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Our affiliate UDEMY is holding a Black Friday sale on online Tagalog courses. A set of lessons that regularly cost $30 USD can be had during the holiday season for a third of the cost. 🙂...
View Article10 Basic Tagalog Words to Know
If you need to learn just ten basic Tagalog words to get by, here's a list of useful phrases to impress your Filipino friends with. Opo. Salamat. Kamusta. Oo... * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleREGALO
This Filipino word is from the Spanish language. regalo gift mga regalo gifts regalong pambuhay gift for life regalong pambahay gift for the home regalong pagmamahal gift of love regalong pamasko gift...
View ArticlePAROL
This word is from the Spanish farol (meaning: “lantern”). As early as August, the Christmas stars begin to appear in the starmakers’ shops. Because they have to make many, many Christmas lanterns, the...
View ArticleKAU
This is a non-standard shortened spelling for the Tagalog word kayo. Shortened slang: Baba na kau. Standard: Bumaba na kayo. English: You (guys) come down already. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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Our affiliate UDEMY is holding a Black Friday sale on online Tagalog courses. A set of lessons that regularly cost $30 USD can be had during the holiday season for a third of the cost. 🙂...
View ArticleTULA: Ang Magandang Parol
This Tagalog poem by Filipino poet José Corazón de Jesús is about a beautiful parol made by a grandfather. Parol is the traditional lantern that’s ubiquitous during the Christmas season in the...
View ArticleLINGGO
This is likely influenced by the Spanish word domingo. The Malay word is minggu, from the Portuguese domingo. The word linggo can mean ‘Sunday’ or ‘week.’ (To compare, the Spanish word for ‘week’ is...
View Article‘Merry Christmas’ in Tagalog
The Tagalog word for Christmas is Pasko. maligaya joyful, happy Maligayang… Merry… Pasko Christmas Maligayang Pasko! Merry Christmas! Sana maligaya ang Pasko mo. I hope your Christmas is merry....
View ArticleNGAYON
kasalukuyan; saka; sa mga sandaling ito ngayon now (today) mula ngayon from now on hanggang ngayon until now, still ngayon at kailanman now and forever Bukás ngayon. Currently open. Bukás na ngayon....
View ArticlePASKO
This word is from the Spanish Pascua. Paskó Christmas namamasko Christmas-ing namamasko wassailing pamaskó Christmas gift Paskong tuyo is a “dry” Christmas without any gifts. It is an impoverished...
View ArticleSABADO
This is from the Spanish word sábado. Sabado Saturday ngayong Sabado this Saturday sa Sabadong ito on this Saturday tuwing Sabado every Saturday nitong nakaraang Sabado ng gabi this past Saturday night...
View ArticlePULUBI
pulubi: beggar mga pulubi: beggars batang pulubi: child beggar * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleISINAWAK
This page is currently undergoing editorial revision. Nang lumabas siya sa silong ay halili niyang isinawak muna ang kanyang dalawang paa sa kanal ng balisbisan. Ipinadyak-padyak pa ang paa sa puno...
View ArticleBARAKO
Likely from the Latin-American Spanish word barraco, meaning “boar” barako: bulugan (breeding boar) barako: lalaking-lalaki (very manly) barako: a species of cofee native to the Philippines,...
View ArticlePaano binubuo ang pandiwa?
Ang pandiwa ay binubuo ng salitang-ugat at isa o higit pang panlapi. Ang salitang-ugat ay nagbibigay ng kahulugan ng pandiwa samantalang ang mga panlapi ay nagpapakita ng relasyon ng simuno at pandiwa,...
View ArticleORASAN
root word: oras orasán clock orasang may pantigil = timepiece with a stopper = stopwatch / stop watch orasan to time Orasan mo ito. Time this. Orasan mo ako. Time me. Orasan is also a surname in the...
View ArticleBAKALAW
This word is from the Spanish bacalao, meaning ‘cod.’ bakalaw codfish Nahuhuli ba ang bakalaw sa Pilipinas? Can cod fish be caught in the Philippines? Iniimport lang yata ang bakalaw. I think codfish...
View ArticleKABAYO
This word is from the Spanish caballo. kabayo horse kabayong itim a black horse buhok ng kabayo horsehair likod ng kabayo horse’s back Tumakbo ang kabayo nang mabilis. The horse ran fast. kinabayo...
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