Words x 050 - Most Common Words 06 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
umaga
morning
pumasok, pagpasok, pasok, papasok
to enter
bahagi
part
subalit, gayunman
but, however
kailan/kelan
when _
sarap
zest, gusto
simple
simple, easy
katotohanan
reality, fact, validity
sabay
simultaneously, together, go at the same time
pamahalaan
government
tuwi
every time, each time
batas
law
espiritu
spirit
uli
again, afresh
lumabas, labas
to take out something; to put out something, to withdraw (money)
lumalabas
appearing
galit
anger
umalis, aalis
to leave
Cristo, Kristo
Christ
káysa
Used to compare: than
lakas
strength
magulang
parent
masama
bad
tawag, tinatawag, tinawag, tumawag
to call
magkaroon, magkakaroon, nagkaroon
to have
madalas
often, frequently, regularly
kumain, kumakain; pagkain
to eat; food
linggo
week
puno
tree
tingnan
look at
simbahan
church
balita
news
hapon
afternoon
susunod
next
man
also
masyado
much
bigla
suddenly
gamit, gamitin, ginagamit, ginamit, paggamit, gumamit
to use
kulang
missing, lacking, shortage, deficient
malakas
strong
partido
party
takot, natatakot
fear
pinas
(slang) Philippines for short
manggagáwa (n.)
workers (n.)
huli
late
pare
pastor; a male friend, word sometimes used to address a man whose name one does not know
marunong
wise
anuman
whatever, whatsoever
tong
bribe given to official (esp. government)
mali
wrong