Barrios Joi - Easy Tagalog: learn to speak Tagalog quickly!

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CHAPTER : How are you?

Ch 1 Dial ............. p. 10

Ch 1 Dial ............. p. 12

Ch 1 Dial ............. p. 16

Ch 1 Dial ............. p. 17

CHAPTER : Where are you from?

Ch 2 Dial ............ p. 20

Ch 2 Dial ............ p. 24

Ch 2 Dial ............ p. 28

CHAPTER : What is your job?

Ch 3 Dial ............. p. 32

Ch 3 Dial ............. p. 37

CHAPTER : What is your mothers name?

Ch 4 Dial ............ p. 44

Ch 4 Dial ............ p. 50

CHAPTER : Where is our cat, Muning?

Ch 5 Dial ............ p. 54

Ch 5 Dial ............ p. 55

Ch 5 Dial ............. p. 57

CHAPTER : Do you have a pen?

Ch 6 Dial ............. p. 61

Ch 6 Dial ............ p. 65

Ch 6 Dial ............. p. 70

CHAPTER : How many pens do you have?

Ch 7 Dial ............. p. 76

Ch 7 Dial ............ p. 85

CHAPTER : Would you like some coffee?

Ch 8 Dial ............ p. 90

Ch 8 Dial ............ p. 94

CHAPTER : Can I open a checking account?

Ch 9 Dial .......... p. 106

Ch 9 Dial ........... p. 111

CHAPTER : What is the exchange rate?

Ch 10 Dial ......... p. 116

Ch 10 Dial ........ p. 122

CHAPTER : What time is it?

Ch 11 Dial ......... p. 127

Ch 11 Dial ........ p. 133

CHAPTER : What time do you eat breakfast?

Ch 12 Dial ........ p. 138

Ch 12 Dial ........ p. 143

CHAPTER : What would you like to eat?

Ch 13 Dial ........ p. 148

Ch 13 Dial ........ p. 156

CHAPTER : Can you take me to the doctor?

Ch 14 Dial ........ p. 162

Ch 14 Dial ........ p. 169

CHAPTER : What is the weather like on Saturday?

Ch 15 Dial ......... p. 174

Ch 15 Dial ........ p. 183

CHAPTER : Can I rent this apartment?

Ch 16 Dial ......... p. 191

Ch 16 Dial ........ p. 194

Ch 16 Dial ........ p. 198

CHAPTER : Where are you going?

Ch 17 Dial ........ p. 204

Ch 17 Dial ........ p. 208

Ch 17 Dial ......... p. 211

CHAPTER : What time does the bus leave?

Ch 18 Dial ........ p. 216

Ch 18 Dial ........ p. 220

CHAPTER : Can you take me to the shopping mall?

Ch 19 Dial ........ p. 226

Ch 19 Dial ........ p. 231

Ch 19 Dial ........ p. 232

CHAPTER : What shall I wear to the party?

Ch 20 Dial ....... p. 236

Ch 20 Dial ....... p. 239

Ch 20 Dial ....... p. 244

Ch 20 Dial ....... p. 248

CHAPTER 1

How are you?

Kumusta ka?

Ralph Woods, a bank manager on a two-year assignment in Manila for the North American Investment Bank is at a party hosted by one of his Filipino friends. He is meeting Sarah, an advertising company executive.

Introductions

Let us learn about introducing oneself. Here are some words, phrases, and sentences.

Study this dialogue to learn how to introduce yourself in Tagalog.

Note: ikinagagalak is pronounced /ikinAgAgAlak/ with the stress on the fourth syllable.

Now practice the dialogue.

SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION

Lets study the following words and how to formulate questions.

There is no equivalent of the verb to be (are, is) in Tagalog. Thus, if you look at Sino ka ? the literal translation is just Who you? Similarly, the literal translation for Ano ang pangalan mo? is What marker name your?

A brief culture note the question Sino ka ? is not considered to be polite. Unless you are speaking to someone much younger, it is best to use Sino po kayo ?

Lets study how to answer these questions. One important characteristic of the Tagalog language is flexibility. We can change the order of the sentence. The subject (person, place, thing, or idea of doing something) can come before the predicate (tells something about the subject), or the predicate can come before the subject.

In Tagalog, the predicatesubject order is more commonly used, especially in conversations. The subjectpredicate order is considered formal and less common. Thus, it is called an inverted order by grammarians. Here are two ways to construct sentences.