Filipino | Wikang Filipino

[tawny cloud]

idk if I still understand en lmao

[frozen crystal]

salut

ahh

avoir confiance en = to trust

the phrase means I only trust him

@tawny cloud sry late reply, i was watching something

and en in this case means in

it's literal transcription is i have trust in him

only^ nakalimutan ko ilapag only

[tawny cloud]

wait why is there a qu'

so weird

[frozen crystal]

qu' or que means only in this case

the full expression is ne..que

think of it as not more than

example:

Je ne mange que de pain

du* my bad

meaning i only eat bread

or literally

i don't eat anything than bread

so in the case of your example, the complete phrase is:

Je n'ai confiance qu'en lui

ibig sabihin nyan:
I only trust him

I have nothing but trust in him

meron pa nga yan actualy eh

ne... plus que

parang ganto pagkasunod-sunod:

Il y a 10 personnes actuellement

Il n'en reste que 5.

Il n'en reste plus que 3.

there are 10 people -> there are only 5 -> there are only 3 (im not sure how to emphasize ung pangatlo kasi prng wlng ganun sa english)

[tawny cloud]

OHHHH

pardon I didn't see <\3

[ebon pilot]

Whoa hi!! I didn’t know there was a channel for this! I only know like five words in Tagalog 😢 it’s my bf’s parents’ language. Is Wikang similar or the same thing?

Salamat

Do you have suggestions on affordable learning resources? I have trouble finding anything

[ebon pilot]

@cerulean pawn have you used this channel?

[cerulean pawn]

No, sadly I haven't actually.

[ebon pilot]

What is wikang?

[cerulean pawn]

Language.

[ebon pilot]

So not Tagalog?

Sad

[cerulean pawn]

It's actually one and the same.

[ebon pilot]

Okay. Good

Salamut

[cerulean pawn]

Historically, Filipino is just Tagalog (the regional dialect) but renamed/rebranded (with a bit of modification from other dialects) so that the whole country will use it. Thank Manuel Quezon.

[ebon pilot]

Which year?

[cerulean pawn]

Hmm, tough question.

[ebon pilot]

I must sleep

Magandang gabi

[cerulean pawn]

1946, apparently.

[cerulean pawn]

Matulog kayong maigi para lahat ng natutunan ay nakatatak sa isipan.

Good night.

[cerulean pawn]

Anyhoo, I can't seem to find my old Learning modules. What I have found is resource from reddit by this one fella commenter though one of their links does not work. (So I decided to do a workaround and looked for the specific book within the collection that the commenter was referring to, and I found that it only had one book on tagalog as the others were for other dialects). Thank you, now I go back to french because mon francais tres mallade.

Reddit link (Has other resources to media and stuff.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tagalog/comments/n1vbau/good_resources_for_learning_tagalog_for_a_total/

Tagalog for Beginners:
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/4e67fb96-a63a-4586-a13b-8699384a5183 (Click "full item page", scroll down and download the pdf file)

or

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=UVrGDwAAQBAJ&rdid=book-UVrGDwAAQBAJ&rdot=1&source=gbs_vpt_read&pcampaignid=books_booksearch_viewport

[ebon pilot]

Oh thanks!! I’ll look into them

I also rediscovered an application just called Tagalog. It only has vocab and no grammar, but that’s helpful a little

[ebon pilot]

@muted rivet do you talk here?

They sent me some resources but I haven’t looked through them all yet

Hopefully some are good!

[muted rivet]

Oh Dang, there's a Filipino channel here

See, here's the thing. I'm the wrong bloke to ask 'cause I only learned Filipino when I was in uni, so I learned it pretty late

[ebon pilot]

Im going to see how many words I can remember. Maybe I’ll add some other days

Hindi no
Oo yes
Salamut thanks
Po respect added
Mawalang anuman you’re welcome? (Or napoor?)
Magandang gabi/umaga good morning /night
tubig=water
sisig a food from pigs 😂
Kwan thingamagig

[ebon pilot]

so there’s hope! My bf doesn’t know it

Only understands a bit

Anon what

[muted rivet]

Si vous voulez apprende Tagalog, I think you should practice it avec ton petit ami

Okay Nevermind HAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

Lolllll

Yeah if only

[muted rivet]

Sisig top tier food, have you had it?

I love how

[ebon pilot]

Maybe his relatives but they’re far. And his parents I don’t think would be super great at teaching. Maybe!

[muted rivet]

Of all the Filipino food, you only know sisig

[ebon pilot]

Yeah

I sometimes like it

[muted rivet]

Tell your boyfriend he found a keeper

[ebon pilot]

I just forget the others

I also know the Filipino food… tubig 😂

[muted rivet]

THAT'S NOT

HAHAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

Lol maybe

[muted rivet]

Ngl though "Mawalang anuman" is deep Tagalog, so that's cool

[ebon pilot]

I know the fruit salad green jello dessert

[muted rivet]

For a second I was like "there's no way in hell she speaks better than me. Bon sang"

[ebon pilot]

The app is telling me too many niche things

[muted rivet]

Lowkey If you say that to a Filipino, they'd be surprised too

[ebon pilot]

Like paalam

His Lola was surprised when I said goodnight

Oh yeah I know Lola lolo Tita Tito kuya (?) ate

[muted rivet]

Yeah, I don't even remember when was the last time someone told me "Paalam"

We just say "Ingat" which is "Take care"

Paalam sounds deep HAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

His fam was like… we just say bye

[muted rivet]

It's like you're saying goodbye like you're boutta die or sum

[muted rivet]

YEAH, THIS

[ebon pilot]

😂

[muted rivet]

"Paalam" LOWKEY SOUNDS SCARY BRUH

Like if one of my boys tells me "Paalam" I'd make sure I they're alright

[ebon pilot]

Oh no

[muted rivet]

@ebon pilot you should call ton petit ami "Mahal"

I think it's the most endearing Tagalog word you can call someone

[ebon pilot]

Like: “Paalam. See you in the next life” ?

[muted rivet]

YEAH, 'CAUSE IF YOU SAY PAALAM, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING GOODBYE FOREVER BRUH

[ebon pilot]

Google says it means expensive lolol

[muted rivet]

Wait, no way you don't know Mahal yeettt

Bruh, your boyfriend would be surprised

Ok, so

Yes, "Mahal" is "Expensive"

But

[ebon pilot]

If he knows it

[muted rivet]

It's also

"Love"

It's the Tagalog equivalent of calling someone "Mi amor"

[ebon pilot]

And here I am calling him moose

Bahaha we say “bye dear” “bye moose”

[muted rivet]

Curious, of all the animals, why moose

[muted rivet]

Okay, thank you for explaining the lore

[ebon pilot]

Yeaaah

[muted rivet]

NAH, FOR REAL THOUGH, TRY CALLING HIM "MAHAL"

[ebon pilot]

My mom calls me honey and I say “bye bunny” so it’s like a joke off that

[ebon pilot]

So is it like a descriptive word or a name like “dear”

[muted rivet]

If I ever enter a relationship again, I wanna be called an animal too, like Pink Fairy Armadillo, Western Lowland Gorilla, Pleasing Fungus Beetle

[ebon pilot]

Yes. Moose lore

[muted rivet]

It's kinda like "Dear", yeah

Dear, Darling, Honey

It literally means "Love"

[ebon pilot]

I think pleasing fungus beetle is probably endearing

[muted rivet]

I do love pleasing fungus from time to time

[ebon pilot]

Maybe I’ll text him that because idk if I’d say it right

[ebon pilot]

Like in Mario bruh?

Complete their side quests

Are you American?

