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
1
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patay
A
dead, casualty, corpse
2
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mámamayan
A
citizen, population
3
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masarap
A
delicious
4
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maliit, maliliit
A
small
5
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beses
A
times
6
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siyempre/syempre
A
of course
7
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tatay, itay
A
daddy
8
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pangulo
A
president, chief, chairman
9
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apat
A
four
10
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gobyerno
A
government
11
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harap
A
front
12
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pareho
A
same, similar, both, alike
13
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ateneo
A
University
14
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barangay
A
village
15
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uri
A
type
16
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tagal
A
duration
17
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daigdig
A
world
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klase
A
class
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mabuhay
A
live
20
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simula, nagsimula
A
initially, begin
21
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lola
A
grandmother
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tulong, tumulong
A
to help
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madali
A
easy
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pagkakataon
A
occasion, opportunity
25
wika
language
26
umuwi, uwi
to go home
27
taga
come from
28
mataas
high
29
saka, atsaka \> tsaka
(conj) also; in addition; and
30
aba
interj. exclamation of surprise, wonder, admiration
31
bayani
hero
32
bumalik, balik, babalik, ibalik
to go back, return
33
masakit
painful
34
tangi
special, unique, one and only
35
pananampalataya
faith
36
ilalim
bottom
37
usa
deer
38
mahilig
inclination, predisposed to
39
mismo
herself, himself, very
40
ayos, maayos
to repair
41
gayon
so, like that, in that manner
42
astig
cool
43
kapwa
both
44
mamatay, namatay
to die
45
nawala, nawawala, mawawala
to lose, to stray
46
utak
brain
47
laman
content
48
pelikula
movie
49
bumili, bibili
to buy
50
kabilang
including (prep), among
