filipino/tagalog is kind of hard, diba?
i decided to do an impromptu studyblr post - my first one! my apologies for a shit quality photo, but it’s nighttime and overhead lighting isn’t always the best. i’m probably going to stroll on the studyblr tag to get more picture ideas.
today, i learned about colors!! to study tagalog, i use the podcast called “Go Filipino: Let’s Learn Tagalog” and it’s been great so far! i’ve already reviewed pronunciation, common greetings, asking questions, the infamous markers of the tagalog language, and root words.
before jumping into learning tagalog, i thought it would be easy! i grew up hearing my family members speak tagalog my entire life, so i know how to pronounce it. plus, i’m filipino, so knowing tagalog is practically one of my genes! i also thought that since i knew that i could learn french, how hard could tagalog be? boy, was that NOT the case.
tagalog is unlike any language that i know, and i am finding it so difficult!! it’s also funny because whenever i ask filipino speakers to help me, not only do they have trouble with explaining it, they also realize how weird their language is!
luckily, one of my friends speaks tagalog, french and english, so she sometimes explains tagalog concepts to me in french, which is so helpful! as you can see in my photo, i sometimes write concepts in french so that i can practice both languages en même temps!
with all that being said, although i am having a rough time, i am not going to give up. my main goal for learning tagalog is so that i can be able to speak to my lolo and lola (grandfather and grandmother in tagalog) in tagalog before they die.
