I want to speak Tagalog!?

Question

I am only half-filipino,born in California and raised in Mississippi..lol.. but that does not mean that I do not want to get in touch with my Filipino side. I speak english, and i took 4 years of Spanish (but forgot all the words... lol). I am going to visit the P.I. for the first time next year, so i want to learn some Tagalog. Not just to learn tagalog for my visit, but i will keep trying to learn it after, too. i am dedicated to become fluent in it.. is there anyway suggestions?

yea, i am going in feb. march. or april.. lol

Answer 1

i was born in the phillippines but raised her in Cali. my mom she is flipino but she deosnt really teach me that much. but i heard that there is this cd u put in your pc called the Rosetta Stone and it teaches u tagalog. im going to get that and i heard it works really good. I understand tagalog but dont knoe how to speak it itz kinda weird. But just get Rosetta Stone. You should google it. i think itz awsome. and if u cant find that. there are books store that you can buy books on tagalog words.im going there on saturday nd i might get a book on tagalog and read it on the long plane ride . Good Luck.

Answer 2

Watch a lot of Filipino movies and TV shows. Ask your parents and Filipino friends to talk to you in Filipino as much as possible. A friend improved her Filipino by reading Tagalog comics aloud. Filipino is really easy to learn, but only if you practice. Many foreigners have lived in the Philippines for decades but never learned the language because they could get by just fine with English. So you'll be fine when you visit actually. If you really want to learn Filipino, you just have to comit to it.

Answer 3

Both English and Filipino are taught here. But there are very few schools which only teach English. Our youngest started this school year as a junior kinder pupil, but she has been accelerated to senior kinder after the second quarter because she's excelled in all 3 subjects. Well those 3 subjects are RR (reading readiness, it's equivalent is English), NR (Number readiness, it's equivalent is Math), and Arabic. They won't be taught Filipino until grade 1, but she is already pretty good in speaking the language. Right now, she can speak 4 languages conversationally. Of course, she can't speak English and Arabic fluently this soon, but for her age she's good. She's 6 btw.

Answer 4

There's a satellite Filipino channel that you can watch like ABS-CBN. Most of the programs are in Tagalog. Watch it for you to familiarize the words as well as the usage.

Answer 5

Try www.byki.com .They have a free basic course . I also am learning to speak tagalog. Here's your first little bit ,Kumsta po kayo ? ( Hi, how are you . ) Mabuti . (well,fine) When are you going to PI ? I'm going in March or April .

Answer 6

don't worry it's easy to learn tagalog...just learn the basics like
oo- yes
hindi- no
magandang umaga- good morning
magandang hapon- good afternoon
magandang gabi- good evening
kamusta ka- how are you
stuff like that
hey san antonio FYI! we treasure our language more than you! you think our language is useless? then come here and let me show you how useless it is! you think you can criticize us like that! hell with you just because tagalog is not used in international business doesn't mean it's useless freak i'll kick your @$$ till next week if i have too you have no right to talk to us like that! we respect our culture more than you respect your mother! i respect this kid because even though he lived in the us he still wants to learn his half- language...what about you! you come here talking crap! what if i use taalog right now...do you think you can understand it?? ask yourself that you freak

Answer 7

Ask you parents, TFC(the filipino Channel) Yeah, watch some wowowee! (my fave show)