Words x 050 - Most Common Words 03 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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kailangan/kelangan

A

need

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bago

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new

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sino

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who

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saan

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where

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habang

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while

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minsan

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sometimes

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pinoy

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Filipino

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inyo

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yours

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loob

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inside

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basta

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just

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muna

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beforehand, ahead, first

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ilan

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how many

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bansa

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country

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panahon

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season, weather, period

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mayroon/meron

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there is / there

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ayaw

A

do not like

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babae

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woman

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ano, anu-ano

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what

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dating, dumating, pagdating, darating

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to come

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buong

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whole

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iyo

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lalo

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especially

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bayan

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ulit

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sobra

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oo

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mag

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huwag, wag

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negative imperative marker (Don’t _______!)

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tungkól

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tama

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galing/magaling

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from / great

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puwede/pwede

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noon

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tulad

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medyo, mejo (slang)

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kaibigan

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bátà

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dalawa

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kundi

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ayon

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paano, pano, papaano

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oras

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nag

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puso

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maganda

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bawat, bawa’t

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masaya

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una

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salamat

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saríli