[muted rivet]

Yeah, you can text him "Are you still awake Mahal" or sum

[ebon pilot]

There’s no way he’s awake lol

[muted rivet]

Man, since when did America experience 36C

Bon sang

[ebon pilot]

Oh yeah

Okay I forgot which person said that lol

[muted rivet]

LITERALLY ME

[ebon pilot]

SORRY

[muted rivet]

YOU'RE TALKING TO THE SAME DUDE

HOW MANY TOMATE'S DO YOU KNOW

[ebon pilot]

WELL I FIGURED THAT BY NOW TOMATO

[muted rivet]

Lowkey "Good morning Mahal" would be tuff

[ebon pilot]

😂

[muted rivet]

That's the kinda message we men would go to war for

[ebon pilot]

Oh no

I can’t take myself seriously doing this

[muted rivet]

WDYM

IT'S SWEET, TRUST

[ebon pilot]

I know. I’m not sweet enough

K fine will do

But I may need to include a laughing emoji…

[muted rivet]

NAH

WHAT

C'MON BRUH

Listen

If he sees that first thing when he wakes up

He'll have the energy to conquer at least 4 civilizations

[ebon pilot]

K but I only asked because you said you learned Tagalog in uni. So idk is English your first language or something else

[muted rivet]

We're talking powerhouses like China, Russia, U.S.A., Pakistan

[ebon pilot]

He can come for you first

Oh yes. We need to conquer USA. Canadas army is too weak

[muted rivet]

Yeah. My first language was English, then I learned Mandarin (which I don't speak anymore, mais je sais encore un peu). Then Tagalog in uni

I remember my mom got pissed at one of the faculty members back when I was a kid 'cause they thought I was mentally challenged for not knowing my country's language

[muted rivet]

The reason why Canada's army is weak is 'cause the men there don't have girlfriends who tell them "Good morning Mahal"

[ebon pilot]

Oh my gosh rude

[muted rivet]

That faculty member might be cooking though 'cause I lowkey be questioning my thought process sometimes

[ebon pilot]

I’m not romantic enough. Dude. We can’t even say “babe” with a straight face 😂

[ebon pilot]

At least he’s self aware

[muted rivet]

HEY

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

😂

[ebon pilot]

I’m assuming you’re late GenZ right?

This seems like a good time to say I have skibidi rizz

K wait

Morning is spelled umaga right?

[muted rivet]

Oh, man. Non

I'm guessing I'm 5 or so years older than you

[ebon pilot]

Lolol

[muted rivet]

Oui, you got it

[ebon pilot]

How old are you

[muted rivet]

25

[ebon pilot]

Millennial?

Hey lol same

[muted rivet]

Like I might be 7 or even 8 years older

OH WHAT

[ebon pilot]

Nope

😂

[muted rivet]

How are we both 25 with this amount of braincells Bruh

We really got nerfed hard

[ebon pilot]

Aw man

I have braincells

But it’s almost 2 am

[muted rivet]

ALLER DORMIR BRUH

[ebon pilot]

I just thought you were younger because I’m less fluent in the GenZ slang than you

Probably due to a lack of TikTok

But I work with little children who teach me the genalpha ones

[ebon pilot]

Je non parler francais

[muted rivet]

Je me couche a 10 ou 11 heures du soir

[ebon pilot]

Mdr

[muted rivet]

NON

[muted rivet]

I don't have TikTok too

Idk how I adapted the yungins' way of speech

[ebon pilot]

Lol

[muted rivet]

LET'S GOOOOO

[ebon pilot]

So smart

[muted rivet]

The whole Philippines cheering for my guy

[ebon pilot]

Get ready for war

Bahaha

[muted rivet]

Fr, Pakistan better prepare

[ebon pilot]

He is like the most peaceful person so this is so funny to imagine

[muted rivet]

Nah, man. Trust

When us guys get that kinda message, lowkey We'd be capable of achieving anything

Like you could tell your mans to create a brandnew planet first thing tomorrow, and you'd be surprised

[ebon pilot]

Well he’d better do a good job of writing his speech and cleaning his house then

Maybe he’ll even go to the gym

K I’ll ask him to make a planet

[muted rivet]

That's lightwork, watch him build a new house from scratch

[muted rivet]

Okay WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT ALREADY HAHAHAHAHA

YOU GOTTA LET HIM PROCESS IT FIRST

LET HIM ENJOY THE MOMENT

[ebon pilot]

Okok I’ll delete and send after

[muted rivet]

IT'S LIKE YOU ALREADY SERVED HIM DESSERT, HE'S NOT EVEN DONE WITH THE MAIN COURSE

[ebon pilot]

Oh man

Well this was funny.

[muted rivet]

Bro is only smelling the seared scallops with brown butter and lemon pan sauce, and he already got served the lemon meringue pie

[ebon pilot]

I see you enjoy poetry

Well Goodnight. Sans po parce que tu as 25ans

[muted rivet]

Yeah, I read a lot of Dr. Seuss back in the days

[muted rivet]

Oui. Aller dormir. C'est un plaisir de vous recontrer mon Canadian ami

[ebon pilot]

Très beau

Enchanté. Au revoir. À plus tard. Bye

[ebon pilot]

Wow 😑
I guess I can only review

[amber trout]

Wow, what a conversation above this. Nakakakilig na medyo cringe.

[ebon pilot]

😂

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA DESOLE

[ebon pilot]

Okay but actually we hit over 42C in Canada during a heat dome

Tomato. He only reacted with a heart emoji bahahaha

😂 I’ve gotta show him this conversation

[muted rivet]

Bro

Listen

When he read that

Word to my momma, he was rolling on his bed

Giggling, blushing

https://tenor.com/view/agamatsu-deepwoken-bed-legs-phone-gif-10221460338732097855

That was him Lowkey

[ebon pilot]

BUT HE DIDNT RESPOND HAHAHAH

Maybe he was busy bc youth group

[muted rivet]

Y'all Christians too?

[ebon pilot]

Also you’ve gotta know we’ve been dating for a whilllle. So there’s still butterflies but maybe not that bad 😂

[muted rivet]

Man

Listen

[ebon pilot]

Y’all call it youth group too? Mdr

[muted rivet]

You guys could be married for 40 years, and "magandang umaga Mahal" would still be tuff

[ebon pilot]

I guess atheist youth don’t gather in groups

[ebon pilot]

OKAYOKAY

[muted rivet]

Is there another term that I'm not aware of

'Cause

My church calls it youth group

Every church I been to calls it that

[ebon pilot]

Yeah we’re Christian’s too lol. It’s just weird bc it has nothing distinctly Christian in it

Are you Protestant or Catholic ? I feel like youth group sounds Protestant

[muted rivet]

Protestant

I don't think Catholic has those

[ebon pilot]

yeah

Tho there may be groups of youth

[muted rivet]

Lowkey sounds like a gang

[ebon pilot]

Catholic gang

https://tenor.com/view/catholic-confession-tradcath-gif-9756200350350605856

We’ll time will tell if he responds to that message

[muted rivet]

Riley

It's been like

[ebon pilot]

Buuuut i already sent him screenshots 😂

[muted rivet]

2 days

[ebon pilot]

He’ll get a kick out of it

[muted rivet]

Being called "mahal" is like

The most effective pre-workout

[ebon pilot]

Yeah we rarely talk on WhatsApp that’s why. I just write it there because all the other chats had different conversations going on

[muted rivet]

Forget creatine, man. Just call him Mahal everyday

[ebon pilot]

I’ll have to tell him to have a good workout mahal all the time

[muted rivet]

Bro will have the sickest gym arc ever

[ebon pilot]

I just don’t know if he’s got the context for it besides movies because he’s not around that much

[ebon pilot]

I can comment on his gym app posts

[muted rivet]

I'm sure he knows what Mahal means

[ebon pilot]

Yeah he knows

But it’s like « oh Riley’s just saying a word » rather than feeling the context. If that makes any sense

Or he think I don’t know what it means

I’ll lyk

But if he’s kicking his feet that would be nice

It would be… mabait

Hopefully that’s not talking about food

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Mabait is "nice", yeah, but not in that context

[ebon pilot]

Dangit

[muted rivet]

If you say "mabait" it's you saying that he's a nice/kind/good person HAHAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

What’s for that context

Is mabait like good job

Ohhh yeah

[muted rivet]

Nah, nah

[ebon pilot]

Well he would be a good person

[muted rivet]

I'm not sure if we have a word for good job

[ebon pilot]

Masarap is food 😂

[muted rivet]

I just say "nice" too

[ebon pilot]

K what about like « this is a positive situation »

[muted rivet]

EXACTEMENT

[muted rivet]

Okay, I'm boutta teach you some slangs

If there's a positive situation

I'd say

"Ayos"

It's like "good", but cooler

[ebon pilot]

I know just like ayoooo

[muted rivet]

You're like a real g if you say "Ayos"

[ebon pilot]

Haha his dad was saying « aya » for frustration in a board game. Then said « ay-no »

[muted rivet]

YEAH HAHAHAHAHA

We mostly say Ay though

Without the A at the end

It's like a sigh

[ebon pilot]

Ayy

[muted rivet]

