Words x 050 - Most Common Words 05 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
agad
immediately
ina, inang, inay
mother
pamilya
family
nina
by, of (marker before proper noun)
pera
money
saka
moreover
mukha
face
salita, magsalita, nagsasalita
to speak
mulî
again
mabuti
good
sagot, sumagot
answer, reply
sayo
you
maári/maaári
can
malapit
near
higit
excess
langit
sky
ibig
love
pupunta, punta, pumunta, nagpunta, papunta
to go
kamay
hand
dahilan
reason
nanay
mother
puro
pure
matagal
long, sustained
katawan
body
mata
eye
ganda
beauty
sakit
disease
ulo
head
ayoko
i dont like
dyan,diyan
there
ayun
according to; agree with
katulad
similar to
tingin, tumingin
to look
lupa
ground
tatlo
three
tubig
water
kilala
renowned
paraan
way, method, means
nais
like
isip, iniisip, isipin, naisip, pag-iisip, iisipin
mind, thought; to think, think of
diba
isn’t that right?
buwan
month
malaman, malalaman, nalalaman, nalaman
to know, find out, determine
Tsina
China
kasalanan
fault, offense, sin, evil
naku, nako
oh, wow
sayá
fun, bliss
rito
here
ganyan
like that (from gaya niyan)
malaki, malalaking
great, big