Learn Tagalog!

   November 12, 2025

Spend 15 minutes per day learning Tagalog!

Item #DayActionTime?
0001Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (Canadian Remembrance Day!)1) Use TalkPal.ai Chat to find common Tagalog words for hello, goodbye, hamburger, etc.
2) Set up “Amazing Flash Cards” app on iPhone to test knowledge.		0.25 hours
0002Wednesday, November 12, 20251) Tagalog often omits the verb “ay” in questions that start with question words like “Saan.”
2) Beatles –> Beatles
Song –> Kanta
Guitar –> Gitara
Day –> Araw
3) Practice “Amazing Flash Cards”


0.25 hours
0003Thursday, November 13, 20251) Please –> Paki-
Coffee –> Kape
Please give me a coffee –> Paki-bigay ng kape
2) Add to and practice “Amazing Flash Cards”		0.25 hours
0004Friday, November 14, 20251) Said “Kamusta” to the Philippino cashier at A&W on Guthrie!
2) “Let me see what I want.” –> Tingnan ko, ano ang gusto ko?
3) “I know a little Tagalog” –> Alam ko ng kaunti ang Tagalog.
4) “Just a little” –> Kaunti lang.
5) Taxi –> Taxi
Hotel –> Hotel
Doctor –> Doctor
Restaurant –> Restaurant
Computer –> Computer
0.25 hours
0005Saturday, November 15, 20251) I didn’t have a Filipino cashier to try the phrase “Tingnan ko, ano ang gusto ko?”
2) I used the TalkPal feature of describing a photo of a man brushing his teeth.
3) Mirror –> Salamin
I see –> Nakikita ko
Blue –> Asul
Dog –> Aso		0.25 hours
0006Sunday, November 16, 20251) I studied basic sentence structure in Tagalog.
2) The basic sentence structure in Tagalog often follows a Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) order.
3) For example, “Kumain ang bata ng mangga” translates to “The child ate a mango,” where “Kumain” (ate) is the verb, “ang bata” (the child) is the subject, and “ng mangga” (a mango) is the object.		0.25 hours
0007Monday, November 17, 20251) In Tagalog, ligatures such as “ng” and “na” serve as connectors or linkers between words, playing a crucial role in the structure and meaning of sentences.
2) In summary, “ng” and “na” are essential ligatures in Tagalog grammar that connect modifiers to nouns, with “ng” commonly used after words ending in vowels and “na” used after words ending in consonants.		0.25 hours
0008Tuesday, November 18, 20251) I asked “chat” what would be the best thing for me to learn right now and it said simple sentence structure.
2) How are you today? –> Kumusta ka ngayon?
3) Great –> Magaling
4) Added these to the Flash Cards app on my iPhone.		0.25 hours
0009Wednesday, November 19, 20251) Read daily progress
2) ok –> ayos
2) Go over “Amazing Flash Cards” words.		0.25 hours
0010Thursday, November 20, 20251) Reviewed daily progress.
2) How are you today? –> kumusta ka ngayon?
3) Very little –> Napaka-kante
4) Went over “Amazing Flash Cards” words.
0.25 hours
0010Friday, November 21, 20251) I spent 15 minutes going over my flashcards.
2) I did add this new word! Flashcards –> Flashcards		0.25 hours
0011Saturday, November 22, 20251) House chores roleplay.
2) Go over Flashcard app!		0.25 hours
0012Sunday, November 23, 20251) Tagalong Focus Markers –> The common markers are “ang” for the agent/topic, “ng” for the object or non-topic, and “sa” for indirect objects or locations.
2) Practiced Flashcards.
3) Talked with Abraham Lincoln!		0.25 hours
0013Monday, November 24, 20251) Checked out various audio books on how to learn Tagalog.
2) Practiced Flashcards.		0.25 hours
0014Tuesday, November 25, 20251) Practiced Flashcards.0.25 hours
0015Wednesday, November 26, 20251) I tried out my Tagalog for the first time today. Said the “Tingnan” phrase to “Rod” a Filipina worker at Tim Hortons on Guthrie Road.
2) Read app updates.		0.25
0016Thursday, November 27, 20251) I purchased: “Pimsleur Tagalog Level 1 Lessons 1-5 Volume 1” via Audible today!0.25