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Use the Spanish terms, e.g, Mejicano, Americano, Ingles, Frances, Aleman, Italiano, Argentino, . . .

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1. Ikinagagalak kong makilala ka. I am pleased to meet you.

2. Ikinaluglug ko ang makilala ka.

#1 is correct.

We don't recognize "ikinaluglug" so we do not know what #2 means.

The opposite of "ikinagagalak" is "ikinalulungkot".

When somebody tells you a sad story, like somebody passed away, you say

"Ikinalulungkot ko." It saddens me to hear . . .

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Thank you for your question, Casimira.

There is no special Tagalog spelling for the names of countries. We use the same spelling as the countries' names in either Spanish or English. So, Colombia is Colombia. Dominican Republic is also Republica Dominicana. Again, we use the name of the country as the country spells it, or we use the country's name in English or Spanish, since the Philippines has had a Spanish heritage (from 1565 to 1898) as well as American (from 1898 to 1946).

Hindî akó marunong maglutò. Lulutuan akó ni Badóng. I don’t know how to cook. Badóng will cook for me.
Lutuan mo ngâ akó ng pancit? Will you please cook pancit for me?

Exercises:
Mom is cooking vegetables for me.
Maria will cook rice and vegetables for us (exclusive).
Badóng cooked fish for them.

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Answers:
Linulutuan akó ng gulay ng nanay.
Lulutuan kamí ng kanin at gulay ni Maria.
Linutuan silá ng isdâ ni Badóng.

Anó ang lulutuin mo? What will you cook?
Linutò mo na ba ang isdâ? Have you already cooked the fish?
Kailán mo lulutuin ang isdâ? When will you cook the fish?
Linulutò na namin ang isdâ. We are already cooking the fish.

Exercises:
The vegetables will be cooked by Mom.
The rice and vegetables will be cooked by Maria.
The fish was cooked by Badóng.

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Answers:
Lulutuin ng nanay ang gulay.
Lulutuin ni Maria ang kanin at gulay.
Linutò ni Badóng ang isdâ.
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Nakapaglutò ka na ba? Have you been able to cook already?
Hindî pa akó nakapaglutò. I have not yet been able to cook.
Kailán ka makakapaglutò ng isdâ? When will you be able to cook fish?

Exercises:
Mom is able to cook vegetables.
Maria will be able to cook rice and vegetables.
Badóng was able to cook fish.

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Answers:
Nakakapaglutò ng gulay ang nanay. Nakakapaglutò ang nanay ng gulay.
Makakapaglutò si Maria ng kanin at gulay. Makakapaglutò ng kanin at gulay si Maria.
Nakapaglutò si Badóng ng isdâ. Nakapaglutò ng isdâ si Badóng.

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Your example sentence is correct.

"Patayin mo na ang ilaw. Di kami makakatulog"
"Turn off the light already. We will not be able to sleep."

Your sentence is correct. But I don't understand your question: "Is all future tense conditional?" My answer to your question would have to be "No, not all future tense is conditional." There is simple future, as in the following:

1. Matutulog na kami. We will go to sleep already.
2. Hindi pa tayo kakain. We will not eat yet.
3. Kailan ka darating? When will you arrive?

As you can see from these examples, which are all in the future aspect, the future can be simple; it does not have to be conditional.

The verb family in your example is maka- (to be able to ...).

Here are some more examples of maka- verbs:

4. Umuulan. Makakatulog ako nang mabuti. It's raining. I will be able to sleep well.
5. Masakit ang kaniyang tiyan. Hindi siya makakakain. She has a stomach ache. She will not be able to eat.
6. Makakarating kaya sila sa aking kasal? I wonder, will they be able to come to my wedding?

Exercises: Express the following in Filipino:

7. I will be able to dance at the fiesta.
8. My mom will not be able to cook.
9. Will you be able to go with us on Saturday?
10. Maria will be able to buy a camera.

Use raw, if the preceding word ends in a vowel.

Maganda ka raw. They say you are beautiful.

Mabait daw siya. They say she is kind.

Mayaman daw kayo. They say you are rich.

Salbahe raw sila. They say they are naughty.

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This expression is adopted from Spanish.

We say "de kuryente," not "di kuryente."
The reason is that "di" is a valid abbreviation for "hindi."
di mawari, unimaginable
di mapigilan, unpreventable
di maiwasan, unavoidable
di makain, inedible

Thus, we say: de seda, of silk; de kuryente, electric; de motor, motorized; etc.

Remember, it's two words: "de " + the other word.

My question is, is it ok to further link this sentence, combining ba and ang? 'Kilala mo bang mamang kausap ni Rita?'?

Salamat!
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Jesse,

Thank you for your question.

The answer is "No."
It is not right to link together "ba" and "ang."
"Ang" is a case marker.
It is never omitted or abbreviated, except in poetry.
So the sentence should remain:
'Kilala mo ba ang mamang kausap ni Rita?'

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Good question, Paul. Salamat.

