Words x 050 - Most Common Words 02 Flashcards
The following set of flashcards rank the most common words used in Tagalog/Filipino based on a UCLA corpus of Tag/Fil texts (Zuraw 2006). Excludes English terms adopted into Filipino. Conjugated verb forms have been grouped together (e.g. magsalita, nagsalita, salita) but paired only with the English infinitive (e.g. to speak) translation. Due to the volume of corpus, this is not an error-free set. Some words may be repeated, and there may be some mistakes. However, to the best of the creator's
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kay
A
for
2
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raw/daw
A
it is said (reported speech)
3
Q
pag-
A
gerund (V-ing) affix
4
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akin/sakin
A
mine
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sana
A
should, wish
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natin (inclusive)
A
our
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buhay
A
life
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nung
A
when
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iyan, yan
A
that
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tayo
A
we (inclusive)
11
Q
bákit, ba’t
A
why
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sabi, nagsabi, nagsasabi, sinasabi, sinabi, sabihin, sasabihin, masabi, nasabi, masasabi, sinasabing
A
to say
13
Q
gusto
A
like
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Q
dapat
A
should
15
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palá
A
surprise particle
16
Q
tapos, matapos, natapos
A
done
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mas
A
more
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Q
lamang
A
only
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iba
A
other, another
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Q
kanila
A
to/for them
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upang
A
in order to
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Q
araw
A
day
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atin (inclusive)
A
us
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nasa
A
in, at (reponse to nasaan questions)
25
nito
this (ng form of ito)
26
mula
from
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anak
child
28
niyo, nyo
you (polite)
29
noong
in
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maging, naging, magiging, pagiging, nagiging
to be/become
31
doon, duon, dun
there
32
Diyos
God
33
kapag
when
34
hanggang
until
35
baká
probably
36
bagay
thing
37
ikaw (ang-class; sentence initial)
you
38
kasama
with
39
taon
year
40
mahal
expensive
41
kita, makita, makikita, nakikita, kitang, nakakita, nakita
to see
42
ninyo
your (plural)
43
ha
Contextual speech device that can be used to make requests out of commands (sagot ka vs. sagot ka ha).
44
ngunit, nguni't
but, however
45
marami, madami (coll.)
more
46
bahay
home
47
niyan, nyan
that
48
ang bilang
number
49
siguro
maybe
50
kayo (kau)
you (plural; polite)
