Words x 050 - Most Common Words 07 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
patay
dead, casualty, corpse
kabilang
including (prep), among
mámamayan
citizen, population
masarap
delicious
maliit, maliliit
small
beses
times
siyempre/syempre
of course
tatay, itay
daddy
pangulo
president, chief, chairman
apat
four
gobyerno
government
harap
front
pareho
same, similar, both, alike
ateneo
University
barangay
village
uri
type
tagal
duration
daigdig
world
klase
class
mabuhay
live
simula, nagsimula
initially, begin
lola
grandmother
tulong, tumulong
to help
madali
easy
pagkakataon
occasion, opportunity
wika
language
umuwi, uwi
to go home
taga
come from
mataas
high
saka, atsaka > tsaka
(conj) also; in addition; and
aba
interj. exclamation of surprise, wonder, admiration
bayani
hero
bumalik, balik, babalik, ibalik
to go back, return
masakit
painful
tangi
special, unique, one and only
pananampalataya
faith
ilalim
bottom
usa
deer
mahilig
inclination, predisposed to
mismo
herself, himself, very
ayos, maayos
to repair
gayon
so, like that, in that manner
astig
cool
kapwa
both
mamatay, namatay
to die
nawala, nawawala, mawawala
to lose, to stray
utak
brain
laman
content
pelikula
movie
bumili, bibili
to buy