Let's approach this question systematically. There is a pattern to the verb forms. Let's look at a few example maka- verbs, then look at makatulog:

Root . . . infinitive . . . present . . . past . . . future

Kain . . . makakain . . . nakakakain . . . nakakain . . . makakakain

Punta . . . makapuntá . . . nakakapuntá . . . nakapuntá . . . makakapuntá

Tulog . . . makatulog . . . nakakatulog . . . nakatulog . . . makakatulog

Halimbawà:

Hindî siyá nakákakain dahil palaging masakít ang kaniyáng tiyán. He is unable to eat because he always has a stomach ache.

Makakapuntá kamí, kung hindî uulán. We will be able to go, if it will not rain.

Nakatulog kamí nang mahimbíng. We were able to sleep soundly.

So, there's your answer.

Root . . . infinitive . . . present . . . past . . . future

Tulog . . . makatulog . . . nakakatulog . . . nakatulog . . . makakatulog

What does prefixing a verb with pag- usually mean? For example, I understand the verb gising, but what does paggising mean?

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Thank you, Ali, for your good question.

Two things:

1. "Pag-" prefixed to a verb root makes an abstract noun or gerund. "Pag-" in this case translates to "the act of."

Examples:

paggising = waking up
Palaging maproblema ang paggising niya. Her waking up is always full of problems.

pag-inom = drinking
Sana tigilan na niya ang pag-inom. I wish he would stop (his) drinking.

pag-dating = arriving, arrival
Hinihintay namin ang kaniyang pagdating. We await his arrival.

2. Paggising is also an abbreviation for pagkagising. In this case, the prefix means "as soon as."

Examples:

Pag(ka)gising ni Kiko, kakain na tayo ng agahan. As soon as Kiko wakes up, we will eat breakfast.

Pag(ka)alis ni Mameng, matutulog na ako. As soon as Mameng leaves, I am going to bed.

The correct form is "pagka-." But in the spoken language, people tend to drop the "ka" and just say "pag." So pagkagising becomes paggising, which is not to be confused with the usage described in number 1 above.

Say "iyan" to mean "that, near you (meaning the person spoken to, the kausap).
Sa iyo by iyan? Is that (near you) yours?

Finally, say "iyon" to point to something that is far from both and the speaker and the kausap.
Hindi sa atin iyon. That (far from you and me) is not ours.

In summary:
ito = this
iyan = that, near the kausap
iyon = that, far from the kausap

Kausap = person being spoken to

This is a really good question. Thank you, Maasri, for asking.

IBILI
Use ibili to say to buy something for somebody.

Present:
Ibinibili ko sila ng bigas. I buy rice for them.

Past:
Ibinili niya ako ng bulaklak. He bought flowers for me.

Future:
Ibibili kita ng sapatos. I will you (a pair of) shoes.

BILHIN
Use bilhin to say to buy something.

Present:
Binibili namin ang lahat ng ani nilang mangga. We buy all their mango harvest.

Past:
Binili ng tatay ang bahay sa kanto. Dad bought the house on the corner.

Future:
Bibilhin mo ba ang aking coche? Will you buy my car?

EXERCISES
How would you say the following:

1. Did you buy me a dress?
2. Would you like to buy my camera?
3. I will not buy you any ice cream.
4. Let us buy that house.

Nahulí si Bert, kasí mabagal siyáng maglakád. Bert was late, because he walks slowly.

Basâ ang lupà kasí umulán. The ground is wet because it rained.

You can sign your emails or letters with

Bumabati, Your name

or even better yet,

Malugód na bumabatì, Your name

1. Use "paki" when the original verb does not begin with "i-," for example:

dalhin --> pakidalhin, please bring (something) along
buksan --> pakibuksan, please open (something)

2. Use "ipaki" when the original verb begins with "i-," for example:

iabot --> ipakiabot, please hand (me) (something)
isara --> ipakisara, please close (something)

Yes, Carlos, Book 3 is in preparation. It is planned for release in summer 2008. Book 3 builds on the foundations of Books 1 and 2. It will contain more sentence patterns, more conversations, verbs, readings, and vocabulary with lots of example sentences.

Please see message #1095 for an answer.

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The official Filipino alphabet (as decreed in the 1987 constitution) consists of 28 letters -- the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet plus the Spanish letter ñ and the native Malay consonant ng.

a b c d e f g

h i j k l m n

ñ ng o p q r s

t u v w x y z

Previously, the alphabet taught to Filipino children in Philippine schools consisted of 31 letters -- the basic ABAKADA Tagalog alphabet, as developed by Lope K. Santos in the 1930s, plus c, ch, f, j, ll, ñ, q, rr, v, x, and z.

In 2001, the Commission on the Filipino Language (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) issued "Revisyon ng Alfabeto at Patnubay sa Ispeling ng Wikang Filipino" -- revised guidelines on the use of c, f, j, ñ, q, v, x, and z. Notice the spelling of "revisyon," "alfabeto," and "ispeling."

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1. Gusto ko ng pansit. I like pansit (in general).

2. Gusto ko ang pansit. I like the pansit (meaning the particular pansit on the table here and now).

Hi Mariah,

For the translation of "Bahay Kubo," please scroll down and read comment 1009 below.

Brandon,
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Thank you. Best regards,

Drazen

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