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Question: What CEFR level in Tagalog do I sound like to you (A2/

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Mar 13 2023, 6:31pm CST ~ 1 year, 1 mo ago. 
Question: What CEFR level in Tagalog do I sound like to you (A2/B1/B2/etc)?

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Author Photo PinoyTaj Badge: Supporter
Mar 13 2023, 6:36pm CST ~ 1 year, 1 mo ago. 
Somewhere in the A2 range.
 
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Author Photo jkos Badge: AdminBadge: SupporterBadge: Serious SupporterBadge: VIP Supporter
Mar 14 2023, 1:51pm CST ~ 1 year, 0 mos ago. 
Hi @iloko -- you've posted some of your videos in the past. What is your study process like?
 
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Mar 14 2023, 3:33pm CST ~ 1 year, 0 mos ago. 
@jkos I only really watch YouTube videos like FilipinoPod101 and Talk to Me in Tagalog www.youtube.com/@Fil ipinoPod101 www.youtube.com/@Tal kToMeInTagalog and listen to the conversations in those videos to pick up new vocabulary words and phrases that I didn't know.. though also most of which I already knew but doesn't naturally come out in my speaking because it's stored in my passive vocabulary rather than active vocab.
I understand spoken Tagalog much better than I speak.. so I think my speaking is A2, while my listening comprehesion is B1+ because I have a lot under my passive vocab and can understand nearly all of everyday spoken conversation even at fast native speaking speed. I admit I speak broken Tagalog with broken grammar and elementary vocabulary, but am able to have conversations with locals in Philippines.. they obviously can tell I speak like a foreigner of course.
 
And I also watch Tagalog language vlogs/movies and also audio horror stories in Tagalog like Guni Guni in an effort to pick up some new insights into the language www.youtube.com/@Gun iGuniPH and it helps me pick up new words and revitalize passive Tagalog words.
 
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Author Photo jkos Badge: AdminBadge: SupporterBadge: Serious SupporterBadge: VIP Supporter
Mar 14 2023, 3:51pm CST ~ 1 year, 0 mos ago. 
@iloko Have you used the Videos section of this website? ( www.tagalog.com/vide os/ ) -- lots of the videos have AI subtitles, which are not perfect, but can help you pick out words if you don't understand them.
 
You are probably beyond the point where TalkToMeInTagalog and TagalogPod are going to help you much - better to listen to a ton of native content...then things will be a little more fluid in time.
 
Small accent improvements would help a lot, to be honest...
Your r's, for example @ 0:24 (paborito), 0:29 (nakatira) sound like western R's.
Your o's also sound Americanized/Westernized...Americans in particular tend to make their "o" sound as if there were a "w" at the end...e.g., "...ang paboritow kong...", whereas Filipinos have a more open mouthed o.
Same with "t" and "k" sounds...maybe by immersing more, or doing something like Shadowing/Chorusing you could get a little closer to a native accent?
 
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Author Photo iloko
Mar 14 2023, 4:05pm CST ~ 1 year, 0 mos ago. 
@jkos Nope didn't know about the Videos section, but I will def check it out thx!
And yes Filipino locals have told me that my accent and grammar are not really Tagalog hah.. something I can definitely work on along with being more fluid in my speech and everything!
 
Anyways I'm still looking through the Tagalog.com website and exploring the features to continue my Tagalog journey!
 
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