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^^

That lady's last name is "Baklanova". I'm sure she is VERY well aware what that means. Hahahaha.

^^

That lady's last name is "Baklanova". I'm sure she is VERY well aware what that means. Hahahaha.

In Tagalog or Russian?

^ In Tagalog, Bakla is gay :D

^^

That lady's last name is "Baklanova". I'm sure she is VERY well aware what that means. Hahahaha.

So, does that "Baklanova" mean she is very gay ?? YA know NOVA, MEGA , SuPERNOVA ???as in super flaming bakladita LMAO. She is kinda cute and mind ya has a complete package too, I'll take her still...LMAO

^bakla to the highest yata haha
magka-accent kami haha, not...
mababait yang mga russian pero pekon yan sa chess pag natalo mo
at mataas maxado standard nila sa edukasyon. neat stuff they trying to learn tagalog. anyway im wondering whats the use of tagalog besides working for the diplomat and ofw haha

pag nag asawa sila ng Pinoy.:colgate:

oooo LOL :lol: russians are coool! ahah, i wonder if any other universities in europe teach tagalog?

neat ! ^^ a school in california teaches tagalog

O goodness that Palina girl is so cute....

Whew! That Ekaterina Baklanova is so cool! :cool:
Anyway: Baklanova means new gay,or innocent gay(aka virgin gays),pwedeng ring bakla from Novaliches. Interestingly another Russian lastname Marcova,was now being used to describe elderly gay people:lol:

anova ito! baka sya yung tinutukoy ng kantang ito:

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pero in fairness, mejo maganda sya. :lol:

^^Kudos to the Russians for their interest in the Philippines...and Miss Baklanova of the University of Moscow for teaching Tagalog!!:cheers:

(...which makes me wonder...is there are reciprocal interest in Russia in the RP?
Is Russian taught in any Philippine university? )

usually mga amerkanong nakikihalubilo sa mga pnoy ay alam ang mga ff words: bakla, putang-In@, mahal kita, kamusta at pansit.

^ kaya lang kano pa rin ang accent nila...kaya mahina ang effect nang pagmumura nila sa Tagalog, nakakatawa lang...yun tuloy mga ruso kayang kaya yung pinoy na accent, lalo na si Miss Baklanova ang galing!

My brother-in-law only knows adobo, tinola, kare-kare, pancit, and halo-halo. :lol:

yeh, those russians speak better than some US or UK-born pinoys! what I really miss, Kimber is....torta....with talong and ketchup and fried rice LOL!

^^ :lol: Funny, that you mention that....I'm eating spicy talong over steamed rice right now for dinner!

There's this white dude from church that is so obsessed with Filipinos and Filipino culture that he mastered Tagalog and can converse in it fluently. I'm ashamed to admit it....he knows more than I! :( He can speak straight Tagalog, while I answer him back in Taglish. :colgate:

^Think of Taglish as a crutch you hold on to pagkinakapos ang bokabularyo mo nang Tagalog na malalim - like me:)

kaya kong magtagalog ng malalim ng nakatakip ang mata

My brother-in-law only knows adobo, tinola, kare-kare, pancit, and halo-halo. :lol:
Mabuti na lang at puro pagkain. May mga makukulit na Pinoy na mura ang unang tinuturo. :lol:

^^Kudos to the Russians for their interest in the Philippines...and Miss Baklanova of the University of Moscow for teaching Tagalog!!:cheers:

(...which makes me wonder...is there are reciprocal interest in Russia in the RP?
Is Russian taught in any Philippine university? )
Russian is also taught here in UPD. Unfortunately, there's no demand for it.

kaya kong magtagalog ng malalim ng nakatakip ang mata

sige nga, sige nga eh kapag nakatakip ilong? :lol:

Think of Taglish as a crutch you hold on to pagkinakapos ang bokabularyo mo nang Tagalog na malalim - like me:)

:lol: Yeah, that's the case, when I run out of Tagalog, or when I can't find a suitable translation for a certain word, then my Taglish comes out. :colgate:

^^ Hey, same here. Ha ha. I bought a Tagalog dictionary a couple of months back to lessen my use English words in the middle of a Filipino sentence. So good so far. The only thing I'm worried about is sounding like an old fart or that the listener won't understand anything I say since my choice of words might be too deep for him/her.

Manilans even use Taglish if they can't find an equivalent word in Tagalog. However, I find these words quite interesting:

Krokis - sketch/drawing

Mangkok - bowl

Garapon - jar

Balasubas - a person who doesn't honor his debt.

Karimarimarim/kahindikhindik - hideous

Saglit - wait

matsokoy - sweetened/garlic toasted bread

Ningas - small flame

Pukyutan - bee hive

pulot-gata - honey moon

tsonggo - unggoy/matsing (monkey)

pasas - raisins

bangaw - big langaw

hapag-kainan - dining table

bansot - GMA

^^nyek hindi ko nga alam yung krokis and matsokoy...:lol:

matsokoy is parang mamon tostado. I do hear some people calling it matsokoy for some reason. I'm pretty sure its not slang. Krokis is more likely to sketch rather than to draw. I think to draw is Guhit. Oh yeah that thing too, the other meaning of 'guhit'. The sensation you feel on your throat after drinking some alcoholic beverages. :lol:

^^Kudos to the Russians for their interest in the Philippines...and Miss Baklanova of the University of Moscow for teaching Tagalog!!:cheers:

(...which makes me wonder...is there are reciprocal interest in Russia in the RP?
Is Russian taught in any Philippine university? )

i think there is reciprocal interest in russian here in the philippines. i studied russian too about 4years ago. nahilo lang ako sa pag-aaral ng russian cyrillic aphabet kaya hininto ko. :)

I've seen some foreigners on TV, shouting with the Pinoy activists... "Ibasura!!!"

anova ito! baka sya yung tinutukoy ng kantang ito:

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pero in fairness, mejo maganda sya. :lol:

That is so F'ng hilarious I can't stop laughing my butt off on it as in I'm almost litterally ROFL (roll on floor laughing..):lol: :lol:

^^ :lol: Funny, that you mention that....I'm eating spicy talong over steamed rice right now for dinner!

There's this white dude from church that is so obsessed with Filipinos and Filipino culture that he mastered Tagalog and can converse in it fluently. I'm ashamed to admit it....he knows more than I! :( He can speak straight Tagalog, while I answer him back in Taglish. :colgate:

I have a friend who was born and raised in Manila, he is white as a ghost but the first time I met him in a gathering. He started to talk to me in tagalog, at first I thought I can't understand him. I was telling myself "what's wrong with me" then I realized he was talking to me in tagalog with no accent at all. He is back here in America now as well because he would also lose his citizenship once he reached 18, we are both over 25 now, he still haven't forgotten his tagalog although he started to be a bit rusty so we both joined the Fil-Am association, Well not really to practice our tagalogs constantly but to have free pinoy food once there is an event and people bring in their fav pinoy dishes for potluck.. Am I bad or am I bad??LMAO

matsokoy is parang mamon tostado. I do hear some people calling it matsokoy for some reason. I'm pretty sure its not slang. Krokis is more likely to sketch rather than to draw. I think to draw is Guhit. Oh yeah that thing too, the other meaning of 'guhit'. The sensation you feel on your throat after drinking some alcoholic beverages. :lol:

hindi ko pa rin naririnig yang matsokoy at krokis, brand new yan ha

minsan narinig ko ang krokis pero, hindi ko naintindihan, akala ko pagkain, hehehe

nakakatuwa naman silang mga tao sa rusya

googled her name, master nga siya sa tagalog, mas magaling pa sa akin yun mag filipino. high level ang alam nyang filipino/tagalog.

Here's another interesting Tagalog word: Kaututang dila (literally farting tongue) -a person you chat with. Sino ba ang nakaututang dila mo? :lol:

Paskil - a post on the public bulletin board or a decal. I think it's also an appropriate Tagalog word for the word 'post' in the forum as well. Just suggesting. hehehe. :)

correction: matsokoy pala ay yung panutsang Tagalog na may arina, asukal at itlog na piniprito. I asked my dad about it. :lol:

^^I have to say I've never hear of this word before...is it a new slang word Louie? Where did you first hear it?

^ We call it 'machacao' for the toasted bread with butter and sugar or garlic. Also called 'rimas', I think.

