#tagalog lessons

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food - pagkain

meat - karne

fish - isda

bread - tinapay

egg - itlog

soup - sopas

pasta - pasta

rice - kanin

salt - asin

sugar - asukal

vegetable - gulay

garlic - bawang

potato - patatas

carrot - karot

lettuce - litsugas

onion - sibuyas

tomato - kamatis

fruit - prutas

apple - mansanas

banana - saging

pear - peras

grape - ubas

strawberry - presas

water - tubig

milk - gatas

juice - katas

coffee - kape

tea - tsaa

wine - alak

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Ancient Script of the Philippines

I reblogged a post a while back about a site where you can learn ancient languages and I just saw this post on facebook that gives people basic knowledge about the historical dialect of Filipinos. So, I’ll also share this with you guys.

Baybayin is the native Filipino script writing. It has three (3) vowels and (14) consonants. All consonant characters in Baybayin has /a/ sounds. We use kudlit (a dot, slash,etc) on top of the character to make it /e/ or /i/, while putting it below the character to make it /o/ or /u/. To remove /a/ on the characters, just put krus-kudlit or pamudpod to cross it out. We recommend using pamudpod, instead.

Some english alphabet has no direct equivalent in Baybayin. Hence, it has to be Filipinized. Write the word based on how you pronounce it. Start writing your name in Baybayin and then try translating some easy words. When you’re ready, you may start reading Baybayin.

Source

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Vegetables in Tagalog

siling pari - bell pepper

ampalaya - bitter gourd

upo - bottle gourd

repolyo - cabbage

kasoy - cashew

kintsay / kinchay - celery / chinese leek

sayote - chayote

siling labuyo - chili pepper

petsay / pechay - chinese cabbage (bok choi)

wansuy - cilantro leaves

mais - corn

pipino - cucumber

bataw - hyacinth bean

talong - eggplant

bawang - garlic

luya - ginger

singkamas - jicama / turnip

saluyot - jute

patani - lima beans

toge - mung bean sprouts

mustasa - mustard

malunggay - native horseradish leaves

sibuyas - onion

mani - peanut

patatas - potato

kalabasa - pumpkin

labanos - radish

alugbati - spinach

patola - sponge gourd

sitaw - string beans

tubo - sugarcane

palay - unhusked rice

bigas - husked rice

kanin - cooked rice

kangkong - watercress

kundol - wax gourd

sigarilyas - winged beans

kamote - sweet potato

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Fruits in Tagalog

suha - pomelo

chico - sapodilla

guyabano - soursop

kaimito - star apple

sampalok - tamarind

rambutan - nephelium lappaceum

mansanas - apple

saging - banana

ubas - grapes

mangga - mango

bayabas - guava

langka - jackfruit

papaya - papaya

pinya - pineapple

pakwan - watermelon

singkamas - jicama

kalamansi - calamansi

siniguelas - jocote

kasoy - cashew

buko - coconut

santol - cottonfruit

atis - custard apple

duhat -  syzygium cumini

sampalok - tamarind

kamatis - tomato

lanzones - lansium dumesticum

kamias - bilimbi

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Nature Vocab in Filipino

kalikasan - nature

kagubatan / gubat - forest

halaman - plant

puno - tree

bulaklak - flower

lumaki / tumubo - to grow

damo - grass

bundok - mountain

burol - hill

kuweba - cave

tubig - water

talon - waterfall

sapa - creek

ilog - river

lawa - lake

rehiyon - region

akasya - acacia

dagat - sea

alon - wave

hangin - wind

bagyo - storm

kidlat - lightning

kulog - thunder

mawala - to get lost

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my sisters and i are losing our tagalog

me: what's the tagalog of waterfall???

my sister: ... i don't know... tubig na nahulog...? (lit. translation of waterfall)

me:

my sister:

filipinos:

linguists:

mother nature:

earth:

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Ginto - Gold

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Tubig - Water