Learning Tagalog

[SteveB]

I am English and live in North London, I would like to learn Tagalog.
I am available most evenings and weekends.
If you can help and you are local to me then please drop me a line.

Thanks

Steve

[Admin]

You might find someone who'll help you live on Yahoo Chat or similar, as they have Filipino rooms.

[kalbiex]

I am English and live in North London, I would like to learn Tagalog.
I am available most evenings and weekends.
If you can help and you are local to me then please drop me a line.

Thanks

Steve

Why do you want to learn Tagalog?

[Admin]

He did post that a couple of months ago ???

I guess he has discovered that when Filipino's get together, such as party, baptism, even though they invite a few English friends, the Filipino's all talk there own languages, leaving us English speakers feeling like unwanted idiots, and out of place.

Ignonance we call, and every Filipino argees with me once I've pointed it out to them.

I have nothing against it, but if Filipino's do invite 'foreign' language speakers to an event, they need to make them feel welcome, as it's bloody irratating.

Even the wife gets piddled off with some of them, we left 3 parties after 10 minutes last year, so I just don't bother anymore.

Small groups of Filipino's are OK, as we can butt in then, and my wife is forever telling others to speak English when in front of me as it's in polite not to.

I can speak a little Tagalog myself, but it can be a pain to learn with so many diferrent dialects depending from where you come from.

Still, we are not all perfect, and Filipino's are still the sexiest breed on the planet ;D

[SteveB]

The reason I want to learn Tagalog is quite simple really.
I spend approximately 6 months of the year in the Philippines.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
It is so much nicer to be able to say Please, Thankyou, good morning, etc, in the language that is used by a majority of people of the country that you are in.
No hidden agenda's, I am already multi lingual.
I have found a home in the Philippines and want to learn the language, easy as that.
If anyone can help it would be appreciated.

[kalbiex]

If you frequent the PI then it would be easier if you get a English-Tagalog dictionary and vice versa then slowly learn from some of your friends. Another way is listening to conversations especially on public places.

[kalbiex]

He did post that a couple of months ago ???

I guess he has discovered that when Filipino's get together, such as party, baptism, even though they invite a few English friends, the Filipino's all talk there own languages, leaving us English speakers feeling like unwanted idiots, and out of place.

Ignonance we call, and every Filipino argees with me once I've pointed it out to them.

I have nothing against it, but if Filipino's do invite 'foreign' language speakers to an event, they need to make them feel welcome, as it's bloody irratating.

Even the wife gets piddled off with some of them, we left 3 parties after 10 minutes last year, so I just don't bother anymore.

Small groups of Filipino's are OK, as we can butt in then, and my wife is forever telling others to speak English when in front of me as it's in polite not to.

I can speak a little Tagalog myself, but it can be a pain to learn with so many diferrent dialects depending from where you come from.

Still, we are not all perfect, and Filipino's are still the sexiest breed on the planet ;D

The best thing for you both is to learn foreign language then when you both are in a group of my fellow Filipino people who speaks their own dialect, you and your wife can then communicate using that language that none of them can understand. From there you will see how they'll react.

[ginapeterb]

Hi all, regarding tagalog, or filiipino, if you are with your Philippine lady, best way to learn !!! I find best way to learn Tagalog, or in this case, Ilongo, for Visayan women, is to keep a book and make the effort to write down a page a day of phrases, then make the effort to learn them, then make her stop and repeat again for you, until it goes in, keep repeating when you are working, in the car, and make the effort, to use it, then watch yourself have fun in Argos, when you converse in front of English people, so di in ang palang ga ko ? got the picture !!! most Brits dont bother to learn tagalog, impress everyone over in the Phils with your grasp.

[kalbiex]

or when paying at any Tesco's check-out counter, just say to the lady "taga diin ka die?"