YEAH

THERE WE GO

[ebon pilot]

Ayyeah

[muted rivet]

You're gonna be more Filipino than your boyfriend in no time

[ebon pilot]

He already said that mdr

But he laughs when he hears his family talking so I know he understands

Like his titas at least

[muted rivet]

I will teach you how to speak Filipino/Tagalog like a real g

We gangsta out here

Instead of saying "Oo", you can say "Ge". It's short for "Sige" which means "Yes". You can even say "Gege"

BUT I LOVE HOW YOU KNOW "KWAN" THOUGH HAHAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

Oh my

[muted rivet]

Thingamagig

That's one of my favorite words

[ebon pilot]

Yeah I googled it when he was annoyed at grandma for asking for the Kwan

A couple weeks ago

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

It's one of the words I say a lot because it feels cool

[ebon pilot]

So when I talk to grandma ill be like « ge-po »

[muted rivet]

OH MY DAYS, IMAGINE SAYING "GE" TO LOLA

[ebon pilot]

Is it pronounced like gee

[muted rivet]

Nah, like

"Geh"

[ebon pilot]

Would she even know the slang

[muted rivet]

She would

[ebon pilot]

😂

[muted rivet]

I'VE NEVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY "GE PO" THOUGH

'Cause

[ebon pilot]

She already gave me a look for goodnight. Can you imagine slang

[ebon pilot]

It’s too ironic

exactement

[muted rivet]

I'd say Opo if I'm speaking to an elder HAHAHAHAHA

"Ge" is something I'd say if I want to be super casual

[muted rivet]

EXACTEMENT

O yeah, you know how "Oo" is "Yes"? "Opo" is the same, but respectful. Instead of saying "Oo po" (since po is added for respect), you just say "Opo"

[ebon pilot]

Lol I think I said po or kuya to my bf once to bug him about being older (barely) but it didn’t end up being that funny

Just chuckled

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Your BF sounds nonchalant

[ebon pilot]

He is kinda

He does laugh loud though

[muted rivet]

Like, normally if we get called "kuya" by our girlfriends, we'd give them a really weird look. It's a tease that gets us y'know

WAIT HAHAHAHAHA

You can call him "Manong"

[ebon pilot]

Yeaaaah that makes sense

[muted rivet]

It's something you'd call an old man who's a stranger

We're talking old old

[ebon pilot]

Lol

[muted rivet]

This right here? He's a Manong

Manong looking fresh though

I like his bling

I wonder what kinda lore this Manong has to deserve that fresh hat and bling

[ebon pilot]

I did it

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[ebon pilot]

That guy doesn’t look thaaat old

[muted rivet]

BUT YOU GET WHAT I MEAN

IT'S LIKE CALLING SOMEONE "UNC"

[ebon pilot]

Sophisticated gentleman ✨

[muted rivet]

YO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT "Pogi" MEANS

[ebon pilot]

I think it was when he was explaining the words and I was like « hmmm so do I call you kuya »

[ebon pilot]

Is it pog

[muted rivet]

NAAHHH

It's

Handsome

So you can tell him

[ebon pilot]

My brother says pog

[muted rivet]

When you see him

[ebon pilot]

Mdr

[muted rivet]

"You look pogi today"

Pogi = Handsome
Maganda = Pretty

[ebon pilot]

Is it pronounced like po

[muted rivet]

Professeur Tomate, PhD à Filipino

[muted rivet]

YEAH

[ebon pilot]

Ok. My phones gonna die but I might return when I’m back

[muted rivet]

SALUT MON AMI CANADIEN

[ebon pilot]

Paalam manong po. Magandang umaga/gabi. Salamut

[muted rivet]

Okay DON'T CALL ME MANONG

[ebon pilot]

Mdr

[ebon pilot]

Bruh I told you. He’s too Canadian for this

He said he knows what it means but didn’t grow up with it to feel the feelings

So saaaad

I guess I must use more creative means due to a lack of English vocabulary

Lol I did it. Creative English words work better

I bet he did the toe kicking

He did the message at youth group. It sounds so good! He’s saying a bunch of stories about his own failures and the kids are all gasping. He’s connecting it to the story of the master who forgives the worker and then the worker doesn’t forgive another person

[muted rivet]

Aww, dang it

So he won't be conquering anything

[muted rivet]

W boyfriend

[ebon pilot]

@muted rivet does ayos also mean okay?

The app says “ayos lang ba” means is it okay

Also is ba “it” and lang “is”

Idk why this app is teaching me both paalam and ayos

It must be old or something ?

Okay wait. It says « ayos lang » is okay alright » and « ayos lang ba » is is it okay.

So ba just must make a phrase into a question

Is it all good?
It’s all good

Ayos lang ba?

Ayos lang

Can that be used as Kumusta ka or is ayos lang ba more specifically about checking if someone is hurt

Also what’s the different btwn kumusta and Kumusta ka

Nvm I figured it out. Ka is just « you » would you say « kayo » for formal

[cerulean pawn]

Bonjour, I think "kayo" may also mean "you and those with you". Which may lead to a bit of confusion, though "kayo" should work in cases like if the person you are talking to has relatives or friends with them so it basically means you are not only asking "how's it going? "to one person but also to those around them.

Should mean like
"How are you all doing?" Kumusta kayo.

[muted rivet]

Yeah, "Ayos" = "Okay" or "All right"

[muted rivet]

If you put "Ba", it makes it sound like a question

"Ayos lang ba" = "Is it okay?"
"Ayos lang" = "It's okay"

Also, since I was teaching you slangs yesterday, you can also say "Ays" instead of "Ayos"
You pronounce it like ice

[muted rivet]

If you wanna check in on someone, you can use either one of those

I'd say "Kumusta?" if I want to sound a bit sweet

If I'm talking to one of my homeboys, I'd say "Ays ka lang?" Since you know that "Ka" means "You"

[ebon pilot]

Salamut

[ebon pilot]

Does ays lang also mean how are you, or only ays ka lang?

[cerulean pawn]

Also, a bit of a side note. But some filipinos tend to often speak mainly in English with a few Tagalog words sprinkled around. That's where Taglish comes in. Though some here tend to stereotype it as conyo (rich people) language, which I don't really appreciate. So feel free to use English from time to time with a bit of Tagalog, I think a great majority of speakers should understand.

[ebon pilot]

Cool!

It would be nice to understand a lot so I know what the older adults are saying at gatherings, but I don’t know if I’ll ever learn enough for that. We’ll see

[honest ember]

salut tout le monde!!

https://tenor.com/view/pinoy-pride-philippine-flag-philippines-gif-20327958

je suis nouvelle sur ce serveur..

hi guys im clar!! wld love to meet pinoy frens here na also learning french :D

[cerulean pawn]

Hallo.

[cerulean pawn]

Ask ko lang po, iyan po ba'y mula sa video para sa pambansang awit ng pilipinas?

[ebon pilot]

And are you Filipino ?

[honest ember]

yes im filipino!

but living in canada

[ebon pilot]

Niiiice

Im in Canada too…. But not Filipino

My bf is

[honest ember]

hmm im not sure but i know this is a popular meme

hahahahaha

[ebon pilot]

I want to learn Tagalog so his family gatherings are more cohesive 😂 And I can surprise the titas

Im in BC

[honest ember]

omg i'll be happy to teach u some phrases nyahaha

im from ON!

[ebon pilot]

Awesome!

I only know a few but already kinda more than my bf 😂

I sent him a thing and he’s like « no comprendo »

[honest ember]

im learning french for PR purposes

[ebon pilot]

Niice

Were you born here?

These are basically what I know right now. Although I forget some of them

[honest ember]

noooo i just moved here in 2023

[ebon pilot]

Nice!

[honest ember]

a lot of words already omg good job! the titas will be delighted

[ebon pilot]

Hahaa

[honest ember]

tell them "tita blooming ka ngayon"

it means theyre glowing, and becoming prettier than ever

[ebon pilot]

But I also don’t know which contexts to really use mabait and mabuting mabuti

[honest ember]

mabait means kind

[ebon pilot]

I have to make sure they actually look nice that day

[ebon pilot]

It said « good »

[honest ember]

yesss but its used to describe the attitude of a person

"good" in tagalog is "mabuti"

liek in general

[ebon pilot]

Ok so I can say mabait to this?

[honest ember]

anywayss so u know french? or also learning french?

