I grew up speaking English and have always been comfortable with it. English words seem to roll more easily on your tongue … are spoken more smoothly and flowingly … whereas Tagalog seemed too full of vowels and have to be spoken haltingly. To me then, everything sounded like “abadabadabada”. Parang everything sounded the same eh.
Shempre I understood and spoke the basic, albeit in a ridiculous way. I admit that I never really tried to learn before. That was until I met a bunch of chatters in Yahoo three years ago. My chat friends were all too eager to feed me with their extensive knowledge of the Filipino language. Those locos decided that tuwad, baon, hubad, singit and put@ngin@ mo are the most important terms in chat. Yeah, those silly guys sure had a lot of fun making me speak them in VC. Looking back, punyeta, napagtripan ako!
Well, weeks ago, I chanced upon this website that teaches you not only common Tagalog phrases but different ways to insult and say bad words! What’s great about it is that you can actually hear how they’re said so it’s easier to learn and practice! I just wish I found this site earlier. Haha. I could’ve surprised my chatter friends with my colorful Tagalog vocabulary. Sayang! Ü
So, anyway, I hope this might help people out there who seek to improve their prowess in the Filipino language. Ü
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