The Best Filipino Cookbooks?
When pressed to define Filipino food in one word, we’re apt to say “fusion.” Philippine cuisine bears the influence of our neighbors in Asia and the Pacific, as well as our colonial rulers from far-off...
View ArticleThe Origin of Filipino Adobo
There is much debate among hoi polloi about the origins of the Filipino adobo, occasionally dubbed the national dish of the Philippines. “Hey, the name of the dish is a Spanish word. There’s that verb...
View ArticlePopular Filipino Dishes
To help familiarize our website’s visitors with Filipino food in an easy way, we’ve drawn up a simple list of a few Philippine dishes and foodstuff commonly eaten in the Philippines. We’re still...
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Ikalabindalawang titik o letra ng abakada. The twelfth letter of the abakada alphabet. Binibigkas ng nang na pang-una sa tuwirang layon. Ibang anyo ng pang-angkop na na. ng bahay ng multo house of the...
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The Tagalog word ang is often translated as ‘the’ but it does not always have an English translation. ang bituin the star ang kabayo the horse ang mga dokumento the documents ang gusto ko what I want...
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Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) is on March 1st, 2017. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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The Tagalog prefix mag- is used to verbalize nouns. You can translate it as ‘do’ in most cases, but the meaning depends on the context. This is very useful because you can put it in front of English...
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The Tagalog word at is a conjunction. It is translated into English as ‘and.’ at and itim at puti black and white ako at ikaw me and you mansanas, ubas at pakwan apples, grapes and watermelon This can...
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tanong kung gaano karami Ilan? How many? Ilan ang kailangan mo? How many do you need? Ilan ang darating? How many are coming? Ilan sila? How many are they (people)? The word is conjugated as ilang when...
View ArticleFilipino Baby Names – A
The Tagalog for the English word “name” is pangalan. Anong pangalan mo? What’s your name? Most Filipinos prefer Spanish and English names for their children. Tagalog names are considered old-fashioned....
View ArticleTop 20 Family Names in the Philippines
Do you know what the most popular last name is in the Philippines? The Twenty Most Common Filipino Surnames 1. Santos This is the last name of Filipina actress Vilma Santos, Filipino-American writer...
View ArticleMost Common Filipino Names
Based on birth certificates officially issued in the Republic of the Philippines from January 2005 to December 2005, the following were the most common Filipino names given to babies that year....
View ArticleMarch in Tagalog
The Filipino word Marso comes from the Spanish word marzo. Marso March buwan ng Marso month of March Anong meron sa Marso? What’s there in March? Anong gagawin mo sa Marso? What will you do in March?...
View ArticlePEBRERO
from the Spanish febrero Pebrero February buwan ng Pebrero month of February ika-14 ng Pebrero 14th of February Araw ng mga Puso Day of Hearts Maligayang Araw ng mga Puso! Happy Day of Hearts! = Happy...
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 ArticleMARSO
This is from the Spanish word marzo. Marso March buwan ng Marso month of March Anong meron sa Marso? What’s there in March? Anong gagawin mo sa Marso? What will you do in March? sa buwan ng Marso in...
View ArticlePALATAK
palaták: tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG Kapag pinapatunog mo ang dila sa ngalangala mo at gumagawa ka ng tunog na “tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk,” nagpapalatak ang tawag sa ginagawa mo. Halimbawa ng...
View ArticleMARTES
This is from the Spanish word martes. Martes Tuesday Martes Santo Holy Tuesday (the Tuesday before Easter Sunday) Ngayong Martes This Tuesday Darating ako sa Martes. I’ll be arriving on Tuesday. Aalis...
View ArticleAnnual Festivals of the Philippines
February 2017: Pinagbena Festival in Baguio City * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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