Words x 050 - Most Common Words 18 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
malabo
vague
pogi
handsome
pondo
fund
posisyon
position
ron
rum
itlog
egg
panlabas
external
sine
cinema
dako
place
matuwid
right
basa
wet
gastos
cost
mámamayan
people
ginto
gold
nahihirapan
difficulty
bumagsak
crash
upuan
seat
daliri
finger
itim
black
ngayo’y
now, currently, today (contraction: ngayon + ay)
matuto, natuto
learn
bagsak
to fall, drop, fail
kristiyano
Christian
krisis
crisis
saksi
witness
ayusin
fix
pag-uwi
homecoming
kasamaan
evil
kamukha
similar
bagama’t
although
kaya’y
otherwise
kilos
motion, action, behavior
tupa
sheep, lamb
kahoy
wood, lumber
inday (Visayan)
young lady, darling; may imply a maid
inuman
bar, drinking glass/fountain
mabigat
heavy
mina
mine, landmine
pamamaraan
procedure
sandaling
once
tiwala
trust
espanya
Spain
pagsunod
compliance, obedience
baket
What’s wrong?
pawa
pure
sapatos
shoe
salapi
cash
eksena
scene
kada
per, each
mesa
table