We have already covered how to greet someone generally, how to ask someone's name and how to respond to these basic phrases. Now, I will give you more useful Tagalog phrases that you can use in communicating with a Tagalog native speaker.
Magandang umaga literally meansbeautiful dayandarawmeanssun.This phrase is only said until 11:59 AM. Beyond that time we already sayGood afternoon.In Tagalog, we have twoGood Afternoons:
This is said between 12:00-3:00 PM. Actually there are no established rules until what time to sayMagandang Tanghalibut personally, I use this until 3:00 PM or when the sun is still high. We use this everyTanghaling Tapator literally translates tostraight afternoon.We call it straight because the sun rays and the ground form 90 degrees, which signifies that the sun is still high.
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This is said from 4:00 PM until sunset. Hapon meansafternoon.The stress is on the first syllable. We say /há-pon not /ha-pón/. If you pronounced it as /ha-pón/, it will mean Japan.
If someone greets you these, just repeat the phrase or if you want, you can add rin/din.Rin/Dinmeanstoo. You userinif the last letter is a vowel sound. For example,
Aside from these greetings, Filipinos also like to ask someone whether he has already eaten. It's a common ice breaker. To say if someone has already eaten, say:
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Actually, Kumain ka nacan mean 3 things depending on how you say it. It can mean, Eat now (imperative), You have already eaten (declarative)andHave you already eaten?
If these apostrophes are difficult for you, you can remove them when writing. However, in Filipino formal writing, they are necessary and those are the correct way of writing them. But if you will just post a status in Facebook, you can omit the apostrophes.
After answering the question as I have said on our previous lesson, always ask back. Say:Ikaw? Kumain ka na?/Ikaw kumain ka na ba?
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I also told you about the courtesy in Tagalog language. You will just have to addpoin the sentence. There are no exact rules to their position and you can learn these by memorizing.
I also told you about the courtesy in Tagalog language. You will just have to addpoin the sentence. There are no exact rules to their position and you can learn these by memorizing.