Tagalog language
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Tagalog is one of the main languages spoken in the Philippines. More than twenty-two million people speak it as their first language. It originally was spoken by the Tagalog people of the Philippines, but is now nation wide, like English. It is a mix of Spanish, Malay, and English. It originally was used with an abugida, the Baybayin alphabet, but now the Latin alphabet is used to write the words. Some helpful phrases:
- Pagkain:food
- Salamat:Thank you
- Hindi:No
- Opo:Yes
- Maraming salamat:Thank you very much
- at:and
- ng:of the
- mga:indicates plural form (like English s, only a single word)
- sila:they
- sino:who
- Nasaan:where
- Doon:there
- banyo:Bathroom
- May ______ ba kayo:Do you have ______(formal)
- Mayroon po:Response to "May ______ ba kayo", meaning "Yes, sir".
- Wala po: Opposite of "Mayroon po".
- kayo:you (formal), informally, it refers to "you all".
- wala:none
- Magkano po ito?:How much is this?(Polite)
- po:ma'am or sir (used in sentences to be polite to the speaker)
