BULALO
bulalô: kneecap bulalo: bayugo ng tuhod Bulalo is more commonly known now as the name of a soup whose distinctive ingredient is beef shank with bone marrow still inside the bone. * Visit us here at...
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Luksong Lubid = Jump Rope, Skipping Rope Bilang ng manlalaro: 3-6 Baitang: V-VI Saan nilalaro: Palaruan o Gym Isang lubid na may 4 – 5 metro ang haba at kalahating pulgada ang laki ang gagamitin sa...
View ArticleKINASUKLAMAN
root word: suklam Kinasuklaman ko sila dahil sa nangyari. I hated them because of what happened. Kinasuklaman ko sila dahil sa ginawa nila. I hated them because of they did. Kinasuklaman ako ni Ana...
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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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This is from the Spanish word quince. kinse fifteen Kinse anyos. Fifteen years old. The native Tagalog term for “fifiteen” is labing-lima. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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Young coconut is called buko. Its flesh is soft, thin and silky — you can easily scrape it off with a spoon. In contrast, the flesh of a mature coconut is niyog, which is thick and hard and needs to be...
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lalo, higit, mas; muna, hanggang ngayon pa, adv more, still, even This is another Tagalog word that is hard to translate exactly into English. A few examples may help in understanding how it’s used....
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pagkakaloob, paggawad; alay, regalo, alaala, handog, dulot bigay to give bigay-hilig indulgence bigay-kaya dowry bigay-alam notice ipagbigay-alam to give notice bigay-sala accusation bigay-todo giving...
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WALIS
The word walis means "sweep" and also refers to a broom that sweeps the floor or the ground. The walis tambo above is used for sweeping floors, while the walis tingting below is used for sweeping the...
View ArticleHUWEBES
This is from the Spanish word jueves. It is sometimes spelled as Hwebes. HuwebesThursday Huwebes Santo Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter Sunday) ngayong Huwebes this Thursday...
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The Tagalog word ba is used in properly forming questions. Kumain ka? You ate? Kumain ka ba? Did you eat? Pilipino ka? You’re Filipino? Pilipino ka ba? Are you Filipino? Bakit? Why? Bakit ba? And why...
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A! Naku! O! Oy! unang letra o titik sa abakadang Pilipino the first letter in the Filipino alphabet The English word “a” (the article that denotes a singular form, or meaning “one”) has no real...
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Shortened as “me” (“meh”) in online chat. may there, is, there are, has, have May tao. There is a person. May tao sa bahay. There is a person in the house. May pera. There is money. = Has money. Sino...
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matigas na panggitnang bahagi ng dahon ng niyog, anahaw, atbp. walis-tingting native Filipino broom made from palm leaf midribs tingting midrib of a palm leaf The midribs of palm leaves are dried and...
View ArticleSAGING
Did you know that… the banana’s parent plant isn’t a tree but an herb, and the fruit itself is a berry? saging banana puso ng saging banana heart, banana bud dahon ng saging banana leaf bulaklak ng...
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Kahulugan sa Tagalog: damong ginagamit na walis Tambô is the name of the type of reed using in making soft whisk brooms in the Philippines. The word usually refers to the reeds called phragmites in...
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Ikalabindalawang titik o letra ng abakada. The twelfth letter of the abakada alphabet. Binibigkas ng nang na pang-una sa tuwirang layon. Ibang anyo ng pang-angkop na na. ng bahay ng multo house of the...
View ArticleABRIL
This word is from the Spanish abril. buwan ng Abril month of April sa huling linggo ng Abril on the last week of April sa susunod na Abril next April Magkita tayo sa susunod na Abril. Let’s see each...
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mayroon there is, there are, has, have Mayroon akong lapis. I have a pencil. Mayroon silang bagong kotse. They have a new car. The Tagalog word mayroon has the same meaning as may, but each has a...
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This is from the Spanish word marzo. Marso March buwan ng Marso month of March Anong meron sa Marso? What’s there in March? Anong gagawin mo sa Marso? What will you do in March? sa buwan ng Marso in...
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