[ebon pilot]

Or ayos lang..? Lol

Oui. Je sais français plus bien que Tagalog. Mais encore débutant

[honest ember]

you can say "Ayos!" meaning thats great!, but honestly modern filipino is mostly taglish

tagalog-english

so my friends would just say 'niceee' HAHAHAH

[ebon pilot]

Well I doesn’t hurt to learn more

Ayooos

They speak so much Tagalog at Christmas

[honest ember]

or you can say "Mabuti naman" also meaning that's good

[ebon pilot]

Is naman « that is »

[honest ember]

explaining these phrases now makes me realize our language is kinda complicated too hahah

[ebon pilot]

Yeah

They all say it’s easy but hindi

[honest ember]

hmm its used in many ways..

[ebon pilot]

😂

I just have to get the vibe

[honest ember]

yes yess

[ebon pilot]

Google translate says « again » 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lol no way

[honest ember]

oh! moi aussi j'ai commencé à apprendre le français en octobre dernier

my reading, writing and listening is lvl A2 but speaking is A1

il est difficile..

[honest ember]

hmm thats weird

in no context does mabuti naman mean good luck

hhaahahahah

it can also be used when someones asking how are you? you then say "mabuti naman" meaning i'm fine

enfin bon, je vais dormir

[ebon pilot]

Parler est très difficile !!

[honest ember]

à demain!

bonne nuit

[ebon pilot]

Bonne nuit 💕

[ebon pilot]

Il est très stupide mdr

[honest ember]

c'est vraii!!

[ebon pilot]

Ah. Like
Ça va?
Ça va

[honest ember]

ouiii!!

thats correct

[ebon pilot]

So potential greetings:
kumusta
mabuti naman
Ayos ka lang

Y’all be m’apprendre

Tomate is out here trying to make me talk like a ganster with gege and ays

[cerulean pawn]

Nice, good thing I wasn't the only one who thought it looked ridiculous to present at the opening flag ceremony.

[cerulean pawn]

G. - (Short form of "Sige" though some may find it very jeje)

[ebon pilot]

Idk what jeje is lol

Funny?

[cerulean pawn]

Gangster-like

It's like slang for those in the streets.

[ebon pilot]

Lol

Im sure you’re not a gangster

[cerulean pawn]

Definitely not.

[muted rivet]

Ays ka lang

'Cause it has "Ka", so you're refering to the other person

"Ays lang" literally means "It's good"

[muted rivet]

I wouldn't say "Jeje" means gangster. It's more cringe than it is being gangster lol

I don't think people would think you're jeje if you say "Ge", "Gege", "Ays", or "G"

It's like saying "Aight" or "Bet" in English. It's super casual, that's all

[ebon pilot]

And ays ka lang
is
good you is

[muted rivet]

IF YOU'RE GONNA TRANSLATE IT WORD PER WORD HAHAHAHAHA YEAH

[ebon pilot]

Cringe ganster

https://tenor.com/view/thug-life-gangster-gif-14494851

[ebon pilot]

But maybe more gangster than Ravi

[muted rivet]

Most likely Yeah

[muted rivet]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HERE'S HOW I WOULD SAY THESE WORDS

❌ Hello
✅ Uy

✅ Salamat

❌ Walang anuman (You're welcome)
✅ It's all good

❌ Paalam (Goodbye)
✅ Ingat (Take care)

❌ Oo
✅ Oms

❌ Hindi
✅ Nah

❌ Magandang umaga
✅ Just say Good morning Bruh

❌ Magandang gabi
✅ Good evening

That app is teaching you words/phrases that most of us don't even use

[amber trout]

Kumusta came from the Spanish como estas.

[amber trout]

Yeah, use them to old-fashioned elders instead.

[ebon pilot]

I mean the ka/you part. Does it mean the same either way

[amber trout]

It's used colloquially, but is actually redundant grammatically, so yes, it basically has no difference.

[ebon pilot]

Okay but 75% of my talking is with elders and 22% with people over 40

Also they immigrated 28 years ago, so they might not know some of the new stuff idk

[muted rivet]

"They might not know some of the new stuff" sounds like a software update for iPhones

The elders don't know what comes with Filipino version 10.7.6

[ebon pilot]

Exactement

It’s weird how immigration works. People evolve in different directions. Like look at American compared to England and New Zealand

That wasn’t just immigration. But still

[amber trout]

Kailan kayo puwede sa VC?
When will you be able to join a vc?

[cerulean pawn]

Hintay-hintay lang muna siguro, matagal pa kasi bago sumakses. Kailangan daw kasi step by the step muna. Malalaman din iyon kapag sumakses ka na eh.

[ebon pilot]

Maybe I can in French but definitely not Tagalog

[jaunty merlin]

Dati sumasali ako sa vc as a listener lang

[ebon pilot]

Yeah I did that today in French but it made people leave mdr. Too many silent people

Good for comprehension practice tho

[muted rivet]

Je n'utilise pas VC, desole

Tomate est mysterieux

[amber trout]

Oh no, I missed it.

[ebon pilot]

It was like 2:30am PST

Lol

[ebon pilot]

I suppose i could just listen to Tagalog for exposure. Hard when you understand zero though

[amber trout]

You could try, and I could give some basic explanations.

[vital spoke]

ang hirap mag aral ng french

diko maintindihan

[zinc loom]

kaya yan

[cerulean pawn]

We still need to burn more of our eyebrows. Either way, you got this!

A wise man once stated. "Grasshopper son, I will giant you."

Like the statement, we must giant even the hardest of challenges if we're gonna need to learn.

[honest ember]

yez kaya yan guise!! bon courage 💪

[amber trout]

Take your time. Be patient.
I've been learning for 1.5 years, and now I can read French newspapers.
Still can't speak anything past the very basics because of a lack of practice.

[cerulean pawn]

"Anak ng tipaklong, ipaghihigante kita."

[muted rivet]

Salut @ebon pilot !!! Ca va mon ami????

[ebon pilot]

Salut

Ça va bien

Et toi

[open ravine]

Salut mga kabayan!

[ebon pilot]

Tomate

Hello

Ayos ba lang ka?😂

I forget if that’s right

[ebon pilot]

Poor eyebrows!!

[cedar sparrow]

salut! et toi, kamusta ka naman?

[open ravine]

Salut! Je suis bien lang naman. Et toi?

Sanaol mag pro sa French!

[cedar sparrow]

Je vais bien! Lakas ng ulan sa lugar namin (la pluie est trop fort dans nos place)

[open ravine]

Sa pilipinas ka?

[cedar sparrow]

oui!

[open ravine]

(Pardon if Mon tagalog et francais n' est pas good. Englishero lang ako😅 )

[open ravine]

Ouais mahirap ang weather talaga

May typhoon this time of the year?

[cedar sparrow]

okay lang! basta naiintindihan ko, swak na para sa'kin

[open ravine]

c'est dur talaga to etudie dalawang different languages. Le grammar rules are mixing

[cedar sparrow]

oui, les typhons sûr cette époque d'année est très mauvaise. (Malala palagi ang mga bagyo sa mga ganitong bahagi ng taon)

[open ravine]

Oh daccord stay safe okay! Nsan sa Filipinas ka?

[cedar sparrow]

je viens à de RNC 😀

RNC = Région de la Nationale Capitale

[cedar sparrow]

kaya mo 'yan! I believe in you

[cedar sparrow]

That's right! Magaling!

[open ravine]

Ay youre not far from my place as well. I'm from Bagiou! ( je n'habite pas, jhabite a Doha)

According to my relatives living there the rain shows no mercy. Cest dur talaga

[cedar sparrow]

aussi, à chaque saison de la pluie, il fait froid là

[open ravine]

Merci beaucoup Mon ami! I have to balance it or else risk the consequences hehe.

Focus too much on tagalog I neglect my interest in French. Focus too much on French, walang patriotism ako😂 😭

[cedar sparrow]

mga 8-15°C talaga 'yung température kapag rainy season

[open ravine]

Ouais but cest is bearable compared to the beacoup chaud. Jaime froid. Walang sweat atleast😭

I went to bagiou last year atleast the heat and cold come in intervals. When I went to Manila mainit talaga it affects my mood😭

But I like the city so mas prefer ako sa manila especially BGC

[cedar sparrow]

oh wow!

[open ravine]

Wait... manila is in RNC right

je ne sais pas how le whole region thing works hehe....

