Learn Tagalog with 300 words
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FIRST VERBS (English: Tagalog) Be – maging There is – mayroon Have – magkaron Do – gawa Go – umalis Want – gusto Can – kaya Need – kailangan Think – mag-isip Know – malaman Say – sabihin Like – gusto Speak – magsalita Learn – matuto Understand – maintindihan
CONJUNCTIONS (English: Tagalog) That (as in “I think that…”) – iyan And – at Or – o But – pero Because – kasi Though – kahit na So – kaya If – kung
PREPOSITIONS (English: Tagalog) Of – ng, ni To – para (sayo) From – galing In – sa, nasa At (a place) – sa At (a time) - / With – sa, kasama (ng) Abouti – tungkol Like (meaning “similar to”) – katulad For – para Before – bago After – pagtapos During – habang
QUESTION WORDS (English: Tagalog) Who - sino What - ano Where - saan When - kailan Why - bakit How - paano How much - magkano Which - alin
ADVERBS (English: Tagalog) A lot – madami A little – kauntiing Well – mabuti Badly – masama Only – lang Also – din Very – napaka Too (as in “too tall”) – masyado Too much – sobrang dami So (as in “so tall”) – sobra (“sobrang taas”) So much – sobra (“I love you so much – Sobra kitang mahal”) More (more than) – pa, lalo pa Less (less than) – kulang As… as… (e.g. “as tall as”) – kasing (e.g “as tall as” – “kasing taas”) Most – higit sa lahat Least – kamuntiman Better – mas mabuti Best – pinakamabuti, pinakamahusay Worse – mas masahol Worst – pinakamasama Now – ngayon Then – pagkatapos, noon (long ago, previously) Here – ditto There – doon Maybe – siguro Always – palagi Usually – karaniwan Often – madalas Sometimes – kung minsan Never – hindi kailanman Today – ngayon, sa araw na ito Yesterday – kahapon Tomorrow – bukas Soon – sa madaling panahon Almost – halos, kamuntik na Already – na Still – pa rin Even - kahit na Enough – sapat
ADJECTIVES (English: Tagalog) The, a – ang, isang This – ito That – iyan Good – mabait Bad – masama All – lahat Some – ilan, halos No – hindi Any – anumang Many – madami Few – kakaunti Most – pinaka- Other – iba Same – pareho Different – iba, hindi katulad Enough – sapat One – isa Two – dalawa A few – ilan First – una Next – susunod Last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday) – noong Last (meaning “final”) – huli Easy – madali Hard – mahirap Early – maaga Late – nahuli Important – mahalaga Interesting – kawili – wili, nakakawili Fun – masaya Boring – mainip Beautiful – maganda Big – malaki Small – maliit Happy – masaya Sad – malungkot Busy – bisi, okupado Excited – nabigla, natutuwa Tired – pagod Ready – nakahanda Favorite – paborito New – bago Right (meaning “correct”) – tama Wrong – mali True – totoo
PRONOUNS (English: Tagalog)
Know them in the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), prepositional and possessive (“my”) forms. I: Ako, ko, sa akin
You: ikaw/ka, mo, sa iyo
He: siya, niya, sa kanya
She: siya, niya, sa kanya
We: kami / tayo, naming / natin, sa amin / sa atin You: kayo, ninyo, sa inyo They: sila, nila, sa kanila
NOUNS (English: Tagalog) Everything – lahat Something – may, mayroon Nothing – wala Everyone – lahat Someone – isang tao No one – walang sinuman Italian – italyano English – ingles Thing – bagay Person – tao Place – place Time (as in “a long time”) – oras Time (as in “I did it 3 times”) – beses (“I did it 3 times - Tatlong beses ko ginawa”) Friend – kaibigan Woman – babae Man – lalaki Money – pera Country – bansa Italy – italiya City – lungsod Language – wika Word – salita Food – pagkain House – bahay Store – tindahan
Office – opisina Company – kompanya
Manager – tagapamahala Coworker – katrabaho Job – trabaho Work (as in “I have a lot of work to do”) – trabaho Problem – problema Question – tanong Idea – ideya Life – buhay World – mundo Day – araw Year – taon Week – lingo Month – buwan Hour – oras Mother – nanay Father – tatay Parent – magulang Daughter – anak na babae, bata, iha Son – anak na lalaki, bata, iho Child – bata
Child (little girl) – batang babae Wife – asawa, asawang babae Husband – asawa, asawang lalaki Girlfriend – kasintahan, nobya Boyfriend – kasinatahan, nobyo
MORE VERBS (English: Tagalog)
Work (as in a person working) – magtrabaho Work (meaning “to function) – gumana See – Makita Use – gamitin Should – dapat Believe – maniwala Practice – pagsasanay Seem – tila Come – dumating Leave – umalis Return – bumalik Give – ibigay, mag-bigay Take – kuhanin Bring – dalhin Look for – hanapin, maghanap Find – mahanap, maghanap Get (meaning “obtain”) – makuha Receive – tumanggap Buy – bumili Try – subukin Start – simula, magsimula Stop – tumigil Finish – tapos Continue – magpatuloy Wake up – gumising Get up - bumangon Eat breakfast – kumain ng almusal Eat lunch – kumain ng tanghalian Eat dinner – kumain ng hapunan Happen – mangyari Feel – maramdaman Create (aka “make”) – lumikha, gumawa Cause (aka “make”) – magdulot, maging sanhi Meet – makasalubong, makilala Ask (a question) – magtanong Ask for (aka “request”) – humingi ng (kahilingan) Wonder – magtaka Reply – sumagot, tumugon Mean – ibig sabihin, mangahulugan Read – magbasa Write – magsulat Listen – making Hear – marinig Remember – matandaan Forget – kalimutan, makalimutan Choose – pumili Decide – magpasya Be born – ipanganak Die – mamatay Kill – pumatay Live – mabuhay Stay – manatili Change – mabago, magbago Help – tulungan, tumulong Send – ipadala, magpdala Study – mag-aral Improve – mapabuti Hope – umasa Care – pangalagaan PHRASES (English: Tagalog) Hello – hello/kamusta Goodbye – paalam/bye-bye Thank you – salamat You’re welcome – walang anuman Excuse me (to get someone’s attention) – excuse me / paumanhin Sorry – patawad / paumanhin It’s fine (response to an apology) – Okay lang / Ayos lang Please – pakiusap Yes – Oo No – Hindi Okay – Okay My name is — Ang pangalan ko ay _ What’s your name? – Ano ang pangalan mo? Nice to meet you – masaya akong nakilala kayo How are you? – kamusta ka na? I’m doing well, how about you? – Mabuti naman, ikaw? Sorry? / What? (if you didn’t hear something) – Ano ulit yun? How do you say ____? – Paano sabihin ang __? What does _____ mean? – Ano ang ibig sabihin ng __? I don’t understand – Hindi ko maintindihan Could you repeat that? – Pwede ulitin mo? Could you speak more slowly, please? – Pwede mag-salita ka ng mabagal? Please? Well (as in “well, I think…”) – Sa tingin ko … / Well, sa tingin ko … Really? – Talaga? I guess that – Hula ko ay It’s hot (talking about the weather) – Ang init! It’s cold (talking about the weather) – Ang lamig!
