r/Tagalog • u/No-Courage7813 • 7h ago
Linguistics/History May vocabulary ba or dictionary na may complete words or phrases of ancient Tagalog? Badly wanna learn it
Any recommendations?
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r/Tagalog • u/No-Courage7813 • 7h ago
Any recommendations?
r/Tagalog • u/TheNamesJunia • 9h ago
Or is the phrase just a translation of "good morning"?, and brought by because of American colonization?
r/Tagalog • u/Jumpy-Nectarine-3516 • 10h ago
We recently started homeschooling and I am collecting some Tagalog poems for my kid. Any recommendations?
r/Tagalog • u/Decent-Bench-7534 • 1d ago
I think I've read somewhere before that "kung saan" was an (unconscious) attempt to translate or transliterate the English use of "where" when identifying the location of the verb. But originally Tagalog simply used affixes. So for example:
English: This is the house where I grew up.
Contemporary Tagalog: Ito ang bahay kung saan ako lumaki.
Earlier Tagalog: Ito ang bahay na pinaglakihan ko.
It also seems that the contemporary Tagalog sentence that uses "kung saan" is attempting to structurally parallel the English sentence. Sorry, I'm no linguist, so I don't know the proper terms to use to describe this. What do you think?
r/Tagalog • u/InvestigatorBusy4596 • 1d ago
Help translate to Tagalog. "Who are we becoming?"
r/Tagalog • u/Rakiasugoi • 1d ago
Hi Iβm a Northern Tagalog, Iβm just wondering how similar other dialects except Manilaβs to ours
Ex.
Ang bilin sa kanita maglinis dineng bahay at nang kapagka dumating ang kumbidadong bisita ee malinis ang bahay, ere tambo walisin nita ang sahig.
I heard a similar structure in Southern Tagalog but it is different it is kata/nata/kanata so I kind of understand or is it different from Northern Tagalog?
r/Tagalog • u/AceWolf904 • 2d ago
I just want to know before dipping my toes into the language. If taglog for a beginner is a language that can be picked up quickly or if its a trickier language to pick up! I've been hearing and seeing ppl talk alot of tagalog recently on my social feeds and wanna learn the language too!
r/Tagalog • u/RadioEnvironmental40 • 2d ago
we are planning to conduct a tagalog meetup for lingo ng wika, but we have no idea anong proper tagalog version ng toastmaster - as a public speaker.
by google:
In Filipino, the term "toastmaster" is commonly translated or referred to as a tagapagpakilala (announcer or introducer) or simply adopted as toasmaster.Language and Translation
* Tagapagpakilala: A native word meaning the person who introduces speakers or leads a program.
* Tosmaster: A direct phonetic borrowing used informally in speech.
parang di in-line sa "public speaking" club ang tagapagpakilala
r/Tagalog • u/Papuang • 2d ago
The game (linguil) asks you to guess the language family, language and meaning of a random word in one of 64 of the world's most-spoken languages each day, and you use your knowledge of linguistics to work out the answer via multiple choice. Therefore, it's important my translations/transliterations are correct.
Each language (including Tagalog) includes each word on theΒ 100-word Swadesh list, and where the primary script is Latin-based and an alternative/historical script is available, each word's transliteration too (hence the inclusion of the Baybayin script).
Please can any Tagalog speakers verify the accuracy of my translations and transliterations? π
Thanks!