[cedar sparrow]

yes! la ville de la Manila

there's grammatical genders 😭

in everything

[open ravine]

Pardon pour mon compréhension du Philippines. I do not know it very much. I spend most of my time in Doha et NYC

So I always forget until my lolas and lolas enlighten me HAHA

But I know Joze Rizal rest assured 🙏

[cedar sparrow]

c'est d'accord! je comprends

[open ravine]

Di ko gets yon. Atleast not entirely. Very specific ang francais. Tmas maraming to memorise and study. Almost seems impossible.

[open ravine]

Merci merci!

[cedar sparrow]

Yes, but remember that every language is unique and works as well as the others. It's the pinnacle of one's identity. 😁

Anyways, how did you get into French? (d'ailleurs, comment as-tu fait dans le langue français?)

[open ravine]

Off the top of my head, I must say I truly appreciate the sentiment. I’ve always held a fondness for the French language, so I’m making a genuine effort to learn it well. As for Tagalog, I recognise the importance of understanding my roots, and I’m earnestly studying that too. It does get rather complex though, as it’s not only Tagalog I need to consider but also several regional dialects I feel I ought to learn in order to fully grow into and honour my ancestry

The dialects are illocano and kankeneyey.

[cedar sparrow]

Car moi, j'ai eu le sujet comme un l'option à l'école est quand je tombée amoureuse dans ma l'études 😍

[open ravine]

I hope you don’t mind me switching to English the thought process is getting pretty complex for me to express well in French or Tagalog.

As for your question, my love for French started back in 7th grade. I had a kind teacher who made the language feel like an invitation, not a subject.
I’ll admit, being young, my interest came and went. But lately, ive rekindled the spark and picked up right where I left off.

I started digging for my old notes, using duolingo and joining this group. So that's a start.

[cedar sparrow]

awww! 🥹 je me suis senti ça dedans ma cœur. Naiintindihan ko talaga!

La pluie revient 💀

[open ravine]

I'm glad we could relate to one another!

[open ravine]

Pluie, pluie s'en aller, cône encore un autre jour

[cedar sparrow]

désolé pour briser le mood

[open ravine]

By all means nothing is broken 🙏

I was simply being genuine in my expression of speech.

[cedar sparrow]

C'est pareil comme moi!

Tu connais le chanson « où est ma tête » ou vous faites écouter cette chanson?

[open ravine]

Pardon, non je ne sais pas

Cest un tagalog/English ou francais song?

Pardon pour mon late reply. Jai travaille time to time. But rest assured je reply!

[cedar sparrow]

C'est un chanson français, et le première chanson cette j'ai appris, donc, le chanson est très memorable à moi : )

[open ravine]

Oh d'accord, je vais l'écouter

Quels sont tes loisirs ?

[cedar sparrow]

j'étudient les langues et linguistiques, des cultures générale vers histoire, musique surtout jouer des instruments, et plus. 😃

[open ravine]

Bien bien! quel instrument joues-tu?

[cedar sparrow]

la guitare, principalement

[open ravine]

Bien! je jour le piano

Quels musqiue tu es écouter?

[cedar sparrow]

des n'importes que de musique je trouve sons bien!

Je me suis réveillé très tôt ce matin (à Manila)

[open ravine]

Oh tu as un generic taste. Tres Bonne

[open ravine]

Bonjour! Tu as bonne matin!

[cedar sparrow]

Kaya nga eh! HAHAHA

[cedar sparrow]

Have you ever combined Filipino and French ? Like « Taglish »

[cedar sparrow]

bonjour ! tu viens d'où ?

[open ravine]

Cest nuit la ou jhabite hehe

Jhabite a Doha, Qatar, principalement. Parfois je suis a New York City, Manhattan.

[open ravine]

Javais actually hehe. For the first time of my life, I did taga-french in this group. Technically English in the sentence so taga-fre-ish

[cedar sparrow]

waouh 😮 nous sommes si très loin

[open ravine]

Oauis, du Qatar the time difference est 6 hours behind le Philippines. Pour NYC the time difference est 12 hours behind.

quand tu dors, je me réveille hehe

[cedar sparrow]

Vers le langue filipino, le mot « sa » est un mot avoir les plus usages. C'est-à-dire le mot cela trop fort!

juste une pensée 😅

[open ravine]

Bonjour! Pardon mon late reply.

[open ravine]

Je comprend why cest

Le grande du utiliser

[cedar sparrow]

para mas maintindihan natin 'yung mga prepositions and such

Sometimes, I can't even decide what language am I supposed to use. I'm kinda like doing code-switching between those. mdrrrrr

[open ravine]

I'm honestly doing the best I can in French. But at the end of the day I always resort to Google translate.

Especially for simple words like "but" "too" "if" and other connecting words. So I always have to use #🌈anglais-français ou #🐟franglish

I'm just not ready for #français-débutant

😔

[ebon pilot]

You’ll get there! @open ravine

[cedar sparrow]

Kaya mo 'yan!

[serene tulip]

Whats'up fellow Fil-Can, san kayong province? NB here

[cedar sparrow]

je suis bored ngayong araw

magandang tanghali!

[sleek ginkgo]

Hello good afternoon.. Tanong ko lang paano kayo nagkaroon ng motivation to study French? (sorry if not the right tagalog word, tagalog is not my native language)
At ano gamit nyo to learn French please. Thank you sa sasagot 😊

[open ravine]

Salut mon ami! Je suis debutante like you!

Dw tagalog isn't my first language nor is it a language I even know how to speak fluently (But I understand enough not to be sold off😅).

I'd say motivation comes from alot of things. Specifically in my case, my motivation comes from my love of the culture and the sound of the language pleases me so. French is also a subject I've been introduced to from a very young age so it's something I've got to get exposed to and appreciate. So thinking of learning something I like to hear and whose culture I love helps me push to keep learning. Additionly, plus pogi points for both family and girls- can't get a better motivation than that😅🤣 But ultimately you interest is a good start, but the end is your motivation. Your means are inspired by the end you wish to achieve!

I use duolingo, my school used to provide a learning language website called Rossett stone, I watch videos on YouTube, I buy French kids books, sometimes I just switch my browser language to French and hope for the best.

Also this server is so helpful and insightful! I learned so much just by being here for like 3 days.

[sleek ginkgo]

Thank you for your reply😊 the thing is I am currently in France and even if I am everyday hearing French I still am not in the point of really being into the language. I find it hard to understand and it stresses me 😅 hopefully I will get to the level as some people here, like how they are just comfortable speaking the language even though not in a perfect way yet. 😁

[open ravine]

I understand your situation. I also find it intimidating to listen to actual fluent speakers who use alot of slang, shortcuts and not to mention the speed of their conversation. I also hope to be able to understand it one day. That can be one other motivation of many!

[ebon pilot]

I think you can get more confident with time

[sleek ginkgo]

Thank you so much for all your reply and encouragement 😊hopefully I can do this💪🏻

[cedar sparrow]

kamusta ! je suis back ulit, wanna chat ?

[trail harness]

UY PHILIPPINES

salut tout la monde! bagong akong member dito et honnêtement j'ai besoin de pratiquer la langue tagalog, en particulier de écrire parce que je peux comprendre et parler la langue, mais i dont write or read it often

i am wayy better at tagalog tho than français et sometimes quand je pratique la langue français c'est mon instinct to mix in tagalog kasi my mind is in foreign language mode alors je parle troi langue

[ebon pilot]

Kamusta:)

[ebon pilot]

Crazy having to know three languages to read this 😂

[trail harness]

pour moi je pense que c'est more fun to speak in multiple languages at the same time. i understand tagalog most when its taglish, and when i discovered franglish it was soo fun and mind blowing

mais i cant mix english with everything so i have to get more comfortable speaking in pure tagalog or pure french at some point 😞

[trail harness]

and if a bit more tagalog is used, sometimes you can see spanish alors c'est quatre langues!

[ebon pilot]

Mdrr

[trail harness]

i love languages

[ebon pilot]

Well if you used anymore Tagalog I’d have been lost and Google translate might have a hard time 😂

I practiced some Tagalog words today

Unfortunately most are probably ones not really used. Like old fashioned ones

[trail harness]

good job!