And yeah, as XP said, Russian is also taught in UP Diliman. My sister studied it under a Prof. Teodoro Lansang. I remember her practicing with me. But so far, she only got around to saying the following words:

Dobre ye Utra - Good morning
Dobre D'yen - Good Afternoon
Dobre V'yecher - Good Evening
Privet - Hi
Paka - Bye
Minya zavoot ... - My name is ...
Da - Yes
Niet - No
Pazhal'sta - Please
Spasiba - Thank you
Dos'vidanya / Dasbidania- Goodbye :wave:

i can't forget these easy ones:

Etuh vahm = This is for you. (sounds like "Eto bomb.")

Ktow? = Who? (sounds like "Kato?" like "kinsa man? kato?")

Etu pahDahrkee = they are gifts. (sounds like "Ito padara lagi") pasalubong na naman...

zahKRYtuh = closed (sounds like bisayan "sakritu") kaya closed, may tinatago kase na sekreto.

and last but not the least:

pahshlee = Let's go (sounds like "Paspas dali!")

and that's how i learned some russian. it's not that difficult it just sound like bisaya. :)

Here is an example of what Tagalog sounds like when it is 99% free of dumbed down Taglish words. Compare it with Kris Aquino's Taglish. haha.

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Sadly I have to use an anime as example. Haha. Props to who wrote translated and wrote the Filipino version.

^^That's pretty good Louman. The only English word I spotted was ''straw" - but maybe there are others that I missed. The impression I get from the Philippines is that "pure Tagalog" is rather provincial whereas Taglish is seen as chic and sophisticated but this anime may be evidence that perceptions are gradually changing.

That's pretty good Louman. The only English word I spotted was ''straw" - but maybe there are others that I missed. The impression I get from the Philippines is that "pure Tagalog" is rather provincial whereas Taglish is seen as chic and sophisticated but this anime may be evidence that perceptions are gradually changing.

^^ That's understandable, Taglish is prevalent in Manila and it's environs, the epicenter of the nation's cultural/countercultural phases.

^ I think it's like that even among Muscovites in Moscow. They intersperse Russian with English.

Here's an example of a foreigner speaking Tagalog. You may miss it at first. Gwahaha.. Oh yeah. Some of you may have already seen this.

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"Kalokohan lang yan!"

nice find louman

ummm Family guy spoke alot of things about filipinos

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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IciaGIv_VFQ)

^^I have to say I've never hear of this word before...is it a new slang word Louie? Where did you first hear it?

They aren't slang. I believe these are simply novelty items of the language.

^^That's pretty good Louman. The only English word I spotted was ''straw" - but maybe there are others that I missed. The impression I get from the Philippines is that "pure Tagalog" is rather provincial whereas Taglish is seen as chic and sophisticated but this anime may be evidence that perceptions are gradually changing.

In my opinion " Pure Tagalog "is already dead about 30 or 50 years ago. In many towna of Bulacan " Pure Tagalog word " is no longer in existent. Like Latin it's a dead language.

A New Zealander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb1XVkTFoPw)
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An American (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtKzysisDQw)
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^^ here's another one. Bud Brown speaking Tagalog. He even had a Visayan accent.

Bud Brown talking in Tagalog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpTAsk_QSE)

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^^ :lol: Yeah, I've seen that too. Kinda funny in a weird way. :colgate:

^^ :lol: Yeah, I've seen that too. Kinda funny in a weird way. :colgate:


Then you got to love these babes cooking Pinoy food while speaking tagalog.

Sinigang! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uOS11ukG68)

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yummy!.... I mean the food! :lol:

^^ :hilarious Funny! I still find it weird seeing white folks speaking Tagalog, it's like I know I'm hearing Tagalog but why is it coming from a "pootie" person? :lol:

^^ :hilarious Funny! I still find it weird seeing white folks speaking Tagalog, it's like I know I'm hearing Tagalog but why is it coming from a "pootie" person? :lol:

I'm used to it. My brother in law and my cousin's husband in Cal speak fluent Tagalog but with mixed English for those Tagalog hard words. I worked with some Peace Corps volunteers and most of them who got sent to Asia speaks Tagalog and other dialects.

HAHAHA omg that's so cute..

I'm used to it. My brother in law and my cousin's husband in Cal speak fluent Tagalog but with mixed English for those Tagalog hard words. I worked with some Peace Corps volunteers and most of them who got sent to Asia speaks Tagalog and other dialects.

I know a young couple (family friends) here that speaks to each other in Tagalog when they don't want anyone else to know what they're talking about (both are "pootie" people). Both met while serving as consuls at the American Embassy in Manila, during their stint there they've picked up and learned the language. I still catch myself just staring blankly (in awe) at how they talk to each other, and they talk in non-foreign-accented Tagalog, just like the natives! :lol:

There was a tv report also last year from abscbn of Japanese students in Tokyo University? majoring Philippine Studies, and they do also speak fluent Tagalog and can even dance tinikling... take note theyre pure Japs, no filipino blood whatsoever...

^^ :hilarious Funny! I still find it weird seeing white folks speaking Tagalog, it's like I know I'm hearing Tagalog but why is it coming from a "pootie" person? :lol:

the fat chick is obviously pnay w/blond highlights

even before, may halo nang chinese, spanish, hindu at arab words ang mga wika natin dito sa pinas...

In my opinion " Pure Tagalog "is already dead about 30 or 50 years ago. In many towna of Bulacan " Pure Tagalog word " is no longer in existent. Like Latin it's a dead language.

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kahit si stewie marunong

watch this gu try to teach how to cook adobong manok in tagalog :D

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Hahaha, interesting finds guys. Very funny.:lol:

^^ Hmm....maybe I should upload a vidclip of myself. ;) ( :lol: )

Hahaha :rofl: Now that's a good idea.:okay: Go ahead.:lol:

^^:hahaha::cheer::okay: ayos a..

Have you ever heard the legendary Nat King Cole sing a song in Tagalog? :)

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pag nag asawa sila ng Pinoy.:colgate:
what if this russian girl will land in Cebu?

Sure thing no one will reply...

watch this gu try to teach how to cook adobong manok in tagalog :D

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amazing it is but sadly, they only recognize tagalog as the national language in the Philippines..

Yeah Filipino language, BASED in tagalog.. why not recognize other LANGUAGES we used here in some other countries? and FYI.. majority of the Filipinos are Bisaya..

just releasing my anger here... sorry...

Here's Eartha Kitt singing Waray-Waray, she sang the song really well, of course with that trademark purr of hers (vidclip is only audio, no video of her).

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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0kMWa4Geo) :okay:

^^I will listen to this audio... It will be interesting...

Yeah Filipino language, BASED in tagalog.. why not recognize other LANGUAGES we used here in some other countries? and FYI.. majority of the Filipinos are Bisaya..

just releasing my anger here... sorry...

Don't want to start a language war here, but I'd just like to point out that according to the 2000 Census by the National Statistics Office of the Philippines, it states that Tagalog is the still major language spoken by 22 million native speakers. But Cebuano/Visayan is not far behind with 20 million native speakers. Almost a deadheat theoretically when you think about it.

Also, Filipino and English are the "Official Languages" of the Philippines. And there are 18 "National (Native) Languages," namely, in order by the number of native speakers:

01. Tagalog - 22,000,000
02. Cebuano - 20,000,000
03. Ilocano - 7,700,000
04. Hiligaynon - 7,000,000
05. Waray-Waray - 3,100,000
06. Northern Bicolano - 2,500,000
07. Kapampangan - 2,400,000
08. Pangasinan - 1,540,000
09. Southern Bicolano - 1,200,000
10. Maranao - 1,150,000
11. Maguindanao - 1,100,000
12. Kinaray-a - 1,051,000
13. Tausug - 1,022,000
14. Chavacano - 607,000
15. Surigaonon - 600,000
16. Masbateño - 530,000
17. Aklanon - 520,000
18. Ibanag - 320,000

SOURCE (http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp)

^^^ It's really sad to see that alot of our visayan brothers or sisters dwell in the past... I believe there is a very little amount of recentment towards the tagalogs but majority of them are already openminded about the issue. While it's true that the other regional languages should be given emphasis, we should not use this issue to dividide our country. Sometimes, I feel like alot of our visayan brothers are acting how the black population in america were over reacting to a certain issue. Sure there is racism still lingering in America but half of the time the wrinkle is also caused by overreacting on certain little things on black african american side.... I feel like if the Bisayan people wanted to be recognized, they should start to promote their culture and language to other regions, after all, their talents and skill are already recognized everywhere in the Philippines so why not make use of this to promote something that would set as a good example to the rest of the country and at the same time, promote unity among our people....