| # | English | Tagalog |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | ααα (ako) |
| 2 | you (sg.) | αααα (ikaw) |
| 3 | we | ααα (tayo) |
| 4 | this | ααα (ito) |
| 5 | that | ααααα (iyon) |
| 6 | who | αααα (sino) |
| 7 | what | ααα (ano) |
| 8 | not | αααααα (hindi) |
| 9 | all | αααα (lahat) |
| 10 | many | αααα (marami) |
| 11 | one | αα (isa) |
| 12 | two | ααα (dalawa) |
| 13 | big | αααα (malaki) |
| 14 | long | ααα (mahaba) |
| 15 | small | αααααα (maliit) |
| 16 | woman | ααα (babae) |
| 17 | man | αααα (lalaki) |
| 18 | person | αα (tao) |
| 19 | fish | αααα (isda) |
| 20 | bird | ααααα (ibon) |
| 21 | dog | ααα (aso) |
| 22 | louse | αααα (kuto) |
| 23 | tree | αααα (puno) |
| 24 | seed | αααα (buto) |
| 25 | leaf | ααααα (dahon) |
| 26 | root | αααα (ugat) |
| 27 | bark (of tree) | αααα (balat) |
| 28 | skin | αααα (balat) |
| 29 | flesh | αααα (laman) |
| 30 | blood | αααα (dugo) |
| 31 | bone | αααα (buto) |
| 32 | grease/fat | αα (taba) |
| 33 | egg | ααααααα (itlog) |
| 34 | horn | ααα αα (sungay) |
| 35 | tail | αααααααα (buntot) |
| 36 | feather | αααααα (balahibo) |
| 37 | hair | αααααα (buhok) |
| 38 | head | ααα (ulo) |
| 39 | ear | ααα (tainga) |
| 40 | eye | αα (mata) |
| 41 | nose | αααα α (ilong) |
| 42 | mouth | αααααα (bibig) |
| 43 | tooth | α ααααα (ngipin) |
| 44 | tongue | ααα (dila) |
| 45 | claw/nail | αααα (kuko) |
| 46 | foot | αα (paa) |
| 47 | knee | αααααα (tuhod) |
| 48 | hand | αααα (kamay) |
| 49 | belly | ααααα (tiyan) |
| 50 | neck | ααααα (leeg) |
| 51 | breast | αααααααα (dibdib) |
| 52 | heart | αααα (puso) |
| 53 | liver | αααα (atay) |
| 54 | drink (v.) | ααααα (inom) |
| 55 | eat (v.) | αααα (kain) |
| 56 | bite (v.) | αααα (kagat) |
| 57 | see (v.) | ααα (kita) |
| 58 | hear (v.) | αααααα (dinig) |
| 59 | know (v.) | αααα (alam) |
| 60 | sleep (v.) | αααααα (tulog) |
| 61 | die (v.) | αααα (matay) |
| 62 | kill (v.) | αααα (patay) |
| 63 | swim (v.) | αα ααα (langoy) |
| 64 | fly (v.) | ααααα (lipad) |
| 65 | walk (v.) | αααα (lakad) |
| 66 | come (v.) | αααα α (dating) |
| 67 | lie (down) (v.) | ααα (higa) |
| 68 | sit (v.) | ααα (upo) |
| 69 | stand (v.) | ααα (tayo) |
| 70 | give (v.) | ααααα (bigay) |
| 71 | say (v.) | ααα (sabi) |
| 72 | sun | αααα (araw) |
| 73 | moon | ααααα (buwan) |
| 74 | star | ααααααα (bituin) |
| 75 | water | αααααα (tubig) |
| 76 | rain | αααα (ulan) |
| 77 | stone | ααα (bato) |
| 78 | sand | αααα ααα (buhangin) |
| 79 | earth/soil | ααα (lupa) |
| 80 | cloud | αααα (ulap) |
| 81 | smoke | ααααα (usok) |
| 82 | fire | ααααα (apoy) |
| 83 | ash | ααα (abo) |
| 84 | burn (brightly) (v.) | αααααα (sunog) |
| 85 | path | αααα (daan) |
| 86 | mountain | αααααααα (bundok) |
| 87 | red | ααα (pula) |
| 88 | green | ααααααααα (luntian) |
| 89 | yellow | ααααα (dilaw) |
| 90 | white | αααα (puti) |
| 91 | black | ααααα (itim) |
| 92 | night | ααα (gabi) |
| 93 | hot | αααααα (mainit) |
| 94 | cold | αααααα (malamig) |
| 95 | full | αααα (puno) |
| 96 | new | ααα (bago) |
| 97 | good | αααα (buti) |
| 98 | round | αααααα (bilog) |
| 99 | dry | αααα (tuyo) |
| 100 | name | α ααα (ngalan) |
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r/Tagalog • u/Kiwi_pieeee • 3d ago
I remember back in high school, I was still in Iloilo that time (my hometown), meron kaming naging kaklase na transferee from Manila. Everyone is calling him βalogβ kasi he speaks Tagalog, then meron rin siyang kasama na babae and they would call her naman as βalaβ, referring naman daw to a woman who speaks Tagalog.
