LANGUAGE LESSON
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Now that the explanation of what
Filipino or Tagalog is and has evolved into,
let’s learn some Filipino words and maybe,
a few phrases. Filipino is a rich language,
and there are words spelled the same
way but with the placement of accent in
pronunciation, can mean differently. Most
of the words commonly used are Spanish
in origin. Exciting, isn’t it, but it could be
confusing to some who are not used to it.
SAME SPELLING, DIFFERENT
MEANINGS
Babà
Babâ
Do You Speak
to go down, to
dismount
Babá
Filipino?
F
chin
to lean or rest
against the hands
Bagay
harmonious, fitted,
suitable
Bagay
a thing, something
Baga
embers, live coal
ilipino is one of two national
We can say that Filipino is an enhanced
Bagâ
lungs
languages in the Philippines. The
version of Tagalog, and in some context, is
Bagá
a particle, used in
other one is English. According to
actually the formal term for Tagalog. Filipino
a 2007 data, there are 25 million Filipinos
and Tagalog are not different, and whether
Bukas
tomorrow
speaking the language, which is part of
you call it Filipino, Tagalog or Pilipino, these
Bukás
open
the 181 living languages spoken in the
languages use just one grammar. Filipino
Dating
former
is more modern and accepting of other
Dating
to arriv