[ebon pilot]

But oh well. It’s something

It’s like a list of first fifty words to know

Fifty

[trail harness]

yess i wish older tagalog words were still used, but sadly its hard to speak tagalog without any english at all because its modernized

buts thats also the beauty of evolving languages

[ebon pilot]

I want to understand my bf’s family when they don’t speak English 😂

Maybe should watch movies

But I’m grasping at nothing

Maybe need children’s movies

[trail harness]

may i ask, whats your relationship with tagalog and french, and your level of knowledge?

[ebon pilot]

French is like beginning A2

Tagalog basically know zero

[trail harness]

pour moi, i usually tell others that im fluent in tagalog since it was my first language, but really im fluent in taglish and i have difficulty with tagalog grammar since i never learned it at school just with family

ohhh i can help you!

[ebon pilot]

French I did in school and Duolingo

[trail harness]

are you filipino or do you just wanna learn the language?

[ebon pilot]

I’m white Canadian but my bf’s family is Filipino. He doesn’t speak much either though

[trail harness]

definitely watch modern tv shows and movies because theres enough english to understand the context but a lot of tagalog to be immersed

[ebon pilot]

Lol he just figured out “Kwan”. He was annoyed with his lola for not saying the item in English, but then realized she literally just was saying thingamajig

[trail harness]

OMG THATS SO REAL

filipinos loveee to use "ano" or "kwan" as placeholders for things they dont remember

[ebon pilot]

Do you think his fam’s Tagalog would be oldish because they haven’t been in the Philippines much for 28 years? Idek what the evolution of that would look like

[ebon pilot]

WHICH IS A LOT AHAHAH

[trail harness]

kwan is definitely older Tagalog which only my grandma uses, i would say middle age and younger use more modern tagalog

[ebon pilot]

the uh ano… the kwan… over there points with mouth

[ebon pilot]

Most of his Tagalog speak relatives are 40+

[trail harness]

mdrr

i see i see

[trail harness]

honestly probably since they mostly just speak with relatives i assume

but not really old vocabulary they just use less english words

[ebon pilot]

😂 his Lola turned around and gave a shocked look when I said magandang gabi

I think the reactions are worth it

[trail harness]

thats soo funny ur kinda iconic for that

[ebon pilot]

I’ll try to recall what I remember
Masama bad
Bukas tomorrow
Ito this
Masarap ito this is delicious
Ate/Kuya tita/tito lolo/lola
ayos lang it’s fine
Ayos lang ba is it ok?
Mabuhuy congrats?
Magangdaga(?) bati awesome

Mabait good
Mabuti it’s good/fine
mabuting mabuti very good

So many M’s

Mahal kitah I love you
Wanumun acunum welcome (spelled wrong)
Walang nagalam napoor excuse me
Paki please
Hindi no
Oo yes

A lot are spelled wrong

This is more words than I thought

Salamat ty

[trail harness]

masama is bad
mabuhay has multiple uses, its kinda like long live! definitely used in celebration
maganda means beautiful which i think is what you are trying to get at? idrk what word you are referencing, but a good word to use for awesome is ayos, kinda meaning okay or neat? if you say ayos as an exclamation like ayos! then its closer to awesome!

[ebon pilot]

Oh yeah. Well if you need to say sorry the situation is probably bad ahahah

[trail harness]

there is no direct translation for sorry that is used often tbh. most people use "sorry" or "sorry po" but a common one in tagalog is also "pasensya na" which kinda means "have patience with me/ i'm sorry"

[ebon pilot]

Ohhh yes there was something similar to pasensya na and I kept mixing it up with masama

Oh yeah aso/pusa dog cat

Tubig water

[trail harness]

also the reason why there is a lot of m's is because it is often used in suffixes like the suffix "ma-" this is more grammar which im not that familiar with since i usually just go with what sounds right LOL. ma- as a suffix kinda means the quality of. so mabait comes from the root word bait, meaning good. maganda comes from the root word ganda, meaning beauty

this definitely comes from the more complexities of tagalog which is why its such a hard language, but u honestly dont need to worry about it to much as a beginner! just wanted to explain lol

[ebon pilot]

Ooo cool

Just grammar just like where/when to have a ko or a ba is already a lot remembering

The grammar is v different

[trail harness]

yess there is soo many suffixes and prefixes is tagalog. its so difficult and even i dont understand it at all 😭

if you think french has difficult conjugations then oh boy you dont know tagalog. theres a variation for every word. not just verbs 😭

[trail harness]

honestly i dont understand your translation for welcome or excuse me 😭 if i dont understand anything i realize they could also be speaking a different dialect of filipino

[ebon pilot]

Wait I’m realizing I meant maganda bati for awesome. Because it rhymes with panda and pandas are awesome. Could still be wrong though

[ebon pilot]

I spelled them pretty wrong

[ebon pilot]

That’s true. But also these are from a pretty low quality app

I wish it was on Duolingo

Or something of similar quality

[trail harness]

bro im soo mad duolingo doesnt have tagalog. i swear i tried it there once but i think they removed it

[ebon pilot]

No way

They have Tagalog to English

Honestly you could probably try that.

But you have to reconfigure the whole app

[trail harness]

filipino learning materials are soo scarce and really the best method is to learn it with a speaker or immerse yourself with media.

[ebon pilot]

I guess it’s true it’s a smaller country

And not a main language in other places

[trail harness]

ive only tried a few learning apps for tagalog just to see how it is, and i will say that a lot use outdated words which is probably what you are encountering

[ebon pilot]

Need some motivator for people to make more resources

[trail harness]

soo much of the language is mixed in with other languages which is what people end up using

[ebon pilot]

They probably didn’t speak the language themselves and googled lists of words mdr

[trail harness]

its also why people sometimes call it filipino not tagalog! because some people see tagalog as "pure tagalog" and thats just not really spoken commonly. filipino is what the government is calling it because really the language is mixed in with 30% spanish, a lot of english, and even some chinese i think?

i mean thats what u get from being colonized three times!

[trail harness]

also i think i just realized what you mean for welcome (as in your welcome when someone says thank you) and the word is walang anuman

this also is older and not really used often as someone who is exposed to tagalog all the time. had to ask my aunt this because i just didnt know what the direct translation is for your welcome after someone says "salamat (thank you)"

and for excuse me i also have no idea what the translation. most people say "excuse me" or "excuse me po" in a Filipino accent lol

[ebon pilot]

Yes mdr

[trail harness]

just asked my mom and its "mawalang-galang po" so ur actually on the right track!

or mawalang galang na po is more formal

[ebon pilot]

Okay!

Ohhhh maybe that’s where I got the na from

[trail harness]

adding po at the end of any sentence basically makes anything more polite

[ebon pilot]

That one I learned a long time ago and got rusty

[trail harness]

especially to older people. you only use po for older people, for example, its rude to say oo to elders and instead you should say opo

[ebon pilot]

Thank you po

Well I’ll assume you’re old 😂

Then can say po

I bet you’re younger

[trail harness]

probably mdrr, i think it can also be used for strangers so i think its fine

[ebon pilot]

And tita/ate for older too right? (Depending how old)

[trail harness]

also fun word to know but ur prob not gonna use it much is "tabi tabi po" it means excuse me, but only to spirits! there is a lott of mythology in the philippines, so if u r walking out in the dark, and maybe walking past a forest, you would say "tabi tabi po" meaning excuse me to be polite to the spirits (so you dont get cursed)

[trail harness]

yess

ate means older sister and tita means aunt

[ebon pilot]

I can fight the spirits

[trail harness]

but filipinos are very friendly with each other so u can use ate for anyone older than u, but closer in age! and tita for anyone like your parents age

[ebon pilot]

I’m forgetting the word I’m thinking

Rebuke. That’s the word. I’ll rebuke the spirits 😂

[trail harness]

filipino titas are vain tho so call them ate if you wanna compliment them and basically imply they look younger LOL

[ebon pilot]

Oh myyyy

Sooo if they’re like 20 years older that’s kinda at a point you can decide?

Maybe 15

[trail harness]

yeah those are probably tita

[ebon pilot]

Idk there’s one lady we call are but she’s 39. Maybe it’s because my bf is slightly older than me and he grew up calling her that

[trail harness]

use this lightheartedly though because sometimes if they are suplada (snobbish) they may think ur trying to kiss up to them

[trail harness]

yeah you can call them ate if thats what your bf calls them!

[ebon pilot]

But the 45yo is Tita lol

[trail harness]

yes

[ebon pilot]

They’re so close in age but seem far

[trail harness]

depending on ur age gap ofc but im assuming you're in ur 20s?

