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Tagalogle #754 - SOLVED!
posted: 4 days ago by AsikotNaPaham
"Tagalogle #754 - SOLVED! ⬜🟩⬜🟩� � 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ � ��🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pla y here: http://tagalogle.com/ Solved in %%23 seconds%%...."
@jkos Thank you for the advice! She doesn't tell anyone her age
posted: 4 days ago by juunewe
"@jkos Thank you for the advice! She doesn't tell anyone her age, she says it's rude to ask a lady that, but I will be calling her more often now, thanksss :)..."
Kamusta kayong lahat!
posted: 4 days ago by LarryG
"Kamusta kayong lahat! I am trying to find the lyrics to Ako ay Anak ng Diyos as well as its English translation. Wishing to learn to sing to beautiful grandchild. Respectfully, Larr y..."
Hello! My name is LarryG. I am from United States and I am a Beg
posted: 4 days ago by LarryG
"Hello! My name is LarryG. I am from United States and I am a Beginner Filipino language student. I am studying the Filipino language because I fell in love with my partner and, as a result, her beautiful culture and land. I am motivated to further emerge myself in both language and culture but have a history of difficulty with learning languages. Relying on many sources to learn with a focus on you my friends. Salamat! Respectfully, Larry..."
@juunewe Hello! If you don't know or have very little understan
posted: 4 days ago by DenC
"@juunewe Hello! If you don't know or have very little understanding of the fundamentals, I suggest you start with grammar. Even if some understand Tagalog when they hear it, they find it hard to construct because the basic principles aren't that clear to them yet. It doesn't have to be a formal class (but you can do that if you want to) and you can follow this order on Tagalog Lite . I think it's good that it's a bit simplified so that learners can absorb and understand e..."
@juunewe Welcome! The key to learning a new language is persist
posted: 4 days ago by jkos
"@juunewe Welcome! The key to learning a new language is persistence. Be patient with yourself, learning a new language is difficult and takes time. A good grammar book is useful. This site has the best (imo) online dictionary with audio. It’s sweet that you want to talk with your lola. How old is she now? It might be a fun exercise to ask her personal questions (what was it like growing up, tell me about your home town, tell me about your childhood) and record her Tagalog response…then as your langua..."
Hi!!
posted: 5 days ago by juunewe
"Hi, I'm June and from Alberta, Canada. A lot of the population here is Filipino, 5.2% I think. I'm only half, which makes me feel like a fraud already, and not knowing the main language of the Philippines kinda makes it worse. I wanna be able to have a conversation with my lola before she dies. where should I start? I think I introduced myself in the wrong place, but I don't think deleting messages actually deletes them, and I think having it here twice is more embarrassing, sorry!..."
@jkos
posted: 6 days ago by Juantutri
"@jkos When I started explaining Tagalog grammar to learners, I knew nothing about Focus because I, or at least as far as my generation is concerned, never learned our grammar that way. I suppose our school system’s approach was different because we were already Tagalog speakers from the start. Understanding the basic classification of Focus as either Subject or Object was easy for me because all it meant was to determine the subject of the sentence. Then when I encountered the terms locative, benefa..."
New member
posted: 6 days ago by Lengleng
"Hello! My name is Lengleng (nickname, only family have used). I am from Tennessee and I am a Intermediate Filipino language student. I am studying the Filipino language because it is my heritage language also. I was born in the Philippines but, only lived a total of 16 years in the country. My father is an American and I live in the US..."
@Juantutri
posted: 6 days ago by jkos
"@Juantutri Good info! I'd just add that in most learner materials for foreigners, they'd call "bigyan" a locative/location/directi onal focus verb...as opposed to ibigay, which would be referred to as an object focus verb. Usually, if the "sa" phrase in the actor focus counterpart (-um-/mag-) becomes an "ang" phrase in a verb, you'd call that verb a location focus verb, instead of an object focus verb. Just trying to clarify if people see other terms elsewhere. Some people have preferred we would j..."
The verb “binigya``n” is an Object-Focus (OF) verb.
posted: 6 days ago by Juantutri
"The verb “binigya``n” is an Object-Focus (OF) verb. A1. “Binigya``n KO ng karne`` ANG aso sa liwasan.” = ANG aso sa liwasan ay binigyan KO ng karne. = I gave meat to THE dog at the plaza. We can replace “binigyan” in that sentence with “magbiga``y” a Subject-Focus (SF) verb. B1. “Nagbigay AKO ng karne SA aso sa liwasan.” = AKO ay nagbigay ng karne SA aso sa liwasan. = I gave meat TO the dog at the plaza. Notice that in A1 (with an OF verb), the Actor is “KO (I)”, an adjecti..."
Filipinos usually associate the word “baha``g (loincloth/g-str
posted: 1 week, 0 days ago by Juantutri
"Filipinos usually associate the word “baha``g (loincloth/g-string)” with the traditional attire of a male Igorot/Ifugao (an ethnic group in the northern part of the country). In Baguio City, the capital of the Mountain Province, you can see some Igorot men wearing them. The thick cloth’s usual design is bold-color stripes, and that’s how the metaphor came about. So, “bahaghari” is “bahag + hari -> bahag ng hari = loincloth of a king”. https://www.goo gle.com/search?q=mountain +province+..."
Bahaghari = rainbow
posted: 1 week, 1 day ago by Bennie329
"Bahaghari = rainbow What is the origin of this word? bahag+hari = loincloth of a king bahagi+hari = part of a king or maybe none of the above ?..."
Tagalogle #751 - SOLVED!
posted: 1 week, 1 day ago by AsikotNaPaham
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Question: Focus
posted: 1 week, 2 days ago by calinga
"Question: Focus I took a break learning, but I am back on it! I had a question about focus. I believe I understand the actor and object focus reasonable well, choosing where the ang / actor focus pronouns vs ng / object focus pronouns go and vice versa. With locative verbs - does the ang / actor focus typically go to the recipient of the verb? Like: Binigyan ko ng karne ang aso sa liwasan. If it's a verb with like puntahan - would the place get the ang or still be preceded by sa and there would be..."






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