01. Tagalog - 22,000,000
02. Cebuano - 20,000,000


as expected...thanks to the blatant force-feeding of Tagalog to non-native speakers...i doubt if the numbers would be the same if the situation was otherwise...

am not in for a tribal war here, just stating a little fact, (i'm OT anyway :)) au revoir! :)

Well if you have a better stats to show us, then please by all means, share it with us. But does it matter?? What the visayan can do is to set a good example for the rest of the country and not be so divisive instead of acting and talking like a victim....

might be because bisayans hate the "filipino" (tagalog) subject. they look at it as an additional burden for them.

i saw this on youtube:

"compulsory tagalog subject for us non-tagalog means we would have less time for mathematics and science. the tagalogs have more advantage because they don't have to study as hard as we do. which means that they'll have more time for math and science subject. i believe that's what we are fighting for. NO COMPULSORY TAGALOG for non-tagalogs. and we want to learn more about our language and culture in school. include us in our textbooks."

bisayans are still waiting for the very centralized tagalog manila-based government to reform our educational system.

^^^ filipinos hate the "tagalog" subject even the tagalogs themselves... I know I hated the filipino "tagalog" subject when I went to school there...

I think the problem is we have too many languages being taught in school. But you're right, the Philippine goverment needs to do something to produce and keep a good number of teachers to educate our children. The filipinos IN GENERAL is lagging behind in science and math NOT just the NON-tagalogs... The filipinos skill in english is declining as well so it's not just having the "tagalog" subject and language is the problem, there are various other things that is involved, there is more to it as the root cause of the decline in areas of MATH, SCIENCE and English... Most Philippines text books are all written in english isn't it? especially in Math and Science... Now the history books? You may be right on that one as they had it written in tagalog ....

^^ they change it into tagalog. that is why we now have "sibika at kultura" instead of "culture and arts" and "araling panlipunan" instead of "social studies". and the textbooks are now in tagalog. though some schools may have english textbooks but public schools would have to go with what the centralized government is providing them and that would be tagalog textbooks, i.e. tagalog-centric tagalog language textbooks.

by the way, even science (agham) is in tagalog. but i think math is an exception because in math is composed of equations (formulas) which is universal.

Have you ever heard the legendary Nat King Cole sing a song in Tagalog? :)

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totoo bato

oh yes, it was recorded live at Nat King Cole's concert at the Araneta coliseum in 1961 or '62

i met a lot of mormons around baguio which speak fluent tagalog. i was impressed.

^^ they change it into tagalog. that is why we now have "sibika at kultura" instead of "culture and arts" and "araling panlipunan" instead of "social studies". and the textbooks are now in tagalog. though some schools may have english textbooks but public schools would have to go with what the centralized government is providing them and that would be tagalog textbooks, i.e. tagalog-centric tagalog language textbooks.

by the way, even science (agham) is in tagalog. but i think math is an exception because in math is composed of equations (formulas) which is universal.

That maybe a big difference because I've never experienced public schools in the Philippines. But, somehow even an average filipino parents would send their kids to a private school, that still never stopped the filipino students from being behind in the above mentioned subjects...

i met a lot of mormons around baguio which speak fluent tagalog. i was impressed.

There was a Mormon contestant on Pilipinas Game KNB and he was damn fluent for someone who studied the language for a month.

^^ LDS missionaries are required to take language classes before they are sent out into the world to serve, especially the language(s) of the host nation.

^^that's what I've noticed..

^^ Anyone here has been with some American Peace Corps volunteers who served in the Philippines? Malalim din ang mga Tagalog nila and other dialects that they learn.

My female cousin in Daly City married a former Peace Corps Vol. na kano, Pinoy na halos ang accent. Pag sa Pinoy resto kami, siya ang umuorder ng pagkain. Pag nasa Texas daw sila(her in-law's town), sabi ng cousin ko, balik na naman ang Texan accent ng husband niya. :lol:

^^ LDS missionaries are required to take language classes before they are sent out into the world to serve, especially the language(s) of the host nation.

yes, Salt Lake City has one of the best language institute in america.

^ ithought monterey ca

^^ Anyone here has been with some American Peace Corps volunteers who served in the Philippines? Malalim din ang mga Tagalog nila and other dialects that they learn.

My female cousin in Daly City married a former Peace Corps Vol. na kano, Pinoy na halos ang accent. Pag sa Pinoy resto kami, siya ang umuorder ng pagkain. Pag nasa Texas daw sila(her in-law's town), sabi ng cousin ko, balik na naman ang Texan accent ng husband niya. :lol:
of course he can't forget the original accent unless they'll use it in tagalog.. It'll be a lot of fun! hehe!!

^ ithought monterey ca

yun din ang alam ko.

to what i know of, mas maraming calibre the language school sa utah kesa sa california.

hindi ba sa monterey yung mga nagtra-train na maging espiya? :lol:

yes, Salt Lake City has one of the best language institute in america.
i thought monterey ca
yun din ang alam ko.
to what i know of, mas maraming calibre the language school sa utah kesa sa california.

hindi ba sa monterey yung mga nagtra-train na maging espiya? :lol:


The global headquarters of the Mormon (Church of Latter Day Saints) faith is in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Here's the great John Wayne speaking Tagalog:

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of course he can't forget the original accent unless they'll use it in tagalog.. It'll be a lot of fun! hehe!!

I think its fun for a foreigner to learn Filipino language. :lol If they intend to settle in the Philippines, learning Tagalog as well as some local dialects will be of great help:banana:

I think its fun for a foreigner to learn Filipino language. :lol If they intend to settle in the Philippines, learning Tagalog as well as some local dialects will be of great help:banana:

While I don't intend to settle down there permanently, I am slowly trying to learn Tagalog here in Sydney. If nothing else it helps for me to know what all our friends are talking about at parties, especially when my name pops up amongst it all :lol:

There are Tagalog classes in Sydney, probably elsewhere in Australia, however I am doing it the hard way getting all the Pinays to teach me. Hmmmm, actually I wouldn't say that was a bad way of doing though.

Brad

Here's the great John Wayne speaking Tagalog:

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gusto kong marinig si john wayne na magsalita ng chuvanes, chuverloo, at chenes chenes

^^hahaha!!!

2 filipinos among english speaking americans inside an elevator where talking in tagalog. person1 says "bababa ba?" person2 says "oo bababa"
an amazed american had just to react of what he heard "wow u guys have an amazing language...all you say is "bababababa" and u understand each other!" :colgate:

^^ I love that one. Gotta try it sometime.

wahahahaha I love it. May libro akong nakita yan yung title: bababa ba?

^^
There should be a book called "Bababa ba ang Baba ng Babaeng Bumababa?"

2 filipinos among english speaking americans inside an elevator where talking in tagalog. person1 says "bababa ba?" person2 says "oo bababa"
an amazed american had just to react of what he heard "wow u guys have an amazing language...all you say is "bababababa" and u understand each other!" :colgate:

naku, laos na 'yan. :D

tagal na pala nyan lately ko lang kasing nabasa eh. :colgate:

While I don't intend to settle down there permanently, I am slowly trying to learn Tagalog here in Sydney. If nothing else it helps for me to know what all our friends are talking about at parties, especially when my name pops up amongst it all :lol:

There are Tagalog classes in Sydney, probably elsewhere in Australia, however I am doing it the hard way getting all the Pinays to teach me. Hmmmm, actually I wouldn't say that was a bad way of doing though.

Brad

Is your wife Tagalog or Visayan? Coz, otherwise, even if you study Tagalog and they speak Cebuano or other languages, then you won't understand them.

2 filipinos among english speaking americans inside an elevator where talking in tagalog. person1 says "bababa ba?" person2 says "oo bababa"
an amazed american had just to react of what he heard "wow u guys have an amazing language...all you say is "bababababa" and u understand each other!" :colgate:

:lol:

Mas matotorete yung kano dito:
Person 1: Kakaba-kaba kaba?
Person 2: Oo, kakaba-kaba ako.. :nuts:

Mas matotorete yung kano dito:
Person 1: Kakaba-kaba kaba?
Person 2: Oo, kakaba-kaba ako.. :nuts:

1. Nakakakaba naman yan.
2. Kakaba-kaba syang pumasok sa eskwela.
3. Kinakabahan ka ba?
4. Kabado sila kanina sa resulta ng exam nila.
5. Kaba ang naramdaman ko nung makita ko sya.
6. Kabahan ka kung hindi ka pumasa sa exam.
7. Wag mo syang pakabahin!
8. Baka kabahin ka sa oras ng exam?

