Lesson 1 Flashcards
The vacation
Ang bakasyon
How are you?
Kumusta?
Kumusta po?
Good, you?
Mabuti, ikaw?
Mabuti naman ako, ikaw?
Good too
I am good too
Mabuti rin
Mabuti rin (naman) ako
How was your vacation?
Kumusta ang bakasyon mo?
(How was the vacation your?)
This is typical sentence structure in Tagalog
It was fun. I went to Banaue
Masaya. Pumunta ako sa Banaue
(Fun, went I to Banaue)
Masaya - happy, fun
Sa - to, on, at, into, onto, through etc
Wow! Are the rice terraces beautiful?
Wow! Maganda ba ang rice terraces?
(Wow! Beautiful [question] the rice terraces?)
Ba turns a statement into a question
Yes, very beautiful!
Oo, ang ganda talaga
Ganda - beauty
Ang ganda - alone is how pretty
You, how was your vacation?
Ikaw, Kumusta ang bakasyon mo?
It was fun too. I went to London, New York, and Sydney.
Masaya rin. Pumunta ako sa London, sa New York, at sa Sydney
Masaya - happy or fun / adjective
Saya- happiness or fun / noun
Ma- is an affix meaning having
Really?
Talaga?
Just kidding. I just stayed home.
Joke lang, nasa bahay lang ako
Nasa is to indicate where something is for example nasa (la)mesa means on the table.
Bahay means home
Lang means just
I went to Manila
Pumunta ako sa Maynila
Did you have fun on your vacation (was your vacation fun)?
Masaya ba ang bakasyon mo?
Have a nice vacation would be
Masaya ang bakasyon mo.
Without the ba after the first word, it’s a statement.
Yes, it was really fun!
Oo, ang saya talaga
