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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Tagalog
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Tagalog words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Tagalog phrases in this lesson
- Kumusta po kayo?koo-MUS-ta po ka-YO
- How are you?
- Okay lang akook-ay LANG a-ko
- I'm fine, thanks
- Kayo po?ka-YO po
- And you?
- Ano ang pangalan mo?a-NO ang pa-NGA-lan mo
- What's your name?
- Ako si...a-KO see
- My name is...
- Taga-saan ka?ta-ga-sa-AN ka
- Where are you from?
- Taga-... akoTA-ga ... a-KO
- I'm from...
- Gusto ko itoGOOS-to ko ee-TO
- I like it
- Ang ganda!ang gan-DA
- It's beautiful
- Maligayang pagdatingma-lee-GA-yang pag-da-TEENG
- Welcome
The polite how are you; po and kayo show respect.
Literally "I am okay". Lang cushions it warmly. Filipinos often add specifics: "okay lang, trabaho lang" (I am okay, just working), treating it as a conversation opener.
Polite. With friends: "ikaw?" (ee-KOW).
"Taga-Canada ako", I'm from Canada.
Literally "the beauty!".
Literally "happy arrival".