^^ humahaba na ang baba ko. hohoho :lol:

This one's hella funny! I can't stop laughing! :rofl:
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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt57ZVyaolY)

Okay, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I think I sound like this when I speak Tagalog. :ohno:
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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq83NGciPzU)

^^ That white guy reads better Tagalog than the Fil-Am kid.

But weird. He even had an accent on the english words "sentence" and "next time".

Lol I met some foreigner stoping me on the street asking me if I was filipino and he start to speak tagalog. So cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90i49J6VB-0&feature=related

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Wow, when you watch this you'd realize how hard it is for non-native speakers to learn to pronounce Tagalog. But "A" for effort and having fun while doing it. :)

^^ :rofl:

Although, I shouldn't be laughing at it all. :ohno:

Lol I met some foreigner stoping me on the street asking me if I was filipino and he start to speak tagalog. So cool

try talking about somebody then make fun of them next thing you knew some white folks would come over to your table and say these " Sama ninyo, pinoy kayo ha, naiintindihan ko ang sinasabi ninyo" then laughed outloud on all of you because they knew they busted you..LMAO (turn out to be american missionaries in the Philippines)

the Sims speak a language derived partly from Tagalog daw

Si Alex Compton dati napanood ko ininterview ni Kris Aquino, I dunno kung marunong talaga sya managalog pero he answered the questions in Tagalog. Sabi pa nya na sa Makati Med daw sya pinanganak.

Magaling magtagalog yun si Alex Compton.

try talking about somebody then make fun of them next thing you knew some white folks would come over to your table and say these " Sama ninyo, pinoy kayo ha, naiintindihan ko ang sinasabi ninyo" then laughed outloud on all of you because they knew they busted you..LMAO (turn out to be american missionaries in the Philippines)

That is such a shameful, un-civil practice of Pinoys abroad -- assuming that not everyone w/in earshot CANNOT understand them. :ohno:

the Sims speak a language derived partly from Tagalog daw


According to wikipedia, The "SIMLISH" is a mix of Tagalog and Zulu language....

According to wikipedia, The "SIMLISH" is a mix of Tagalog and Zulu language....

U can't really trust 'wikipedia.' Anybody can get in there and edit content (i.e., mix fact with fantasy) until someone else (or the editorial staff) catches it.

1st vid post of kiretoce in this page!

:sly::hilarious:rofl:
"nakakatawa da ang ngay americanoe pag natahtahgalog pero cute naman diba?"

parang ako sila, di marunong magsulat o magsalita ng tagalog

@Tigs: :lol:

^^yah... actually, i speak visayan but im more fluent in speaking english than tagalog...I hate filipino language classes!:ohno::lol:

cool videos........
i even subscribed to this thread :p

This girl is really good, she was adopted by a Filipino family:

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cool..haha :)

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http://www.youtube.com/user/pinoyian

Not exactly speaking but singing Tagalog:

"ako si chris" from Hoboken, NJ performs Penge Naman Ako Nyan by the itchyworms.
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Here's the original Itchyworm's track
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^^yah... actually, i speak visayan but im more fluent in speaking english than tagalog...I hate filipino language classes!:ohno::lol:

Hahahaha... Ako rin.. Although I was born here, lumaki ako sa states. I kind of lost my native tongue.. Maybe we should start a thread of filipinos who can no longer speak their own native language that well after migrating abroad.. :lol::ohno:

Not exactly speaking but singing Tagalog:

"ako si chris" from Hoboken, NJ performs Penge Naman Ako Nyan by the itchyworms.
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Just checked that guy out and he's from Hoboken, NJ. :lol:

He is so awesome. He loves OPM and he made alot more OPM classics in his youtube account.

Not exactly speaking but singing Tagalog:

"ako si chris" from Hoboken, NJ performs Penge Naman Ako Nyan by the itchyworms.
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Here's the original Itchyworm's track
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this guy is cool! i give him much respect for being able to sing in tagalog. i was born in the philippines, left at the age of 6, and grew up in the U.S., i tried to keep the tagalog, ilocano, and pangasinan alive in our household. maski kung minsan nahihirapan na ako mg salita or forget yung mga ibang words. nakakalito pa kasi mga relatives speak cross over dialects- they switch from ilocano to pangasinan or kapangpangan. i'm from tarlac. dead smack in the middle of luzon and so these dialects are spoken widely there. sus... ang gulo kung minsan. hehe. i have cousins who come visit from the RP or i visit back home, hinde ko na kaya yung sobrang malalim na tagalog kung minsan and the slangs. sometimes when i email in tagalog, i'm not even sure if i typed the correct spelling. i'm very much glad non-filipinos take interest in speaking our languages. :) meron pa akong na kasama sa trabaho na itim, niloloko ng mga katrabahoan kung pinoy-speaking in tagalog. natakot sila nung nasagot sila nung itim ng tagalog fluently. yun pala political science teacher sa pinas.

Bakit kaya tayo natutuwa pag may forenjer nagsasalita ng Filipino, pero pag tayo nagsasalita ng salita nila, pinagtatawanan tayo:D

^^ Baliktad ata. :lol:

Bakit kaya tayo natutuwa pag may forenjer nagsasalita ng Filipino, pero pag tayo nagsasalita ng salita nila, pinagtatawanan tayo:D

Mostly kapwa filipino ang nipagtatawanan ang kapwa filipino pagnagsalita ng ibang linguage, lalo na pag english. Sila pati ang kano, naiinis lang paghindi ka nila maintindihan pagminsan pero pagtawanan, hindi, may ilan ilang bata pa na foreigners or Americano nagtatawa pero bihira lang din.

Pero may mga filipino din sa Pinas na pinagtatawanan ang mga foreigners pag nagsasaalita ng tagalog, lalo na at chinese o kay Korean. di ba ginagaya natin sila especially ang chinese...

I think foreigners who hear Pinoys speak English and kapag di ka nila magets, they are more pissed off rather than laugh at you....also the Brits and Irish English speakers, they claim that Americans don't even speak proper English! Ang taray ano!

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THIS GUY. OMG. He's really good. It's not only Tagalog he sings but 15 OTHER LANGUAGES. (Yes, he deserves my screaming)
parang gago lang :lol:

MUST WATCH

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How about this Alaska milk commercial

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Itong isa malufet...puro filipino songs ung kinakanta...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCqT1mu10I

Itong isa malufet...puro filipino songs ung kinakanta...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCqT1mu10I

Nice! He's the same guy on post #127 :D

^^yah... actually, i speak visayan but im more fluent in speaking english than tagalog...I hate filipino language classes!:ohno::lol:

really? i have a classmate who's from visayas and she told me that they dont speak tagalog in their community she just learned it from school and i also heard that there are places that you'd rather speak english than tagalog because some might think youre mayabang or something.

i have been out of the country for several years, and heard of tales of thousands of koreans having learned to eat tapsilog for breakfast, making 'sabit' sa jeepneys, and speaking intelligible tagalog much better than people from visayas!
quite incredible.

I had korean classmate last sem, he understand and speak tagalog.

So I dont have hard time expressing my self. :hilarious

A few of the Korean shopkeepers in Koreatown in Los Angeles can speak Tagalog fluently. A pretty weird yet fascinating experience to see and hear them. :colgate:

^^yah... actually, i speak visayan but im more fluent in speaking english than tagalog...I hate filipino language classes!:ohno::lol:

I hate the Filipino subjects in school too when I was still studying (the boringest subject for me, ever :nuts::lol:) but I never hated the Filipino language.

I'm not tagalog but I speak Filipino (derived from tagalog) very fluently and damn proud of it. How many languages do you know where you can hear words from atleast 3 languages in a sentence?

I've heard about this...That people down south hate the Filipino language. I really dont get it...Seriously, for those who are saying they hate it, have you asked yourself why? Do you have a personal score with the language that needs settling or was this thinking taught to you by someone else and your not really sure why? Or do you just hate it becasue others around you hate it too, is that it?

Language is what sets you apart from other peoples of the world. Without it what are we? A Bicalano or a Visaya or maybe you'de rather be called Indio perhaps? I speak another dialect too but I sure cant use it to talk to a Pampangeño when I'm thousands of miles away from home now could I?

