TARA, MAG-

TAGALOG TAYO!
A Basic and Survival Tagalog Course
By: Teacher Elise
Mag-laro Tayo!

1.May asawa na ako

2.May alaga akong ahas
3.May kakambal ako
Ikaw naman!- your turn
• Ang nanay ko ay nagtratrabaho sa casino
• The mother my is working at a casino
• Ang matalik kong kaibigan ay isang drag queen
• The close my friend is a drag queen
• May lisencia ako sa pag-pipiloto
• Have license I in piloting
•I have a teacher’s license
•Meron/may lisensiya ako sa pagtuturo
•I have a licensr in teaching
•I am a licensed pilot- Ako ay
lisensyadong piloto
Mga Salitang Madalas Gamitin sa
Klase
Classroom Expressions
• Anong ibig sabihin ng____?-What does ___ mean?
• Ano sa Tagalog ang __?-What’s __ in Tagalog?
• Paki-ulit (po)- please say it again
• Tama/ Tama ba?- correct, is it correct?
• Mali- wrong
• Naguguluhan ako- Im confused
• Pasencia na, nakalimutan ko – I’m sorry, I forgot
• Madali lang yan- that’s easy
• Mahirap yan-that’s hard
What do you say when
1. You forgot to do your homework
2. Elise is talking too fast and you cant catch up
3. You want to ask if your answer is correct
4. You saw an unfamiliar tagalog word ‘tatay’
5. You want to know what’s chair in tagalog
Bakit?
Unang Aralin: Pagbati at
Pagpapakilala
(Lesson 1: Greetings and Introductions
• Anong pangalan mo?
• - Ako si-----
• Ang pangalan ko ay----

• Ilang ton ka na?

• 25
• Taga –saan ka
• Taga Manila ako
Your First 100 Tagalog Sentences
Magandang araw!
•This is how Filipinos would say hello. It’s the
equivalent of “Good morning!” though you can
use it in the early afternoon too.
 Kamusta?
• the closest equivalent to the English greeting “Hello”
• this is the more current spelling of Kumusta
• it comes from the Spanish ¿Cómo está?
Sarap nito!
•This is delicious. / This feels good.
The Tagalog word for ‘delicious‘ is also
used for something that feels good.
Kamusta ka na?

•How have you been?

•this is like “What’s up?”
• don’t use with old people
Kamusta ang buhay?

•How’s life?
Mabuti.

•Fine. / Good.
•Okey lang. / Ayos lang.
•Just fine. (So-so…)
Ayaw ko
•I don’t want. / I don’t like. / I don’t
want to.
This Tagalog phrases is often
shortened to one word:
• Ayoko.
Gusto ko ‘to.
• I like this. / I want this.
The Tagalog word gusto can
mean ‘want’ or ‘ like.’