[ebon pilot]

Yeah I’m 25

[trail harness]

30s you can probably call ate cuz they are in the stage when people are transitioning from calling them ate to tita and its a common joke that its so ego deflating when people no longer call u ate anymore lol

[ebon pilot]

Also this is bc the younger one lives in Vancouver and dresses young and stylish

[trail harness]

yup yup definitely ate

[ebon pilot]

Aw. Yeah I can see that

Do you call someone one year older ate

[trail harness]

mmm yes i would say if they are more traditional? you dont always need to though

im from america so most of the filipinos i know around my age are americanized and dont really care about honorifics at all. but usually yes someone one year older than you is ate

[ebon pilot]

I made a joke about calling his brother kuya because he’s a couple months older than me 😂 He was like noo

He doesn’t like that his brothers older than me

[trail harness]

omg loll yeah some people dont like honorifics cuz they dont wanna feel old haha

[ebon pilot]

Well it’s more bc his bro is closer to my age than him and he like his little brother lol

But also yeah

It’s only a two year ago gap but still

[trail harness]

aww

[ebon pilot]

It’s bedtimmme

Bonne nuit

[trail harness]

bonne nuit!

[cedar sparrow]

ayos lang naman !

je suis très busy pour le dernière 12hrs. Je suis fatigué 😌

grâce à naman, biyernes na ! 😄

[ebon pilot]

What is naman?

And biyernes

[cedar sparrow]

« naman » kind of acts like a grammatical particle

[cedar sparrow]

« Biyernes » is the word for « Friday »

[cedar sparrow]

it's rooted to the Spanish language !

[ebon pilot]

Like faire in French, how it’s used for a lot?

[cedar sparrow]

yes! I suppose

for example:
"ayos lang naman ako!"
(I'm just fine!)

"ayos lang ako"
(I'm just fine!)

[ebon pilot]

So it’s the same

Like a filler word

[cedar sparrow]

It kind of acts like a word that emphasizes the subject! 😀

[ebon pilot]

Ohh like bien

Je l’aime
Je l’aime bien

[cedar sparrow]

Yes! that's true, thanks!

one more grammatical particle that I can think of in Filipino is « ba » and « pa »

these can change the meanings of sentences/phrases depending on how and where you place it!

[ebon pilot]

Ba makes it a question right?

Can you give me some examples of a similar sentence with and without pa?

[cedar sparrow]

in some cases, yes!

[ebon pilot]

Ayos lang ba:)

[cedar sparrow]

sure thing!

isa pa ba ?
(one more time ?)

isa ba ?
(is it one ?)

[cedar sparrow]

yes! that's perfect! 😁

grammatical particles in this language are really powerful!

[ebon pilot]

I can see!

[ebon pilot]

So pa kinda says “more”

[cedar sparrow]

yes, in most cases

[ebon pilot]

How would you say “yes one more time?”

Maybe Oo, isa pa

[cedar sparrow]

that's also correct! but to affirm the person talking to you, you can also say:

"Sige, isa pa!"

[ebon pilot]

But sige is more casual right?

Like for friends

I want to mostly learn more formal versions for talking to older people

[cedar sparrow]

yes! speaking of yes'es

Opo - formal yes
Oo - informal yes
Sige - formal/informal "affirmative" yes

[ebon pilot]

Ohh interesting

[cedar sparrow]

For example:

Sige po ! (sure thing ! [for the elderly people])

[ebon pilot]

So it’s just the “ge” that’s very informal 😂

Tomate was mentioning gangster talk or whatever. Not actually gangster . Like cool chill stuff

[cedar sparrow]

Sige ba! (let's go! or sure thing!) [for the friends/acquaintances in a casual setting]

and it solely depends on the context

[cedar sparrow]

I mean yes, that's so true lol

anything else you wanna know about the language?

[cedar sparrow]

Actually, "ge" can also be used as an internet or a spoken slang

[ebon pilot]

Idk what I need to know 😂

Maybe I need like a better vocab list to make flashcards with

Need some nouns and verbs maybe

I know a few greeting phrases but more would be good. Just common phrases and words

But I could have something from online, it’s just most of those seem to not have applicable or accurate phrases

[cedar sparrow]

Here are some Filipino words we certainly use in our daily lives: 😄

ako - I
ikaw - you
siya - he/she (it's a gender-neutral pronoun)
tayo - we
sila - they
ito - this/it

fortunately, the Filipino language does not have gendered nouns like in French

[ebon pilot]

Ka/kayo are also forms of you right?

Is there a pattern to the words changing? Like ko is I too (I think)

[cedar sparrow]

yes!

we also have forms of 1st-person, 2nd-person, and 3rd-person pronouns

[ebon pilot]

Ohh

[cedar sparrow]

yes, that is correct, in spoken Tagalog, we always shorten what we are saying!

For example:
Formal written: Nasaan ka na ba ngayon ?
Shortened: Sa'n ka na ngayon ?
(Where are you right now?)

[ebon pilot]

Is saan simply just a shortened form of nasaan

[ebon pilot]

How do these work

*nassan

Nasaan

[cedar sparrow]

yes! "saan" is just a shortened form of "nasaan" but you can take it one step further and shorten it to "sa'n" for more efficient speaking 😆

reducing it to one syllable

[ebon pilot]

Sn

S

So can you say: “saan ka ba?”

[ebon pilot]

Sooo is ko just ako shortened and you can choose? Or do they mean different things?

Same with kayo/ka/ikaw. Are they used as the same meaning or no?

[cedar sparrow]

yes you can, but add a particle « na » to indicate the subject:

Saan ka na ba ?
(where are you now?)
Saan ka ba ?
(where are you at?)
Saan ka na ?
(where are you now?)

[ebon pilot]

I don’t get what the na is doing 😂

Why now

[cedar sparrow]

in this language, grammatical particles are powerful (ils ont très fort !! ) 🔥

[ebon pilot]

But it’s like in what direction they’re powerful 😂

[ebon pilot]

I think the middle sentence is what I’d prefer to mean, without the now, but that one is wrong right?

[cedar sparrow]

Correct! "ko" is a shortened form of "ako" but is used differently and has a different grammatical usage:

"Ako ay may lobo"
(I have a balloon)

"Sayang ang pera ko"
(My money is wasted)

I used a popular Filipino nursery rhyme to demonstrate an example! 😆

"Ako ay may lobo,
lumipad sa langit
'di ko na nakita,
pumutok na pala.
Sayang ang pera ko
pambili ng lobo,
kung pagkain sana,
nabusog pa ako"

[cedar sparrow]

The middle phrase isn't technically wrong, but it has a different meaning without the particle 😊

[cedar sparrow]

I have a balloon,
It flew in the sky
I can't see it anymore,
It just suddenly popped
My money is wasted,
that I used to buy the balloon
If I spent it on food,
then I won't be hungry no more

nursery rhymes 😍

[ebon pilot]

Cuz if I don’t care if it’s right now or not

[ebon pilot]

That’s kinda sad

As many nursery rhymes are

[cedar sparrow]

It's not sad, the moral lesson is to teach young children the importance of needs and wants

[cedar sparrow]

It refers to asking someone where that person is regardless of time, usually adding verbs to emphasize:

"Saan ka ba (pupunta?)"
(Where are you going?)

"Saan ka ba (kakain?)"
(Where are you going to eat?)

"Saan ka ba (mamimili?)"
(Where are you going to shop?)

[ebon pilot]

Ohh ok

[ebon pilot]

I thought it was like their last dollar and now they’ll starve

[cedar sparrow]

I hope this is clear to you!
(Sana malinaw 'to sa'yo!)

[ebon pilot]

Thanks!!

[cedar sparrow]

no, it's not, it's about prioritizing one's needs before the wants to children!

Also, Filipino particles can also determine meaning. Let's have the particles "na," "pa," and "ba"

"wala pa"
(It's not there yet)
"wala na"
(It's gone/It's gone now)
"wala ba?"
(Is there nothing?)

[cedar sparrow]

walang problema! (il n'y a pas de quoi!)

Alors, je suis aux philippines à l'instant

C'est un trop chaud après-midi ! 🔥

Kamusta naman ang iyong pag-aaral sa wikang Filipino?