And why on Earth would anyone think I'm arrogant if I use the Filipino language? Good lord! :ohno: Can anyone tell me what province that it...I will never ever ever visit there...

Language unites a country, it's a common ground. Without it there are no Filipinos...

A few of the Korean shopkeepers in Koreatown in Los Angeles can speak Tagalog fluently. A pretty weird yet fascinating experience to see and hear them. :colgate:

Huh. I never heard of this and I live in LA. I shall make a trip to Koreatown to find out.. :lol:

I had korean classmate last sem, he understand and speak tagalog.

So I dont have hard time expressing my self. :hilarious

A few of the Korean shopkeepers in Koreatown in Los Angeles can speak Tagalog fluently. A pretty weird yet fascinating experience to see and hear them. :colgate:

Check this out:

Filipinos of Korean descent in news and media

It's Grace Lee. She's a radio dj in an fm station in Manila. She's Korean by descent but she's Pinay by heart:

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Sam Oh with Nigel Barker in Manila:

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She's a columnist for Manila Times, tv host and dj.

A few of the Korean shopkeepers in Koreatown in Los Angeles can speak Tagalog fluently. A pretty weird yet fascinating experience to see and hear them. :colgate:

Oh man, I just run into a Korean last week at the gym, I said hi to them since they smiled at me when they saw me there. I kind of started striking a conversation to one of them and when I told him my background is filipino, the creep started talking in tagalog. My jaw just dropped as I didn't see that coming... LOL

Apparently, he lived in the Philippines for 5 years, a year and a half around in Davao. He said that is where he learn how to speak more english and at the same time he learn to speak tagalog. Sometimes it's crazy, even to a caucasian american I met before whom is now a friend as well, I think I have mentioned this in teh past, this dude was born in Manila, his parents were US missionaries in the Philippines, had lived in Manila until he was 17 and moved back to the US before he turned 18, pretty much the same case as me except I was born in Atlanta and raised in the Philippines. When I first met him, I thought I couldn't understand his english until it hit me that he was speaking to me in tagalog.. I just flipped when I realized it was tagalog words coming out from his mouth. It's just unbelievable!!

I hate the Filipino subjects in school too when I was still studying (the boringest subject for me, ever :nuts::lol:) but I never hated the Filipino language.

I'm not tagalog but I speak Filipino (derived from tagalog) very fluently and damn proud of it. How many languages do you know where you can hear words from atleast 3 languages in a sentence?

Language unites a country, it's a common ground. Without it there are no Filipinos...

You guys (the non-tagalogs) are not alone really, even tagalog native speakers hate taking filipino/tagalog classes as we all feel that what's the use? We already know the language, why still study it.. It's just typical for students to try and get away with not taking classes not interesting to them. Infact, there are some americans as well who hate taking more english classes as well especially if they are not planning on becoming an english major.

^^ :lol: Same here. I met a young (pootie) married couple while shopping at Target some years back and they approached my mom and I since they both heard us conversing in Tagalog. They introduced themselves and carried the whole conversation entirely in Tagalog, and it was some deep Tagalog they were using, not the "street" version. It turns out that they were consuls stationed at the American Embassy in Manila. That's where they learned how to speak Tagalog, and also that's where they met, and got married.

Many Koreans and Korean students alike go to Philippines with the intention of learning English in mind not realizing that they got more than what they ask for. They begin to assimilate in the Philippine culture and learn the language. It's cool that when people form other countries go to Philippines to study regardless of their origins, they end up becoming trilingual or even multilingual if they stay there long enough. ;)

i have been out of the country for several years, and heard of tales of thousands of koreans having learned to eat tapsilog for breakfast, making 'sabit' sa jeepneys, and speaking intelligible tagalog much better than people from visayas!
quite incredible.

Yes, quite incredible. It's easy for them to adjust to Philippine culture unlike other foreigners who live in the Philippines. That is what I like about Koreans.

Check this out:

Filipinos of Korean descent in news and media

It's Grace Lee. She's a radio dj in an fm station in Manila. She's Korean by descent but she's Pinay by heart:

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Sam Oh with Nigel Barker in Manila:

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She's a columnist for Manila Times, tv host and dj.

mas magaling pa sila sa akin!

My daughter had a korean classmate who spoke fluent cebuano, and some tagalog, as the school teaches tagalog. I have german friends who can speak some cebuano, some tagalog. Even some American friends. These are people who married cebuanas and are now residing in Cebu.

Its good that these people try to speak the dialect. Its great for them.

There are lots of Koreans in UP, but they don't hang-out with non-Korean students. But a lot of them do get to places by using public transportation. And I'm not talking about plain IKOT or TOKI. They actually do ride the jeep home to BF or Loyola Heights or Filinvest...wherever they go home.

Buti pa tong bata marunong mag tagalog...

Other pinoy kids in the US can't even speak it...
Worse youn mga pinoy kids that grew up in the Philippines na hirap mag tagalog...

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There are lots of Koreans in UP, but they don't hang-out with non-Korean students. But a lot of them do get to places by using public transportation. And I'm not talking about plain IKOT or TOKI. They actually do ride the jeep home to BF or Loyola Heights or Filinvest...wherever they go home.


That is their usual way in Korea and even Japan even if they have automobiles, it's their way of life to get in public transport more than be in their own private automobiles in most places, I guess it goes with the fast paced life, Much like in NY and California where people commute instead of drving. I know in NY, whenever I stayed there or on vacation, we would drive to somewhere and leave our cars in a safe parking lot which are mostly coin parking, and then walked down the subway to go NYC, or even ferry boat. They are used to that lifestyle...

What the heck happened here? How did that last post of mine ended here too???LMAO

^^ Those posts were transferred to the other thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=680192). :colgate:

^^^^ Well, stop playing with my mind you fool!! I thought I was seing things there for a sec, started to think my age is creeping up on me....LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

^^ :lol: Wow! If that's all it takes to make you go insane....I'll be havin' a helluva fun time playin' with your head! Mwahahahaha! :devil:

^^ Which head? :lol:

Talaga itong si bitoy!!!! Kaya ka napingpingot sa tenga ni mang nano e...LOL


Anyway, sometimes its nice to have your friend play with your head LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

patay ako pagnabasa ni bukit at amigo ito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO

^^ :eek: OMG! TMI! :runaway:






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^^ Which head? :lol:

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i think we're getting a confession from LMAO. :lol:

:lol: ay hala.....anong nangyari dito :lol:

If you watch Moments of Love.. you'll notice Iza Calzado say:

Ika-labing lima ng Marso taon isang libo siyam naraan at limangput pito.

after Ding Dong says:

March fifteen, nineteen fifty-seven.

:lol:
i think we're getting a confession from LMAO. :lol:

sis, hindi na confession yan, member na sa group natin yan:D:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Okay, before anyone thinks they're going crazy again; I moved the posts to this thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=522469) since the discussions are taking away the focus from this current one.

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i think we're getting a confession from LMAO. :lol:

Lukarit talaga itong babaeng ito...LMAOOOOO
Ako nga ang giver paano ba ako mag confession, sila ang lumuhod para magconfess. Sali ka? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oj/k:banana::nuts::lol:

Pootie guy shows how to eat balut. :rofl:
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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBCRjc_7oQ) Be sure to view the whole vidclip, there's a blooper reel at the end.

I've heard about this...That people down south hate the Filipino language. I really dont get it...Seriously, for those who are saying they hate it, have you asked yourself why? Do you have a personal score with the language that needs settling or was this thinking taught to you by someone else and your not really sure why? Or do you just hate it becasue others around you hate it too, is that it?

I think we Visayans just resent the fact that Tagalogs (some/most, but not all) look down on us as inferior beings...that we are a people composed of ignorant, unsophisticated "indays" and "dodongs". We also hate it when we are typecast as maids and lowly laborers, caricatured and being joked about all too many times in TV and movies. I also hate it when people in Manila ask, "May Jollibee ba sa Cebu?"

No, we do not hate the Filipino language. Most of us only think that Tagalog people do have this "superiority complex" (no offense here, we just feel this way)

really? i have a classmate who's from visayas and she told me that they dont speak tagalog in their community she just learned it from school and i also heard that there are places that you'd rather speak english than tagalog because some might think youre mayabang or something.

