My heart beats
for you
---Tumitibok ang puso ko para sa'yo.
i've
always loved you and i always will
---Mahal kita at palagi kitang mamahalin habang-buhay
Goodnight my love
---Magandang gabi, mahal ko.
Goodmorning my
love
---Magandang umaga, mahal ko.
You and only you
---Ikaw lamang wala ng iba
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Spoken Tagalog uses English and Spanish elements. The words have been spelled in
Tagalog, though. The letters c, f, j, q, v, and z are not in the Tagalog
alphabet. Instead, the sound and spelling of borrowed words are k or s, p, dy,
k
, b, and s, respectively. Examples are: kaso (case), pamilya
(family), dyip (jeep), keso (cheese), belosidad (velocity),
and sero (zero). The letter ch and the sound sh (as in machine
gun) are also absent in Tagalog. In lieu of these, ts and s are used.
Examples are: tsokolate (chocolate) and masinggan (machine
gun).
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B. HELPFUL WORDS,
PHRASES AND QUESTIONS |
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Please. |
Pakiusap |
Pa-ki-u-sap |
|
Thank
you. |
Salamat. |
Sa-la-mat. |
|
Can someone assist
us? |
Meron bang puwedeng tumulong sa
amin? |
Me-ron bang pu-we-deng tu-mu-long sa
a-min? |
|
OK. |
Okey. |
O-key. |
|
Excuse me. / I’m
sorry. |
Paumanhin po. |
Pa-u-man-hin
pô. |
|
Yes. |
Oo. (Polite: Opo) |
O-o. (Polite: O-pô) |
|
No
|
Hindi. |
Hin-dî. |
|
Maybe. |
Siguro. |
Si-gu-ro. |
|
Right. |
Tama. |
Ta-mâ. |
|
Wrong. |
Mali. |
Ma-lî. |
|
Here. |
Dito. |
Di-to. |
|
There. |
Doon. |
Do-on. |
|
I
want. |
Gusto ko. |
Gus-to
ko. |
|
I do not
want. |
Ayoko. |
A-yo-ko. |
|
Danger. |
Panganib. |
Pa-nga-nib. |
|
We are here to help
you. |
Naririto kami para tulungan ka (PL:
kayo). |
Na-ri-ri-to
ka-mi pa-ra tu-lu-ngan ka
(ka-yo). |
|
Help is on the
way. |
Darating na ang
tulong. |
Da-ra-ting na
ang tu-long. |
|
We are
Americans. |
Amerikano kami. |
A-me-ri-ka-no
ka-mi. |
|
You will not be
harmed. |
Hindi ka (PL: kayo)
masasaktan. |
Hin-dî ka
(ka-yo) ma-sa-sak-tan. |
|
You are
safe. |
Ligtas ka (PL:
kayo). |
Lig-tas ka
(ka-yo). |
|
OK, no
problem. |
Okey, walang
problema. |
O-key, wa-lang
pro-ble-ma. |
|
Who? |
Sino? |
Si-no? |
|
What? |
Ano? |
A-no? |
|
When? |
Kailan? |
Ka-i-lan? |
|
Where? |
Saan? |
Sa-an? |
|
Why? |
Bakit? |
Ba-kit? |
|
How? |
Paano? |
Pa-a-no? |
|
What
happened? |
Ano’ng nangyari? |
A-nong
nang-ya-ri? |
|
Do you
have…? |
Meron ka bang (PL:
ba kayong) …? |
Me-ron ka bang (ba ka-yong)
…? |
|
Do you need
help? |
Kailangan mo ba (PL: ba ninyo) ng
tulong? |
Ka-i-la-ngan
mo ba (ba nin-yo) nang tu-long? |
|
I
am |
Ako si (+
Name) (Profession +)
ako. |
A-ko
si a-ko. |
|
You
are |
Ikaw si (+
Name) (Profession +)
ka. |
I-kaw si ka. |
|
He / She
is |
Siya si (+
Name) (Profession +)
siya. |
Si-ya
si si-ya. |
|
We
are |
Kami sina ( +
Name) (Profession +)
kami. |
Ka-mi
si-na ka-mi. |
|
They
are |
Sila sina ( +
Name) (Profession
+)sila. |
Si-la
si-na si-la. |
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PART 1: GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTIONS |
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Welcome. |
Maligayang
pagdating. |
Ma-li-ga-yang
pag-da-ting. |
|
Hello. |
Helo. |
He-lo. |
|
Good
morning. |
Magandang umaga. |
Ma-gan-dang
u-ma-ga. |
|
Good
night. |
Magandang gabi. |
Ma-gan-dang
ga-bi. |
|
Good
bye. |
Paalam. |
Pa-a-lam. |
|
How are
you? |
Kamusta ka? |
Ka-mus-ta
ka? |
|
I’m fine, thanks. And
you? |
Mabuti, salamat. At
ikaw? |
Ma-bu-ti,
sa-la-mat. At i-kaw? |
|
I’m pleased to meet
you. |
Ikinagagalak kitang
makilala. (PL: Ikinagagalak ko
kayong makilala.) |
I-ki-na-ga-ga-lak ki-tang
ma-ki-la-la. I-ki-na-ga-ga-lak ko ka-yong
ma-ki-la-la. |
|
Thank you for your
help. |
Salamat sa tulong mo (PL:
ninyo). |
Sa-la-mat sa
tu-long mo (nin-yo). |
|
My name
is.… |
… ang pangalan
ko. |
… ang pa-nga-lan ko |