Tagalog Words or Phrases

For those of you that are into languages, I will list a few of the common day-to-day words or phrases. It will come in handy if you have Filipino friends, or if you ever visit the P.I. yourself.

People
Nanay - mother
Tatay - father
Kuya - uncle or brother
Ate - aunt or sister
Anak - child
Totoy - young boy
Ining - young girl
Kapitbahay - neighbor
Pinsan - cousin

Directions
Diretso - direct or straight
Kanon - right
Kaliwa - left
Babalik - backwards

Body
Tenga -ear
Ilong - nose
Braso -arm
Ulu - head
Paa - feet
Buhok - hair

Greetings/Descriptive
Magandang Umaga - Good Morning
Magandang Hapon - Good Afternoon
Magandang Gabi - Good Evening
Kumesta - how are you
Ako - me
Ikaw - you
Maganda - beautiful
Pangit - ugly
Bastos - rude
Pogi - cute
Guapo - good looking

Foods/Sauces
Itlog -egg
Karne - any meat
Vaca - cow or beef
Manuk - chicken
Isda - fish
Baboy - pig or pork
Kamitis - tomatoes
Potatas - potatoes
Cebuyas - onions
Pimenta - pepper
Asin - salt
cili -hot pepper
Suka - vinegar
Toyo - soy sauce
Bawang - garlic
Asukal - sugar
Bagoong - fermented shrimp sauce
Mantika - cooking oil
Talong - eggplant
Saging - bananas

Other Items
Motor - motorcycle
Jep - jeepney
Kotse - car
Trike - motorcycle w/sidecar
Bahay - house
Ilow - light
Ulan - rain
Maraming - many



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Numbers
Isa - one
Dalawa - two
Tatlo - three
Apat - four
 Lima - five
Anim - six
Pito - seven
Walo - eight
Siam - nine
Sampo -ten
Dice (pronounced dis e) uno - eleven
Doce (pronounced dos e) - twelve
Dice thres - thirteen
Katorse - fourteen
Dice cinco - fifteen
Dice saes - sixteen
Dice siete - seventeen
Dice Ocho - eighteen
Dice nueve - nineteen
Bente - twenty
From here on it's like spanish, bente-uno, bente-dos, bente-thres, etc...