Yes, we do not speak a single word of Tagalog in the Visayas save for an hour of obligatory "Filipino" class in schools (we even had an advanced class of Filipino rhetoric or "Retorika" in college). Yes, you would rather speak English in public places (malls/coffee shops/schools) or else you'd get labeled as "mayabang"...that you think of yourself as "superior" not to speak the dialect.

You have a point. I know about this too...Shameful really. There are a lot of Manilenyos and maybe even some Tagalogs who are like that. This discrimination is extended not only to Visayans but to other people in the provinces too...Im not Tagalog (both parents side) but I consider myself a Manilenyo. It is shameful that some Manilenyos are like that. I will never teach my kids that prejudice or any kind of bigotry.

Planning to retire in Cebu (in 15 years :lol:). I guess I'll keep my Tagalog to myself and sharpen my English and Cebuano instead...:)


I think we Visayans just resent the fact that Tagalogs (some/most, but not all) look down on us as inferior beings...that we are a people composed of ignorant, unsophisticated "indays" and "dodongs". We also hate it when we are typecast as maids and lowly laborers, caricatured and being joked about all too many times in TV and movies. I also hate it when people in Manila ask, "May Jollibee ba sa Cebu?"

No, we do not hate the Filipino language. Most of us only think that Tagalog people do have this "superiority complex" (no offense here, we just feel this way)



Yes, we do not speak a single word of Tagalog in the Visayas save for an hour of obligatory "Filipino" class in schools (we even had an advanced class of Filipino rhetoric or "Retorika" in college). Yes, you would rather speak English in public places (malls/coffee shops/schools) or else you'd get labeled as "mayabang"...that you think of yourself as "superior" not to speak the dialect.

I think we Visayans just resent the fact that Tagalogs (some/most, but not all) look down on us as inferior beings...that we are a people composed of ignorant, unsophisticated "indays" and "dodongs". We also hate it when we are typecast as maids and lowly laborers, caricatured and being joked about all too many times in TV and movies. I also hate it when people in Manila ask, "May Jollibee ba sa Cebu?"

No, we do not hate the Filipino language. Most of us only think that Tagalog people do have this "superiority complex" (no offense here, we just feel this way)



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It might have been more of a wrong concepts among the bisayans anymore, especially the ones who does not actually stay or live in Manila, I'm not dismissing the fact that there are some bad experiences but I think most of you bisaya were picking up more on how bisaya or any promdis are being portrayed in the movies, now, it has been more of a stigma and stereotypical. I'm sure alot of the bisayan's bad experiences were mostly recounts from the youths and we know how the youths can be mean to just about anything. But, I'm sure there are ignorant people out there in the greater manila area, heck, there are about 10 millions people residing in Manila alone who came from all parts of the Philippines.

I think, the reason why the bisayas thinks that the tagalogs are condescending towards them is that when things happened to them while in Manila, the medium on communication is tagalog so sometime a bisaya would really no way of telling if this is really a tagalog or other filipinos talking to them in tagalog.

But I think since Cebu is booming more now and alot of people are aware of alot of developments in Cebu, things might be a little different now but somehow, since the bisayas has already imbedded bad ideas in their minds towards a tagalog, it is passed on down to generations so they see tagalog people as evil people ... that is since they already created in their minds that tagalog people have superiority complex. Now, because of these, even tagalog promdis are branded with a "having a superiority complex".. This part now has to be addressed because it is getting to a point that "hate" is being harbored in a bisayan minds and it's sad because it will escallate just like when we have discussions about this issue in this thread, it always end up in pointing fingers, name calling and bashing. We all needed to educate ourselves...

Pootie guy shows how to eat balut. :rofl:
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Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBCRjc_7oQ) Be sure to view the whole vidclip, there's a blooper reel at the end.

I should of video'd my friend eating a balut!!! LMAO would have been real fun to watch, I know I had a ball doing it with him but it was his idea to try it in the place.

I didn't even know that you have to break the eggshell on the pointy part of the egg and that you can use vinegar to eat it. You can make me eat balut when I'm drunk that's for sure...lmao

Ikaw Lamang sung by the Infinito Singers of Indonesia. Thanks to HondaGirl22.
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^^ :applause: :applause: :applause:

^^ Sounds good. :)

Pootie boy sings "Harana"

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LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsU7wSgWMpI)

theres a white girl that i work with who's pretending to be half-filipino (i don't know why...maybe because of this other guy who she's either trying to avoid or make 'pa-cute' to)

each time said guy is around, she starts blaberring gibberish, and i'm supposed to reply to her in tagalog so as to appear that we are having a conversation in filipino :lol:

Thats odd, why would she be pretending to be half pinoy? IT's like we are repulsive that no one will date us...LMAO

^^I asked her, and she said that she wanted the guy to feel awkward seeing that her 'compatriots' are around :lol:

but yeah, it's really odd...anyway, except for the fact that's she's speaking gibberish, kuhang-kuha talaga nya ang filipino accent :lol:

That would have been neat to hear though!


I asked a friend before on what he thinks when filipinos speaks one another and how he hear us talk since he doesn't understand any of them.. he said "uhb uhb uhb uhb uhb" and we all just burst out laughing...

My pootie coworker swears that all she hears is "hamana hamana hamana" when Filipinos talk. :lol:

That would have been neat to hear though!


I asked a friend before on what he thinks when filipinos speaks one another and how he hear us talk since he doesn't understand any of them.. he said "uhb uhb uhb uhb uhb" and we all just burst out laughing...

My pootie coworker swears that all she hears is "hamana hamana hamana" when Filipinos talk. :lol:

There are 3 of us here who speaks Tagalog, one white dude who grew up and graduated from Wagner HS in Clark AB, an Ilongo and me. Whenever we are at the lunchroom and speaking Tagalog, some guys will butt in and ask us what are we arguing about... :lol: ( I usually tell them that's how bad the Philippine economy is.) :D

*what is hamana? an appliance brand name? :lol:

Other americans just drop their jaw when this other american friend of ours who was born and raised in Manila (actually, alabang & las pinas) would speak to us in a fluent tagalog with no accent at all. His parents were american baptist missionaries so all of them including their parents speaks tagalog. He came back to the us almost the same time as I am because he was turning 18 as well and had to stay in the US or he would lose his US citizenship. Surprisingly after all those years and since he is married to a local missourian, he was able to keep his tagalog. It seems like I have been running into alot of "pootie" around here use to live in the Philippines and it's just amazing. All of them joins us in FILAM community gatherings.

*what is hamana? an appliance brand name? :lol:

:lol: Like, Amana? ;) Well, she said that that's all she hears. Words with syllables of "ha," "ma," and "na." :colgate:

^^ Most people are usually interested in some foreign words, especially the "good ones" :lol:

So we taught them the "bwaka ng ina mo", "tang na naman", tarantado, luko luko..etc, and as we learn some words also from the foreign born immigrants.

I'm not surprised that some guys that were stationed or had some R and Rs in Pinas knew some of them already and the "F" word in Tagalog that they knew not to use in talking with a Pinay.

Pootie boy rockin' it out to "Anak." :lol:

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LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3nxL8e5R-I)

Believe it, or not. ;)

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LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si8ARash5qk)

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naku, i can easily name dozens of amerikanos who can speak tagalog and i know all of them personally.

Our OFWs should be teaching FILIPINO to all the people in the world, not just the bad words. Imagine making Filipino as common as Chinese, Japanese, English and Spanish?

But then again, wag na lang, other nationalities would be able to understand us especially when we start talking about their "putok." :nuts:

naku, i can easily name dozens of amerikanos who can speak tagalog and i know all of them personally.

Missionaries mostly right? I know quite a number of it either especially the pastor in Las Pinas who is originally from here in Missouri. Infact, one of them is a very close friend of mine, he is caucasian american who was born and raised in the Philippines but just had to live in the US again since he was turning 18 and does not want to lose his US citizenship.

Hawak Kamay

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I was surprised coz' there were a lot of Westerners in Cebu speak Cebuano. awesome. some are fluent enough.

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not surprising bai. they are in cebu so they have to speak at least cebuano or good thing they are fluent with it if they really had been here for quite sometime already.

Long time ago, in Cebu port for Superferry vessels, a Caucasian arrived at the gate riding his mountain bike. And since he was bring a bike, the guard, with all his English skills(used with too much effort), try to converse to the Caucasian to bring his bike to the other gate for registration.

