Tagalog Terms

For an introduction to basic Tagalog, visit the website, Let's Talk Tagalog.

• ako - I, me.
• anim - six.
• apat - four.
• arkitektura - architecture.
• bagyo - typhoon.
• bahay - house.
• batalan - a gallery space found on the end of the nipa hut.
• bubungan - roof.
• delawa - two.
• ditto - here.
• doon - there.
• estudyante - student.
• gusto v. - like.
• hagdan - a ladder
• ikaw - you.
• isa - one.
• kababayan - friend.
• kabalyete - a gable of a hut.
• kailangan v. - need.
• kasaysayan - history.
• kawayan - bamboo.
• klima - climate.
• komunidad - community.
• Kumusta ka? - How are you?
• kuwarto - room.
• lindol - earthquake.
• Maraming salamat - Thank you very much.
• nipa - a palm found in the Philippines used for walls and roofs.
• pito - seven.
• sampo - ten.
• sawali - rattan.
• silong - area underneath a nipa hut.
• siyam - nine.
• sulat v. - write.
• tatlo - three.
• tinilad, tilad - strips of bamboo, bamboo slats.
• usap v. - talk.
• walo - eight.
• yantok - rattan, used for binding nipa roofing.

more to come...