BAGO
di-luma, iba, sariwa bago new, fresh bagong-bago very new Ano ang bago? What’s new? Ano ang bago sa iyo? What’s new with you? Ano ang bago dito? What’s new here? May bago ba? Is there something new?...
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iyo mo your ang tatay mo = ang iyong tatay your father ang lapis mo = ang iyong lapis your pencil This Tagalog pronoun mo is used only when the ‘you’ is one person. If more than one person, use ninyo...
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lagót: cut off, broken Nilagot ang mga kadena. Snapped the chains. lagutín: to snap, break malagután ng hiningá: to die, be finished Lagot ka… You’ll be punished for this… MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG...
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This is rooted in the Spanish word convencer. kumbinsí convince kumbinsihín to convince Kumbinsihín mo ako. Convince me. Kinumbinsi nila ako. They convinced me. Hindi ako nakumbinsi. I wasn’t...
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The Tagalog word San comes from the Spanish. It is short for santo meaning ‘saint’ and is used in front of the names of saints. San Saint San Patricio St. Patrick San Mateo St. Matthew San Roque St....
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Two common uses for the word na. na, adv now, already This Tagalog word is used more often than ‘now’ and ‘already’ in English. It’s in almost every other Tagalog sentence that’s uttered in...
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from the Spanish word martes Martes Tuesday Martes Santo Holy Tuesday (the Tuesday before Easter Sunday) Ngayong Martes This Tuesday Darating ako sa Martes. I’ll be arriving on Tuesday. Aalis ako sa...
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from the Spanish word miercoles Miyerkules Wednesday Miyerkules ng Abo Ash Wednesday (the Wednesday 40 days before Easter Sunday) Miyerkules Santo Holy Wednesday (the Wednesday before Easter Sunday) sa...
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Listen to the pronunciation! puso heart taos-puso sincere taos-pusong nagpapasalamat to thank whole-heartedly pusong mamon “a heart as soft as chiffon cake” to be soft-hearted mula sa puso from the...
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singko, bilang na sinusundan ng anim lima five limang piraso five pieces lilima only five lilimang kahon just five boxes ikalima fifth ikalima ng Mayo fifth of May labing-lima, labinlima, labimlima...
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The native Tagalog word asawa is gender-neutral and can mean either husband or wife. Filipinos informally use mister to refer to a husband and misis to refer to a wife. asawa spouse mag-asawa husband...
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hilahod, alipod, padapang pag-usad ng katawan na ang ginagamit ay paa at kamay gapang crawl gumagapang is crawling Bakit gumagapang ang ahas? Why does the snake crawl? gumapang crawled Gumapang akong...
View ArticleLAPAT
lapat: close fitting; adjusted maglapat: to administer; apply; adapat palapatin: to smooth out; flatten lapát: strips of bamboo maglapát: to tie down with bamboo strips MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG lapat:...
View ArticleMANGYARI
root word: yari pangyayari happening malaking pangyayari a big incident Anong gusto mong mangyari? What do you want to happen? Anong mangyayari ngayon? What’s going to happen now? Kahit anong mangyari…...
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Non-standard spelling variation of the phrase bagong taon. bago new taon year bagong taon new year ang baguntaon the new-year sa bagun-taon in the new-year bagumbuwan = bagong + buwan = new month *...
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Pronounced “HAH-een” according to American English pronunciation. This word has at least two meanings in the dictionary. hain: paggagayak ng pagkain sa mesa, ahin hain, magpahain to set the table...
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root word: bago bagong… new… bagong taon new year Bagong Tipan New Testament bagong-bago very new bagong salta newcomer mga bagong salta mula sa probinsya newcomers from the province bagong gupit...
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from the Spanish jueves sometimes spelled as Hwebes HuwebesThursday Huwebes Santo Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter Sunday) ngayong Huwebes this Thursday sa susunod na Huwebes...
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Common misspelling for hagulhól. hagulgól loud weeping humagulgol loudly wept Humagulgol ako habang binabasa ang nobela. I loudly wept while reading the novel. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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linggal, gulo ingay noise, fuss kaingayan noisiness maingay noisy Ang ingay mo! You’re noisy! Ang ingay ninyo. Y’all are so noisy. Ang iingay nila! They’re so noisy! Ang ingay ng kapitbahay ko. My...
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