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

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agad

A

immediately

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ina, inang, inay

A

mother

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pamilya

A

family

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nina

A

by, of (marker before proper noun)

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5
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pera

A

money

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saka

A

moreover

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mukha

A

face

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salita, magsalita, nagsasalita

A

to speak

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9
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mulî

A

again

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mabuti

A

good

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sagot, sumagot

A

answer, reply

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12
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sayo

A

you

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13
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maári/maaári

A

can

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14
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malapit

A

near

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higit

A

excess

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langit

A

sky

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17
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ibig

A

love

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pupunta, punta, pumunta, nagpunta, papunta

A

to go

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kamay

A

hand

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dahilan

A

reason

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nanay

A

mother

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puro

A

pure

23
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matagal

A

long, sustained

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katawan

A

body

25
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mata

A

eye

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ganda

A

beauty

27
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sakit

A

disease

28
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ulo

A

head

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ayoko

A

i dont like

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dyan,diyan

A

there

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ayun

A

according to; agree with

32
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katulad

A

similar to

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tingin, tumingin

A

to look

34
Q

lupa

A

ground

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tatlo

A

three

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tubig

A

water

37
Q

kilala

A

renowned

38
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paraan

A

way, method, means

39
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nais

A

like

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isip, iniisip, isipin, naisip, pag-iisip, iisipin

A

mind, thought; to think, think of

41
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diba

A

isn’t that right?

42
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buwan

A

month

43
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malaman, malalaman, nalalaman, nalaman

A

to know, find out, determine

44
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Tsina

A

China

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kasalanan

A

fault, offense, sin, evil

46
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naku, nako

A

oh, wow

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sayá

A

fun, bliss

48
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rito

A

here

49
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ganyan

A

like that (from gaya niyan)

50
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malaki, malalaking

A

great, big