The Caucasian just replied : "Bay, magbinisaya na lang ta para magkasinabot ta og tarong beh" (Bai, let us discuss this matter in Cebuano so that we can have better understanding.)... :nuts:

:lol::lol::lol:

and I noticed too that Westerners speak Cebuano more often than the Asian foreighners (etc. Koreans, Japanese).

and I think almost all of the Middle Eastern students here already knew how to speak Cebuano before they graduate (esp Medical students).

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http://www.google.com/search?q=Arrigo+Pola&hl=en&sa=G&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=sK6tSrmFJ42WkAWTr4GWBg&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11

1954 - Pavarotti began serious study in 1954, at the age of 19, with Arrigo Pola, a respected teacher and professional tenor in Modena who, aware of the family's indigence, offered to teach without remuneration. Not until commencing study with Pola was Pavarotti aware that he had ...
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1961 - At about this time Pavarotti first met Adua Veroni, whom he married in 1961. When his teacher Arrigo Pola moved to Japan, Pavarotti became a student of Ettore Campogalliani, who at that time was also teaching Pavarottis childhood friend, Mirella Freni, whose mother worked with Lucianos in the cigar factory. Like Pavarotti, Freni was destined to operatic greatness; they were to share the stage many times and make memorable recordings together.

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Apr 29, 1961 - Pavarotti, the son of a baker who happened also to be a gifted amateur singer, studied first with Arrigo Pola in his hometown of Modena and later with Ettore Campogalliani in Mantua. His debut was at Reggio Emilia on April 29, 1961, when he sang Rodolfo in ...

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Full credits to my good friend Sr. philclassic
:pepper:

http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Arrigo_Pola
Arrigo Pola (b.1908?-) born in Modena, Italy, Pola is one of the most acclaimed tenors in the world. A distinguished music teacher, he was voice teacher of Luciano Pavarotti starting in 1954. In 1956, Pola toured Asia for singing engagements.

Popularity in the Philippines
As a Singer
He arrived in the Philippines that same year and became instantly popular with the Filipino audience. In a short period of time in the Philippines, Pola mastered tagalog Kundiman songs to the delight of the Filipinos.

Some of his recorded kundiman songs are: Pakiusap, Ang Dating Sumpaan, Kundiman 1800, Anak ng Dalita (1956), and Magbalik Ka Hirang, all of which are beautifully sung. Hearing those kundiman songs rendered by an Italian tenor is a marvelous experience. Pola has full strong masculine tenor voice reminiscent of the vocal quality of Mario Lanza.

His popularity in the Philippines became widespread and he was several times invited to many important musical engagements including singing engagements in the Malacañang Palace, with no less than President Ramon Magsaysay as audience.

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A recording in 1956
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Full credits to my good friend Sr. philclassic
:pepper:

This Italian tenor sang and recorded 5 different kundimans. On top of that, his diction of the language is quite very good I must say.

YAKAP a.k.a. CUANDO NOS ACARICIAMOS

Well, Junior is technically a Filipino born to Filipino parents in Intramuros during World War II (1943). But for all intents and purposes, he was a Spanish pop star and his wife and daughter are all Spanish celebs as well.

:cheers2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfifBuSqyg

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Credits to kapy1005
:pepper:

Hey, I think I remember this song and artists. I think I was in the Philippines back then. this is just insane! I all of a sudden had a flash back.

^^^^ gosh, dude... awesome. Which artist was that? Arrigo Pola performed for Pres. Magsaysay in 1954/56 whilst Junior released the Tagalog version of his Spanish hit in the mid 70's.. :D

^^ yung parents ko kilalang kilala pa si junior.. :lol:

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^^^^ Cute, the kid himself, they are always cute when they sing something.

Wala lang...

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Libera singing "Bayan Ko" in Showtime
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^^ :shocked: That's freakin' awesome! I saw them perform before, they're really, really, really good! :okay:

^^ I got misty-eyed watching them sing. :D

^^ Aww.... :pet:











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B]Tagalog gains Berlin-born Pinoys’ ears[/B]
by Ruelle Alberto, OFW Journalism Consortium
Posted at 05/21/2010 11:52 AM | Updated as of 05/21/2010 11:52 AM

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/191522/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys-ears

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/05/21/10/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys%E2%80%99-ears

http://www.businessweekmindanao.com/2010/05/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys%E2%80%99-ears.html

BERLIN, Germany - Appreciation for the Tagalog language is gaining ground in Germany, as young Filipino-German children gets re-exposed to their "native tongue," courtesy of religion-related activities in Berlin.

Since late last year, the church-sponsored Filipino Community-Berlin, commonly called Bayernallee has been giving formal language appreciation classes to Germany-born children.

Every week for about 3 hours, children are taught the Filipino language which parents hope their children can use when they get to come back to the Philippines.

The lesson, far from taught in the usual classroom setting, takes the language lesson interactive that allows them to enjoy the class while learning the language.

"It is part of the integration for Filipinos to the German society and vice versa. We know that with this kind of setting, integration becomes a challenge, especially due to intercultural miscommunication. So given the activities we would like to enhance the chance para sa mas maayos na integration [for easier integration],” said Bayernallee community leader Rey Agana.

The program, officially called Projekt Bayernallee, was a brainchild of Agana who himself once experienced a period of adjustment for integration into the Germany community.

The lesson, in contrasts to teaching languages in a typical classroom, integrates the use of Tagalog in activities like baking or cooking.

“In our research, Filipino language cannot be taught [like] how other languages [are] taught. Kailangan practice-oriented. Pano (sila) ma-encourage mag-aral ng Tagalog [The lessons should be practice-oriented to encourage them to study Tagalog],” Agana said.

“We are thinking on ways for making it more appetizing for students,” he added.
Agana said the first step is to help the children see the relevance of learning Tagalog “when, in fact, ‘di naman nila kailangan dito sa [they don’t need it in] Germany.”

He said children may be able to use their facility of Tagalog when they go back to the Philippines.
“Learning the language may allow them to talk to their relatives and friends in the native tounge,” said Mary Gay Dolorfino, another Bayernallee community leader who helps in Projekt Bayernallee.

Classes are held every weekend and also accept non-Filipino descent individuals who want to learn Tagalog. Projekt Bayernallee is currently accepting participants for its second batch.

The project has begun a trainer’s course to continue the lessons.

Complementing Projekt Bayernallee is the periodic Youth for Christ camp where participants talk in Tagalog.

YFC leader Carlo Burmeister said that for the past 3 years participants in these camps were able to “polish” their Tagalog.

Camps were already held in Hamburg, Berlin, and Frankfurt.

Burmeister said the use of Tagalog resulted from the continuous use of the language in informal gatherings.

“Maririnig mo silang nag-uusap sa Tagalog pag naglalaro sila, o kapag kasama nila ang magulang nila [I heard them speak in Tagalog when they play or with their parents].”

A long-time resident of the Philippines before he went back to Germany, particularly in Tagalog-speaking Batangas, Burmeister said he was surprised how fluent many of the Filipino-German youth were in Tagalog.

Burmeister credits Bayernallee for providing a venue for the youth to speak in Tagalog. OFW Journalism Consortium

B]Tagalog gains Berlin-born Pinoys’ ears[/B]
by Ruelle Alberto, OFW Journalism Consortium
Posted at 05/21/2010 11:52 AM | Updated as of 05/21/2010 11:52 AM

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/191522/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys-ears

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/05/21/10/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys%E2%80%99-ears

http://www.businessweekmindanao.com/2010/05/tagalog-gains-berlin-born-pinoys%E2%80%99-ears.html

BERLIN, Germany - Appreciation for the Tagalog language is gaining ground in Germany, as young Filipino-German children gets re-exposed to their "native tongue," courtesy of religion-related activities in Berlin.

Since late last year, the church-sponsored Filipino Community-Berlin, commonly called Bayernallee has been giving formal language appreciation classes to Germany-born children.

Every week for about 3 hours, children are taught the Filipino language which parents hope their children can use when they get to come back to the Philippines.

The lesson, far from taught in the usual classroom setting, takes the language lesson interactive that allows them to enjoy the class while learning the language.

"It is part of the integration for Filipinos to the German society and vice versa. We know that with this kind of setting, integration becomes a challenge, especially due to intercultural miscommunication. So given the activities we would like to enhance the chance para sa mas maayos na integration [for easier integration],” said Bayernallee community leader Rey Agana.

The program, officially called Projekt Bayernallee, was a brainchild of Agana who himself once experienced a period of adjustment for integration into the Germany community.