[ebon pilot]

😂 c’est drôle parce que la Filipino est plus facile à comprends que le français

[ebon pilot]

Ooo sympa! (Mabait? Or wrong context. Peut-être mabuti)

[cedar sparrow]

nah, ce n'est pas vrai, le langue est très compliquée MDR 😆

[ebon pilot]

Parce que problema est comme anglais

Et je sais cette phrase

The French here makes less sense translated as an expression.

[cedar sparrow]

talaga ba ?
(really?)

[ebon pilot]

Yeah

[cedar sparrow]

"mabuti naman!"

[ebon pilot]

Filipino : ______ problema (easy guess to no problem)
French: it is not of what

The French just isn’t an English phrase

[cedar sparrow]

"mabait" refers to a nice/good person

[ebon pilot]

I had to look some up. But not well 😂

[cedar sparrow]

in general

[ebon pilot]

But mabuti can describe a situation ?

[cedar sparrow]

yes! It can be used as follows:

Mabuti naman na nakauwi siya nang maayos.

Siya ay isang mabuting tao.

[cedar sparrow]

it can describe a situation, a state, behaviour, affirmation, character, atbp.

I swear the Filipino language has so many ways of conjugating verbs 🥹

[ebon pilot]

« very Good you »

« You good »

What I remember lolol. soo hard to remember

[cedar sparrow]

Mabuti naman na nakauwi siya nang maayos.
(I thank that he/she went home safely.)

Siya ay isang mabuting tao.
(He/she is a good person.)

[cedar sparrow]

Take for example the base verb "kain:" (to eat)
Here's the infinite ways you can conjugate that:

kain
kakain
kumain
kinain
kumakain
kinakain
kainin
kakainin
kakainan
kainan
pagkain
pakain
hapag-kainan
pinagkainan
kinainan
magpapakain
magpakain
pinapakain
pinakain
nagpakain
nagpapakain

marami pang iba...
(etc.)

any questions...? 🤣

that's just a little bit

[trail harness]

oui et comme le français, il y a des exceptions dans la langue et differences de conjugation pour chaque mot. pour moi, hindi ko alam lahat. i just go based on vibes and what feels right LOL

[cedar sparrow]

C'est vrai! 😀

[cedar sparrow]

I know right, sometimes those expressions are just fixed in French

[ebon pilot]

Im gonna go through all my messages here to make flashcards. This is a bookmark for me

[ebon pilot]

New bookmark

[cedar sparrow]

Here are some base forms of common verbs (these are not conjugated yet, but let me know if you want to see me conjugate it in different forms!) :

*Some of these can turn into nouns if you conjugate it in a way:

maging (to be)
mayroon (to have)
gawa (to do/to make)
sabi (to say)
kuha (to get)
punta (to come)
alis (to go)
alam (to know)
tanggap (to take/receive/get)
kita (to see)
isip (to think)
tingin (to look)
gusto (to want)
bigay (to give)
gamit (to use)
hanap (to find)
sabi (to tell)
tanong (to ask)
trabaho (to work)

"alis" is similar to "aller"
"trabaho" is similar to "travailler"

[amber trout]

Punta is to go to, not come

It's somewhat like the difference between sortir (punta) and partir (alis), I think.

[cedar sparrow]

oopsie! my bad! 😄

[ebon pilot]

Thank you!! I think I’m not ready for conjugation yet

[cedar sparrow]

pas de problème! mais ces quelques mots peut avoir conjugaisons étrange!

walang problema! pero 'yung mga iilang salita ay may kakaibang "porma"

*tout 😁

[cedar sparrow]

puis-je donner vous un exemple ?

[ebon pilot]

Sure!

[cedar sparrow]

prends par exemple:
« maging » (to be)

ako ay (I am)
ikaw ay (you are)
siya ay (he/she is)
kami ay (we are)
sila ay (they are)
ito ay (it is)

These will also change meaning when a specific particle is added next to it!

[jaunty merlin]

Ako ay pogi

[ebon pilot]

Did you say “I am handsome?” 😂

Ako ay maganda

[ebon pilot]

Ces sont super! Si tu peux, tu peux envoyer plus conjugaisons de autres mots

[cedar sparrow]

That's correct, kinda like:
Il est beau - "Siya ay pogi" (masculine)
Elle est belle - "Siya ay maganda" (feminine)

[cedar sparrow]

bien sûr! mais si t'es intéressée avoir un conversation avec moi! donc, pwede naman ako gumamit ng mga salitang 'yan in a conversation ! 😀

la pluie est très forte ici 🌧️

le ciel est malheureux

[ebon pilot]

D’abord, je peux practice ces mots avec flashcards

Maybe I can use a few of them. But I don’t remember many of the verbs yet

[cedar sparrow]

C'est d'accord! Et si ça vous aide n'importe quoi surtout des aides, je suis toujours ici! : )

donc, d'ailleurs, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail pendant les 2-3 semaines, c'est pourquoi je n'ai pas actif pour si longtemps

[ebon pilot]

Ah d’acc. C’est ok!

J’ai pratiqué un peu

[cedar sparrow]

pouvons-nous bavarder? j'ai du temps libre à cet instant! 😀

quelle langue voudrais aime faut à vous pratiquer? ^

[ebon pilot]

Ah! Je n’ai pas du temps libre à cet instant 😔
J’ai une date ✨
Mais merci

[cedar sparrow]

c'est ok! au revoir

[serene tulip]

Allo peepz

[cedar sparrow]

allô à vous!

[ebon pilot]

Hi

[cedar sparrow]

hi

[ebon pilot]

Uy. Ayos kayo lang?

[amber trout]

Hmm, did you actually mean that?
"Ayos, kayo lang" could be taken as: Nice, only you(plural)? [Are you the only ones here?]
Meanwhile, "Ayos lang kayo" would be taken as: Are you(plural) okay? [Is everything fine?]

[ebon pilot]

Lol yeah I said it wrong, I realized afterwards when doing flashcards

But I forget what the correct version was

I meant to greet everyone

I actually meant to say “Kumusta kayo,” but I mixed two phrases together

[graceful pendant]

May Tagalog pala rito. Musta kayong mga Noypi!

Itong channel para ba sa m'ga taong gustong matuto ng Filipino o usapan lang?

[amber trout]

Casual lang po tayo rito. Pwede rin naman itong gamitin kung gusto mo pang matuto ng Filipino.

Maaari bang ipakilala mo ang sarili mo rito?

[graceful pendant]

A ganon ba, parang may maraming pinoy rito.

[amber trout]

Oui

Il y en a un certain nombre ici.

[graceful pendant]

Syempre nman, ako ho si Kikoy. Taga-Canada hu ako. Sumali hu ako sa dc na to para ho matuto at masanay sa Wikang Pranses.

[amber trout]

Ooh, Canadian. Saan sa Canada?

[graceful pendant]

Taga-Toronto ho

[amber trout]

@ebon pilot Fellow canuck

[graceful pendant]

Konti lang an alam ko sa Wikang Pranses e.

Kelangan sanayin

Taga san ho kayo?

[amber trout]

Palagay ko Québécois French ang habol mo.

[amber trout]

Pilipinas. Also, drop the po for me.

[graceful pendant]

Okie dokes

[amber trout]

Hatinggabi na rito, pero gising pa.

[graceful pendant]

Kahit ano rin pwede nman basta natuto hehe

[graceful pendant]

Ba't ayaw mo matulog?

[amber trout]

Base sa paggamit mo ng Filipino, mukha namang gamay na gamay mo pa ang Tagalog.

[amber trout]

Sira ang body clock ko.

[graceful pendant]

Oo, aksyoli natuto lang kasi pinakinggan ko lang mga magulang ko xD

[graceful pendant]

Ayyyy magkakalowat ka

Zombie mode

https://tenor.com/view/zombie-tired-sleepy-af-spongebob-no-sleep-gif-14541210

[amber trout]

Ahh, so, Ingles ang pangunahin mong wika?

[amber trout]

Nah, sanay na lol.

[graceful pendant]

Oo kasi rin halos lahat ng pinoy rito english lang an alam

So walang makausap sa Tagalog

Magulang ko lang

[amber trout]

Hindi na nakakagulat 'yan. Meron rin akong kamag-anak sa Canada.

[graceful pendant]

Nayon ko nga lang na laman an salitang "Tsarot, awit"

Ay mastala rin

[amber trout]

Mga slang words iyon.

[graceful pendant]

Ay slang ba sila, kadalasan ginagamit kasi

Napansin ko rin na an mga kabataan di na nananagalog

😭

Kawawa nman