Words x 050 - Most Common Words 04 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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kapatid
A
sibling
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pati
A
including
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pamamagitan
A
by
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totoó
A
true
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tunay
A
true, very
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amin
A
us
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sapagkat, sapagka’t
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because, since, for
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lágì
A
always / often
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laláki/laláke
A
man
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gawin, ginawa, ginagawa, gagawin, gumawa, magagawa, nagawa, magawa, gawa, gagawa, ginagawang, nagagawa
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to do, to work
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kanina
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adv. little while ago
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ganoon, ganon, ganun
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(slang) like saying “oh really?”
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pagkatapos
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after, next
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irap
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to give a disappointed/sullen look
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problema
A
problem
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pangalan
A
name
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ewan, aywan
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don’t know
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mundo
A
world
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grabe
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severe; exaggeratedly
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dati
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previously, before
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tuloy/patuloy
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continously, continued
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mahirap, mahihirap
A
difficult, poor
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nangyari, mangyari, nangyayari, mangyayari, kapangyarihan, pangyayari
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occur
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panginoon
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master, boss
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trabaho
job, work
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gabi, gabing
evening
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kaso
case, dossier
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heto, eto
here it is
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buti
recovery, good
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pag-ibig
love
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tanong; tinanong, tinatanong, nagtatanong, nagtanong
question; to ask
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halos
nearly, almost (adv)
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dami
volume, amount, quantity
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kuya
brother
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sina
plural focus marker
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daan
road, way, access
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ganito
so, like this
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sige
go ahead
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lugar
place
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dalawa
two
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na lang
just
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asawa
spouse
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laban, labanan
fight
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bukas
tomorrow
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kahapon
yesterday
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yáta
maybe
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akala
assume, imagine
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gáya, kagáya
like, same as, similar to
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hirap
difficulty
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ama
father
