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baká, yatŕ |
| Use baká and yatŕ to express doubt. |
| 1. Say "baká" when you are doubtful but optimistic.
Baká mayroón pang adobo. I'm not sure, but I think there may be some more adobo. Baká gumagana ang stereo. I'm not sure, but I think the stereo mgiht work. |
| 2. Say "yatŕ" when you are doubtful but pessimistic.
Walâ na yatang pansít. I'm not sure, but I think there may be no more pansit. Sirâ yatŕ ang stereo. I'm not sure, but I think the stereo might not work. |
Mga pananáw (perspective) na hadláng at sagabal sa pag-unlád nating mga Pilipino:
1. "Alám mo ba kung sino akó?"
2. "Akala mo kung sino siyá."
3. "Ikáw (kayó) na lang. Baká pa akó (kami) mapahamak."
4. "Kasalanan mo (ninyó), eh."
1. "Alám mo ba kung sino akó?"
2. "Akala mo kung sino siyá."
3. "Ikáw (kayó) na lang. Baká pa akó (kami) mapahamak."
4. "Kasalanan mo (ninyó), eh."
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What is "Learn Filipino: Book One"?
A program for learning the Tagalog-based Filipino language:- Take part in conversations from the start
- Learn and use language patterns
- Master the top 250 words, top 100 verbs
- Reach a progress milestone every 5 lessons
How can it help me?
Work with the book and sound files to learn to:- pronounce Tagalog words intelligibly
- greet others and introduce yourself
- ask for help in Tagalog
- say what you like or don't like
- talk about coming and going, eating and drinking
- and more . . .
- participate in example everyday conversations
- talk about getting up in the morning,
- going to work or school, going home,
- having supper, going to bed
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What's in Learn Filipino: Book Two
Learn then use compound and complex sentences like a native speaker.
Combine simple sentences into compound sentences.
Combine simple sentences into complex sentences:
- to say what you know or think
- to relate two events in time
(when, while, whenever, before, after)
- to say something happens "because . . ."
- to say "if" something happens
- to say something happens "so that . . ."
How can it help me?
Work with the book and sound files to learn to:Improve your mastery of verb focus: actor, object and beneficiary focus
Feel at home in the use of ba, daw / raw, din / rin, ho / pô, kasí, kayâ, lamang / lang, man, muna, na, namán, ngâ, pa, palá, sana, tulóy, yatŕ. Omit these words, and your sentences would be missing that distinctly Filipino style. Use them, and native speakers will think you are one of them.
Learn five hundred new words, grouped by topic or situation. At the end of this book, you can expect to have a vocabulary of the 1000 most frequently-used words in the language.
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