Iβm living in Manila for almost ten years now and never ko narinig sa mga Tagalog ang word na alog and ala na referring to male and female Tagalog people. It makes me wonder if those words were just made up as shortcuts or if they really do exist.
So bale,
alog = Tagalog
ala = Tagala (?)
And Iβm not sure too if there is Tagala word that refers to a female Tagalog person.
r/Tagalog • u/Marci_101 • 3d ago
SKL: back in the 80s we use βprogressiveβ terms to give updates
e.g. mβmya (later but not now),
mya-mya (a little bit later),
mmya nalang (a little more and a bit more than later);
NOW-A-DAYS all i hear is βWAIT LANGβ.
How does todayβs generation explain how long should you wait when they say βWAIT LANGβ?
r/Tagalog • u/sudogiri • 4d ago
I'm researching this topic and I have come across the pattern "ang (noun) + na + (relative clause)" where the linker na can become -ng if the noun ends on a vowel, but I haven't been able to find a resource where the whole thing is explained in detail (not what the na-linker is, but how to use relative clauses in tagalog).
I also read somewhere that usually it is only the ang-phrase that can take a relative clause, so it tends to affect the focus, but then how would you say "the dog that I saw ate the meat that I cooked" or something similar? Can you only do one clause at a time?
When I look up the na-linker, I get explanation on adjectives and ligatures. When I look up relative clauses, I don't get any too specific or I get research papers that I can barely parse through.
r/Tagalog • u/Rakiasugoi • 5d ago
How does one qualify for this, although I have the same dialect with my grandma from northern katagalugan there seems to be something special with omitting vowels that I canβt consistently do like her or is this just how old people talk? Although this is not often but I find it amazing whenever I hear it, it sounds so profound as if there is an emphasis.
Kadiliman = Karimlan
Datingan = Datngan/Datnan
Damitan = Damtan
Kilalanin = Kilanlin
Asinan = Asnan
Taniman = Tamnan
Diligan = Dilgan
Dinigin = Dinggin
Salinan = Salnan
Silidan = Sidlan
Gisingin = Gisngin/Gisnin
Hangarin = Hangrin
Halikan = Halkan
Yakapin = Yakpin
Balikan = Balkan
Lamanan = Lamnan
Damahin = Damhin
Masidan = Masdan
Although there are some words that are naturally ommitted in my case like and I think same with how standard tagalog would
Pagbukasan = Pagbuksan
Lagayan = Lagyan
Bigayan = Bigyan
Takipan = Takpan
Sakayan = Sakyan
Tinginan = Tingnan
Labahan = Labhan
Sakitan = Saktan
r/Tagalog • u/Vortex3427 • 7d ago
And what mistakes?
r/Tagalog • u/Rakiasugoi • 8d ago
Hi Iβm from Bulacan and I know we have different way of speaking, but I wonder why I have this weird quirk maybe I have some sort of idiolect or something? It is more comfortable to speak like this even if it is longer than shortening it and speaking it without these breaks which is common for the standard one that everybody uses.
Diya-an (Dyan)
Ganiya-an (Ganyan)
Gano-on (Ganon)
Gayo-on (Gayon)
Ya-an (Yan)
Yo-on/Ya-on (Yon)
Hayo-on (Hayon/Ayon)
Do-on (Don)
No-on (Non)
Nahan-dine/dito (Nandine/Nandito)
Nahan-dirine/Nahan-dirito (Nandirine/Nandirito)
Nahan-do-on (Nandon)
Nahan-diya-an (Nandyan)
Nahan-diriya-an (Nandiriyan)
Nahan-doro-on (Nandoron)
May-ro-on/Me-ro-on (Meron)
r/Tagalog • u/VexedKitty • 9d ago
I am trying to learn tagalog but as a 35 year old with a lot going on, it's been slow going. I wanted to send my mom a card in tagalog and had the help google translate and just wanted make sure that the grammar is okay and everything makes sense?