The lesson, in contrasts to teaching languages in a typical classroom, integrates the use of Tagalog in activities like baking or cooking.

“In our research, Filipino language cannot be taught [like] how other languages [are] taught. Kailangan practice-oriented. Pano (sila) ma-encourage mag-aral ng Tagalog [The lessons should be practice-oriented to encourage them to study Tagalog],” Agana said.

“We are thinking on ways for making it more appetizing for students,” he added.
Agana said the first step is to help the children see the relevance of learning Tagalog “when, in fact, ‘di naman nila kailangan dito sa [they don’t need it in] Germany.”

He said children may be able to use their facility of Tagalog when they go back to the Philippines.
“Learning the language may allow them to talk to their relatives and friends in the native tounge,” said Mary Gay Dolorfino, another Bayernallee community leader who helps in Projekt Bayernallee.

Classes are held every weekend and also accept non-Filipino descent individuals who want to learn Tagalog. Projekt Bayernallee is currently accepting participants for its second batch.

The project has begun a trainer’s course to continue the lessons.

Complementing Projekt Bayernallee is the periodic Youth for Christ camp where participants talk in Tagalog.

YFC leader Carlo Burmeister said that for the past 3 years participants in these camps were able to “polish” their Tagalog.

Camps were already held in Hamburg, Berlin, and Frankfurt.

Burmeister said the use of Tagalog resulted from the continuous use of the language in informal gatherings.

“Maririnig mo silang nag-uusap sa Tagalog pag naglalaro sila, o kapag kasama nila ang magulang nila [I heard them speak in Tagalog when they play or with their parents].”

A long-time resident of the Philippines before he went back to Germany, particularly in Tagalog-speaking Batangas, Burmeister said he was surprised how fluent many of the Filipino-German youth were in Tagalog.

Burmeister credits Bayernallee for providing a venue for the youth to speak in Tagalog. OFW Journalism Consortium

I wish this kind of thing was strong in America as well. Filipino Americans are not really good at picking up Tagalog from their parents (mostly it's the parents who don't bother to teach their kids).

^^ i agree, the parents are to be blamed.... :bash:

@kiretoce, sir mod, how's your tagalog by the way :lol:

^^ It's "touch and go." :lol: I guess I'll speak it if there isn't any other way to communicate with another Filipino apart from gestures and guttural grunts and groans. ;) Don't worry, June is coming up, I'll be patriotic and post in Tagalog, just for you. :colgate:

talaga lang ha!:D

^^ Read it again, I said "just for him," meaning that my replies to his posts will be in Tagalog. The rest of y'all will be business as usual. :lol:

meron na pala kayong *()&^&(*):D:D:D

^^ You jealous? :naughty:











:lol:

hindi masyado:D toinks:D

^^ hoy kabayang kimber, magpost ka sa uikang tagalog para sa lahat :bash: (mahirap na baka nga magselos si amigo) :lol:

tsee, bading:D

^^ sumbong kita kay uncle rajah, tinawag mo syang bading :bash:

hoy kabayang kimber, magpost ka sa wikang tagalog para sa lahat :bash: (mahirap na baka nga magselos si amigo) :lol:

It ain't June yet. ;)

^^ kinorek mo pa ang spelling ko... uica (= old spanish way of spelling wika ;) )

German-African-Pinay sings Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling ka

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^^ So, she's an Afrogerpina? :lol:

^^ So, she's an Afrogerpina? :lol:

Sir Kimber, change that to PinAfroGer?:lol:

^^ So, she's an Afrogerpina? :lol:

sounds like aphrodisiac :bash:


Sir Kimber, change that to PinAfroGer?:lol:


sounds like pinacolada :bash:


:rofl:

Afrogernay? :rofl:

^^ :bash: sounds like aphrodisiac pa rin :bash: :lol:



btw..... nabasa ko kanina sa Focus ang isang short article tungkol dito sa football player na ito.....tapos winiki ko kaagad, ito ang resulta:


David Alaba
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Personal information
Full name David Olatukunbo Alaba
Date of birth 24 June 1992 (1992-06-24) (age 17)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2002 SV Aspern
2002–2008 Austria Vienna
2008–2009 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009– Bayern Munich II 23 (1)
2010– Bayern Munich 3 (0)
National team‡
2005–2009 Austria U-17 20 (5)
2009– Austria U-21 4 (0)
2009– Austria 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

David Alaba (born 24 June 1992 in Vienna) is an Austrian international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich.[1] He plays as a left or central midfielder.
Club career

Alaba began his career with SV Aspern,

Alaba was born in Vienna to a Filipino mother (a nurse) and a Nigerian father (a DJ and former rapper).[19]
[edit] Honours

* Bundesliga (1): 2010
* DFB-Pokal (1): 2010

Nasa ibang bansa ako ngayon, kung magsalita ako ng tagalog ay tuwid. Kung nagsasalita naman ako ng ingles, 'di ko naman ginagaya ang tunog amerikano. Ako ay humahanga sa mga banyaga na marunong magsalita ng ating sariling wika, nagbibigay sila ng panahon at ng kanilang magagawa paraang matuto, gaya ko rin naman na nag-aaral ng iba ring wika. Nakakalungkot lamang at ang mga may mga dugong Pilipino ay hindi man lamang alam o kung bumigkas man ng ilang salita ay mali.

^^ ako'y talagang nababagabag sa iyong mga pasubali, ngunit may mga iba namang mga hindi tagala na kay bagsik magsalita ng sariling wicca. Ako'y nababakla kung bakit ang ating mga kalahi'y hindi maipagmalaki ang ating wicca gayong ito'y masarap sa dila, na kun tila pulot-pukyutan sa tamis.

^^ Wicca? The neopagan religion and form of modern witchcraft? :nuts:

^^ Lame! :down:

^^ Touché! ;)

^^ ako'y talagang nababagabag sa iyong mga pasubali, ngunit may mga iba namang mga hindi tagala na kay bagsik magsalita ng sariling wicca. Ako'y nababakla kung bakit ang ating mga kalahi'y hindi maipagmalaki ang ating wicca gayong ito'y masarap sa dila, na kun tila pulot-pukyutan sa tamis.

sa wakas umamin ka rin :rofl: :jk:

sa wakas umamin ka rin :rofl: :jk:

Nababakla in old tagalog means confused. :lol:

And kung nababakla man ako ng tuluya'y hindi ako magpopost dito:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=973910&page=9

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:lol::lol::lol:

^^ Tag-a-long? :wtf:

from Slermarken...
foreigners singing a Cebuano song. :)

Thanks to @Southernbelle for the link on facebook...
Kanindot paminawn sa mga banyaga nga nikantag Cebuano song :okay:
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Northwest Missouri State University Madraliers singing "Paru-parong Bukid"

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Here's another US choir singing "Rosas Pandan"

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And by a quartet in Austria
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Some foreigners who are Pinoy at heart
featured on GMA 7's "Kapuso Mo Jessica Sojo" aired September 4, 2010...


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Here's another US choir singing "Rosas Pandan"



Wow goosebumps Cebuano version. :lol:
How about another Visayan song this time an Ilonggo one called "Pasiguin" sung by Singaporeans and Thais.

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Some foreigners who are Pinoy at heart
featured on GMA 7's "Kapuso Mo Jessica Sojo" aired September 4, 2010...

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These guys are hella cool! :okay: I find it funny that they also speak Taglish instead of purely Tagalog. :lol:

^^ Actually it's a nice step towards achieving that pure pinoy accent.

Ako nga'y hindi pa nakakapagsalita (ng walang pag-aalinlangan) ng matuwid na Tagalog.

These guys are hella cool! :okay: I find it funny that they also speak Taglish instead of purely Tagalog. :lol:

Conversational Tagalog is never pure anyway. BTW, among the featured foreigners in this episode, the one that I like the most is the Middle Eastern guy who decided to settle in Cagayan Valley. He is a naturalized Pinoy and had a mini version of Rizal Park built there because of his admiration for the National Hero.

^^ Actually it's a nice step towards achieving that pure pinoy accent.

Ako nga'y hindi pa nakakapagsalita (ng walang pag-aalinlangan) ng matuwid na Tagalog.

For foreigners, I think the key in learning Tagalog faster is to use Taglish so they know how the affixes and redupes function and fit in the sentences. Philippine languages are more pattern-specific rather than grammar-specific. It will make foreigners crazy if they want to study the convoluted grammar itself. :nuts::lol: