anything good to answer don't answer!give useful answers

rules in tagalog language

I'm moving to Iloilo from the States and I want to learn tagalog is there a tagalog language school there ? and how much does it cost to attend ?

Does anyone know where a tagalog language courses could be taken in Los Angeles county? Especially in North LA county especially Lancaster area?

i'm not good in english...so i would really appreciate if you can help me find a website where they can translate tagalog language to english for free..

We are going to report about the world war 2. we need it in tagalog language. i can't understand all the events in the world war 2. please help me!

I need to do a report on world war II but it must be in tagalog language. I am having a hard time translating english to tagalog. I can't seem to find the history of WWII in tagalog and all the ones I found are in english and I need to finish this before friday so please could anyone help me?