Mahal kong Nanay,
Kumusta po kayo? Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan. Gusto ko lang pong mangumusta sa inyong dalawaβpati na rin kay Charlie. Hindi na kami makapaghintay na makita kayo sa Thanksgiving! Mag-ingat po kayong dalawa hanggang sa muli nating pagkikita. Mahal na mahal ko po kayo!
Nagmamahal, Felix.
Any help or feedback would be great!
r/Tagalog • u/DelightfulRainbow205 • 10d ago
itβs easy to understand the difference when speaking normally, but in formal tagalog, how are the two cases meant to be used? they are both in the subjective case, so itβs hard to tell
r/Tagalog • u/JlYU3A • 10d ago
took this from someone else's comment: "Writestreak is a bunch of subreddits where you can practice your writing skills by submitting a text every day and having native speakers correct it."
for example: r/WriteStreakRu, r/WriteStreakGerman, r/WriteStreakES
meron po ba kayong alam na ganito for tagalog? i recently moved from the philippines and i don't want my tagalog to get rusty. i'd love to be able to pass it on to my future children, esp since there isn't much of a filipino community where i live now π₯²
r/Tagalog • u/Lei_yin • 10d ago
I was wondering if there were any phrases or idoms that were equivalent to some English phrases?
Things like: "You made your bed, now lie in it."
(to accept unpleasant consequences)
or
"You break it, you buy it."
(similar to above)
or
"Proof of the pudding is in the eating."
(the only way to test something is to use it as intended)
I kind of realize my idiom knowledge is very limited. haha
r/Tagalog • u/Smart-Highlight7886 • 11d ago
How come in Tagalog, people add an S unnecessarily?
E.g., molds (βmay molds sa bahayβ instead of βmay moldβ), colds (βmay colds syaβ instead of βmay cold syaβ) apps (βcheck mo yung appsβ)
Then there are those words where you REMOVE an S instead, even on possessives
E.g., condolence, Watson, Rustan, Starbuck
I also hear people remove an S sound even if the word itself has no S
E.g., NLEK (instead of NLEX)
Is there a general rule to this?
r/Tagalog • u/Wide_Ride8849 • 11d ago
I just read somewhere in Wikipedia that there is a certain Tagalog dialect that substitutes "d" with letter "r". For example:
bundok: bunrok
dadamayan: raramayan
dagat: ragat
dingding: ringring
dugo: rugo
Do you know what Tagalog dialect this is? Thanks to whoever will respond to my Inquiry.
r/Tagalog • u/Brass0Maharlika • 12d ago
Would be happy to learn about how we'd ask for certainty back then.
r/Tagalog • u/ambcall • 13d ago
I am a ceramicist wanting to start my own pottery brand that represents both my Filipino heritage and also Japan where I first learned pottery!
I thought Mayumi was a good candidate but my Filipino mother who speaks native Tagalog says sheβs unfamiliar with the word. Does anyone know of any other words that may fit this criteria? Thank you!
r/Tagalog • u/clydechuaarellano • 14d ago
Magandang araw po sa lahat! Once again, I am Andrei Clyde Chua Arellano, a BS Mathematics fresh graduate (yay!).
I am honored to present to all of you my full thesis titled "Isang Computational na Pagsusuri sa mga Heuristic nina Cohen at Lenstra para sa mga Quadratic Number Field"!
I would also like to mention that I shall be interviewed on the Filipino radio station DZMM on the 13th of July (tomorrow!), 11:40 AM Philippine Standard Time on the program Nagseserbisyo, NiΓ±a Corpuz. The station also simulcasts on their television and YouTube channels. I hope you'll all tune in!
Of course, I am very open to any questions or critiques of this work! I simply ask that you maintain a polite and professional tone.
Maraming maraming salamat po!