50 Phrases Every Filipino Beginner Must-Know

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In this video, we will teach you 25 Filipino phrases & 25 Filipino verbs that you must know if you're an absolute beginner. This is THE place to start if you want to start learning Filipino, and improve both your listening and speaking skills.

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[briancrawford]

When Filipinos speak English they have such an instantly unique accent lol. Filipinos are such awesome people

[pandababes]

I’m half Filipino and I really wanna be able to communicate with my mom.

[Lucaread]

Thank you, I just had a baby and I want him to learn Tagalog. He’s only a quarter Filipino but he will be a proud pinoy! His Lola is teaching him and I need to learn too!

[Nerdekdkw]

I'm Filipino but due to the amount of times I watched English cartoons in my childhood, my main language became English. Now I'm trying to learn tagalog.
Your explanations are so understandable that I memorized it after 3 months. Thank you

[plubbzplub]

Apologizing in tagalog:
"Sorry"
10/10

[agreivagle]

I'm Indonesian. I've learned Tagalog 4 years already and I usually use TagLish when I chat my Filipino friends.

[jacenaf]

When you’re full filipino but was born in the U.S. and didn’t learn the language at all...

[shellylafata-davis]

I lived on Guam for 8 years and there were lots of Filipino people living there. Plus, in the states, I had some Filipino friends and they taught me how to make pancit, adobo, lumpia etc. 💕 Love Filipino people. I'm happy to hear Tagalog phrases again and I'm going to relearn them!!!

[LCPLIMPEZA]

I'm from Brazil and I'm learning tagalog. 😍 Salamat!

[krisoddy]

I am indonesian, yeah we're an asia...I like watching the Philippines drama on YouTube just and only to hear the Tagalog language...I feel Tagalog is the most unique pronuouncetions...I always imagination if I stayes in Philippines I think I will so happy

[binarung]

1. When you said: "pangalan mo" I could immediately understand it . In Javanese, "pangaran mu" or simply "aran mu" means the same as pangalan mo. "pangaran" from the basic word "aran" means "name". "mu" means "you/your". This word is now usually used to refer things or stuff but sometimes it's still used to refer human.

2. Your pronounciation for "tulong" is exactly the same as we do in Javanese language and it also refers to the same meaning.


3. Oh I just found another similar word, it's "kalimutan" which means forget. . In Javanese, it has the base word "limut" means forget. With affix 'ka-an', "kalimutan" means "occupied with forgetfulness". This word isn't used on daily basis but we still understand it. It's still used in literature tradition though.


4. I re-watched this video and found out that "gawin" is also similar to base word "gawe" in Javanese which means "to do/ to work/ to make". It can also be developed to "gawean" means "work" (noun) and sounds pretty simillar to "gawin" in Filipino.




5. Babayin (traditional Phillippine script), is developed from Kawi, a script that was developed in Java to write Old Javanese.


6. A list of some similar words:
Filipino-Javanese
labi=lambe=lips

putol=puṭhul=cut off
utak=utak=brain
giling=giling=grind
langit=langit= sky
hangin=angin=wind
mata=mata=eye
mulat [to open one's eye]=mulat [to see carefully]
pisak=picek=blind of one eye
ulan=udan=rain
bathala=bathara=god
lawa=rawa=lake
titi=titit=penis
puki=puki=vagina
apoy=apuy=fire
daliri=dariji/driji=finger

mabilis=aglis/ gelis= fast
kidlat=kilat= lightning
inom=inum= drink
talong=tales= taro
kuko=kuku=finger nail
pako=paku= nail
sa loob=salebet [high language]= within/ inside
magpakain=makani/pakakake= feed
upa=upah=salary/payment
kupkop [kept and protected under one's care]=kukup [to embrace/kept and protected under one's care]
halang=alang=to barricade
pangko [to carry in one's arms] =pangku [to sit on someone's lap]
uban=uban/uwan= gray hair
tulog=turu=sleep
balik=balik=go back

[rogerzimet]

I was watching on Netflix "Goyo, The Boy General" and listened to that beautiful language that sounds like music and came here to learn some Tagalog on Youtube. I used to have a filipino girlfriend when I was at the university and she taught me some phrases, now I feel like learning the language for the fun of it. Greetings from Panama. Maraming salamat!

[shreyayadav]

Here "Hindi" means "no". But Hindi is my language cuz I'm an Indian.😅

[jimmiecox]

I am an American living in Central Visayas but I'm more familiar with Tagalog. Since my familiarity is with Tagalog I decided to finish learning Tagalog first before turning my attention to Bisaya. So I start learning Filipino on this channel. To my surprise many of my Filipino friends who hear me practicing say I am practicing Bisaya. This makes me very happy because I look forward to communicating better with my Filipino friends. The true test of language skills is to be able to carry on a conversation with native speakers in their language.

[EnaMinuetteTiro]

When you are a Filipino but does not know how to speak tagalog😭😭😭

[KOLANGS]

The pronunciation of Tagalog is interesting for Korean. Anyway, I think she teaches well. Thank you.

[tr]

I'm a born and raised Canadian that lives in Alberta. We have a flourishing Phillipino community, and I love the language. I'm trying to learn some Tagalog. This video helps enormously. Thank you for taking the time to post these videos.

[dellucid]

Im polish, Australia born and my soon to be husband was born in the philippines. So im learning for when I attend family dinner nights

[pearlsia]

Im a 12 year old girl that's trying to learn Tagalog. Im Thai but for some reason I want to learn a lot of languages. This is the third one im trying to learn. This channel helps me a lot. Thank you 😊

[Falke]

I am from Mexico and trying to get a pinay girlfriend and this is helping me a lot Salamat!