WORDS THAT FILIPI(KNOW) MUST KNOW

1. Karumalan (Menstrual Period)

Definition:
The monthly series of changes a woman’s body goes through in preparation for the possibility of pregnancy.

examples.

• “bakit nagkakaroon ng karumalan ang mga babae?”
• “bibili ako ng napkin dahil dinatnan ako ng karumalan ngayon”
• “highblood nanaman ang ate ko dahil may karumalan siya ngayon”

2. Pang-ulong Hatinig (Headset)

Definition:
A device that holds an earphone and a microphone in place on a person’s head.

examples.

• “ang ganda naman ng pang-ulong hatinig mo!”
• “saan ka bumili ng pang-ulong hatinig mo? gusto ko rin”
• “nasira ang pang-ulong hatinig ko kanina sapagkat nahulog ito

3. Antipara (Eyeglasses)

Defintion:
Device consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person’s eyes.

examples.

• “ilan ang grado ng antipara mo?”
• “kailangan ko ng palitan ang antipara ko, di na angkop ang grado sa mata ko”
• “binilhan ko ang aking tatay ng salamin dahil di niya na mabasa ang nakasulat sa aming telebisyon”

4. Sambat (Fork)

Definition:
An implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

examples.

• “bumili ang nanay ko ng sambat sa japan para ipadala saamin”
• “naiwan ko yung sambat ko sa aming paaralan”
• “nawawala yung isang pares ng sambat na binigay pa ng ating ninuno”

5. Gat (Sir)

Definiton:
Formal or polite termof address for a man.

examples.

• “tinanggap ako sa trabaho ni gat Santos”
• “nagbigay ng mga asignatura ang aming guro na si gat Garcia”
• “nag-anunsyo ang aming prinsipal na si gat Marcos na walang pasok bukas”

6. Pantablay (Charger)

Definition:
A device for charging storage batteries.

examples.

• “sinong humiram ng pantablay ko?”
• “nasira ni nicole ang pantablay ko”
• “di ako makahanap ng tamang pantablay para sa iPhone ko”

7. Miktinig (Microphone)

Definition:
A transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.

examples.

• “matinis ang tunog ng miktinig ng aming paaralan”
• “gusto kong bumili ng wireless miktinig para sa aming bahay”
• “ibinigay sakin ni Gng. Roces para sumagot sa kanyang tanong”

8. Salimpapaw (Airplane)

Definition:
A powered, fixed wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller.

examples.

• “may nakita akong salimpapaw kanina at may na miss akong tao”
• “kung mura lang ang pamasahe sa salimpapaw, matagal niyo na akong di nakita”
• “sa susunod na buwan, sasakay ako sa salimpapaw patungo sa Japan”

9. Himaton (Clue)

Definition:
A piece of evidence that leads one toward the solution of a problem.

examples.

• bigyan mo naman ako ng himaton, di ko mahulaan ang sinasabi mo
• mahirap pa din ang himaton na binigay ng guro
• “batay sa nakita naming himaton sa lugar na iyon ay inosente ang aking kliyente at hindi maari na siya ang nakagawa ng krimen”

10. Balarila (Grammar)

Definition:
The study of classes of words, their inflections, and their functions and relations in the sentence.

examples.

• “mali ang nasabi kong balarila sapagkat di ako marunong magsalita ng lenggwaheng mandarin”
• “kinonsider ng aming guro ang aming sagot kahit mali ang balarila namin”
• “mahusay na sumagot si James sa aming guro sa wikang ingles, malinis ang kanyang balarila”

W E L C O M E  T O  O U R  S I T E 🗾🌴

There are more than 50 million speakers of Tagalog in the Philippines, mostly in the southern parts of Luzon, the archipelago’s largest island. There are also significant numbers of Tagalog-speaking communities in other countries, with the largest in the United States where it ranks as the sixth most-spoken language.

Derived from “Taga-ilog,” which literally means “from the river,” Tagalog is an Austronesian language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subfamily, with outside influences from Malay and Chinese, and later from both Spanish and American English through four centuries of colonial rule.

Tagalog had its own writing system based on an ancient script called the Baybayin that uses a syllabic alphabet, which the Spanish colonialists romanized. Even the modern alphabet has been changed several times to incorporate foreign sounds from both Spanish and English.

There are thousands of loan words in Tagalog, particularly from Spanish, and the use of “Taglish,” the mixing of Tagalog and English, is common, especially in urban areas. However, in spite of all the foreign borrowings in Tagalog, the richness of the language remains intact. 

 

CREDITS TO: https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2014/11/25/tagalog-a-history-of-the-language-philippines/