Gusto ko sana na mag follow up
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View ArticleGaan ng loob ko sayo
Can anyone help me figure out what the phrase "gaan ng loob" mean? Someone told me, "gaan ng loob ko sayo." Thanks.
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Lakas maka+noun
Hi What is the meaning of "lakas maka+noun? Ex. Lakas mong maka I love you mom. Lakas mong maka Anne Curtis. This one seems a bit different than the above examples.. Lakas mong maka loko. Thanks so...
View ArticleMaka or Makapag
Hi just wondering which would be more appropriate: Makatagalog or Makapagtagalog. As in being able to speak tagalog.
View Article“Ngbfast n?”
I’ve recently started trying to learn Tagalog, and I am really struggling to translate “Ngbfast n?”. I think it has something to do with food and/or love, as they’re the only contexts I’ve seen it used...
View Article"Napasubo" in English translation
Hello, Could you help me with the English translation of this word "Napasubo"? Here is an example. Napasubo ka na naman sa masamang gawain.
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Na- Prefix
I always see and hear native speakers use "na-" a lot with root words to signify a past action. I usually hear this used with object focus verbs. For example: nakalimutan nagawa (From JayR's song:...
View ArticleNaaaninag
sorry if this comes into another category, but what does the "na" do in front of an adjective e.g. aninag, naaninag, naaaninag ?
View ArticlePakanin or Pakainin
Hi i looked up on the internet the right way to say "feed" someone and i found that pakanin was the correct form when using the "Pa- -in" affix. Why wouldn't it be "Pakainin" like "Pakainin mo ako"...
View Articlemagbili / nagbili - buy or sell?
A number of sources define "magbili" as to sell (versus bumili = to buy). E.g. this is the definition of "magbili" in the dictionaries of Carl Rubino (2002) and Leo English (1986). There are also...
View ArticleVerbs versus non-verbs
Kroeger 1993 http://www.gial.edu/images/pdf/Kroeger-reply-Foley-LFG98.pdf states that *Bumili ng palay ka ba? ??Hinagkan ng Nanay ako. are ungrammatical, unlike similar sentences for non-verbal...
View ArticleTom drove drunk
Does varying the position of "na lasing" have these meanings in English? nagmaneho na lasing si Tom = Tom drove drunk. lasing na nagmaneho si Tom = Drunk, Tom drove. nagmaneho si Tom na lasing = Tom,...
View ArticleI saw the woman in the garden
This sentence is ambiguous in English - it could be me or the woman situated in the garden, or it could mean "I saw the woman who was in the garden". Is it correct that: nakita ko ang babae sa jardin =...
View ArticleMang- Affix
For the Mang- affix i was wondering what the specific rule was when dropping letters to transform the word like: Mamangka, Mangabayo, Mamasyal, Mamitas, Mamili Some keep the Mang-, but some turn into...
View ArticlePerda?
Hi what does perda mean? Sorry i dont have a sentence to give it context. I tried to look in a dictionary and online but couldnt find anything.
View ArticleHinimaray?
Hello again haha i found another word i couldnt find on the internet, "hinimaray" i saw it somewhere and couldnt find its meaning or its root word
View ArticleI adore you my love...
Regarding the phrase "I adore you my love", I'm trying to figure out the correct way to say this. These are my two best guesses: (1) Gisimba ko ikaw gugma ko (2) Gisimba ko ikaw hinigugma ko Please let...
View Articlekulira ka...
I'm wondering what the expression "kulira ka" means in English. My best guess that it is a more polite version of telling someone "fuck you". Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward...
View ArticleBughot ka...
I'm wondering what the expression "bugkot ka" means in English. My best guess is that it is a way of telling another person that they have a temper. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look...
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