I'm currently putting together a teaching resource for primary school pupils about different scripts/orthographies around the world. The task has 18 translations of 'languages are amazing/incredible' in various languages which have differing scripts. I've checked the translations with multiple online translation tools, but I'm well aware that these do not always catch the nuanced points that native speakers can, hence why I wanted to post here for advice.

Would this be a suitable translation for Tagalog, or is there a better alternative?

kamangha-mangha ang mga wika

Thank you in advance for any help you lovely r/Tagalog Redditors can offer!

Kasi 'di ba ang pagsasaing ay cooking method? If you're a Filipino 'saing' is basically understood as 'to cook rice', pero method din siya ng pagluluto ng other things like fish. IDK, na-curious lang ako. Di ko kasi ma-explain yung Sinaing na Tulingan sa friend ko na nagaaral ng Tagalog.

Ito ang aking sinulat (hindi po ako magaling sa teknikal na aspeto ng pagsusulat this is purely creative)

May kakaibang bilis ang aking puso na naaabot lamang nito sa tuwing ang imahe mo ang tumatakbo sa aking isipan. Simpleng pagbanggit lamang ng iyong ngalan at tila ako'y nagbuhat na ng ilang libong kilogramong bigat. Kaya siguro ganoon kasi kasingbigat din nito ang halaga mo sa akin. Nakakatawa dahil sa totoo lang hindi pa naman tayo magkakilala ngunit napasamba mo agad ang tulad kong walang paniniwala. Nawa'y di sana ipagkaila ng mga tala sa akin na ibigin ka. Hindi ko na rin hihilingin ang iyong pagsinta, tama na ang ako lang ang humanga

Hello! I am getting married this Friday 9/4 and my fiancée is filipino.

During my vows, I want to turn to her family and say:

Iingatan ko po ang anak ninyo, at mamahalin ko siya nang buong puso ko

I need help with the first word iingatan. The other words make sense to me, but that first word I have trouble with.

I tried e-e-ING-ah-tan, and e-e-NYAH-tan, but they dont seem to sound right.

I would greatly appreciate any help :)

Magandang araw!

Nandito ako sa subreddit na’to upang mas-maunawaan ang kaalaman ko sa wikang filipino. Paalam kung ang mga pangugusap ay… ‘di maganda o alanganin basahin. Ang layunin neto ay para bigyang immersyon ako sa wika natin, at siguro unting vent.

Ang kulit, e no? ‘Bat may vent sa [r/Tagalog](r/Tagalog) sa lahat ng puwedeng subreddit?!

Lumaki ako sa wikang ingles. Ito ang tinutok ng aking mga magulang noong bata palang ako—cartoons, common english words, at pinasok ako sa pribadng eskwelahan para masmailalim ang kaalaman ko sa wikang ingles. Naaalala ko pa ang motto namin noon, “A true \[student of this institution\] speaks in english” (sensya na po, tinggangal ko ang name ng eskwelan ko para anonymous parin huhu). Totoo nga siguro. Puro 74, 81, at 78 lamang nakukuha ko.

Hinding-hindi ko gusto sisihin ang magulang ko dahil dito. Para sakanila, akala tagala nila ang wikang ingles ay makakabigay sakses sa aming buhay. Kaya, ginawa nila ang lahat para ibigay sakin ang edukasyon ito. Nalaman ko lang, sa ngayon, na marami ring pamilya na nagbibigay pugay sa wikang ingles dahil ito ay puwedeng mag bigay ng maraming opportunidad sa buhay. Ganun rin ang nanay ko, nag-impake ng gamit, lumusob pababa ang bundok, at sumakay ng barko papuntang Maynila, ang dala ay bilang na pera dapatwat madaming dalang pangarap na makaahon sa buhay.

Datapwat ngayon, hirap parin kami sa buhay. Naitapos ko ang edukasyon ko sa pribadong eskwelahan. Nag-enroll sa pribadong kolehiya. Nag-transfer. Bakit nga ba, kung ang buong talambuhay kong nakasaad dito ay nagbibigay ng mensahe na larang sumisigaw, “MAY KAYA NAMAN ‘TO EH!” ?

Pamilya ko ay hindi mayaman. Lahat ng pera naipunta sa pagaaral sa pribadong eskwelahan, lahat ng pera naipunta para saking kinabukasan, ay galing lamang sa butas na bulsa ni mama’t papa. Manhid ang mga palad at baon sa sakit na kinikimkim lang nila upang ‘di kami mag-alala ni kuya—pero iba pag anak, ewan ko. Parang ang emosyon nila ay nararamdam ko rin. Parang umbilical, ramdam mo ang bawat hila—kumikirot, namumula, at mahapdi.

Paano po kakayanin ang bawat sakit naidinadala ko sakanila habang nakaupo sa pribadong kolehiyo, naka-aircon at naka-upo sa upuan na maayos at ‘di gumegewang?

Karapat-dapt ko ba sila tingnan lang, habang nagaaral, at paalalahanin ang sarili ko na apat na taon nalang para maitulongan ko sila?

Kaya, pabigla-bigla akong naghana ng mga pambublikong paaralan. Kung sila ay nasa langsangan para lang sa edukasyon ko, ‘bat ko hahayaan mangyari ‘yan kung kaya ko naman lumipat? ‘Bat ko silang hahayaan mag hirap para lang saking kinabukasan?

Ayun. Pumasa. Napirmahan ng chairperson ang stub ko. Pabalik-balik, pagod, at magastos—pero ayun. Naka-transfer. Naka-pasok.

Wala nang bayarin sa eskwelahan ang iisipin ng magulang ko. Masaya na’ko doon. Pero may kontrabida nanaman! Hay, nako! Pero ‘di tao ang kontradiba—hindi si Cherie Gil! Ngunit, ang kontrabida ay… mahina ako sa wikang tagalog. Kakapasok ko palang, meron na agad akong oberdue na gawain. Reaksyon papel.

Ilang oras siguro ako nakatingin sa screen ko. Sulat—psst-psst-erase. Wala parin. Unang araw ng pasok ko, wala na agad. Ang ambisyosa ko talaga, e no?

Alamin ng lahat! Hirap ang batang ito hindi sa majors! Kundi… sa kanyang sariling wika! Hear hear!

Gagawin ko ang makakaya ko para lang makasulat at makabigkas ang wikang pinoy ng klaro. Kaso wala namang perfect formula para dito. Walang quadratic, walang proofing. Ang kasama ko lang ay mga libro, tao, at motibasyon matuto. E, gagana ba yan sa overdue kong assignment? Siguro. Depende kong three ‘yan.

Nakakahiya, at siguro dahil makapal ang mukha ko, nakaka-iyak rin. May nagsasabi sakin na lumipat nalang, ‘bat bako nandito kung conyo ako? Deserve mo yan, mahirapan, e no?

Siguro nga—siguro nga wala nga akong karapatan mag-aral dito. Hindi backpack na lubos ang laman ng teksbuks ang mabigat, kundi ang kahihiyan na dala ko araw-araw. Pagbasa palang ng mga kasamahan ko, parang wala akong maintindihan. Ang lalalim, parang baha lang sa parañaque. Bidlisiw*, pahimakas, magiting…* lahat ‘yan may makikita mo sa search history ko. José Rizal, paumanhin. ‘Di yata ako kasama sa itunotukoy mong, “Ang kabataan ay pag-asa ng bayan.”

Siguro nga, kahit tumutulo luha ko dahil sa kalaban ko at salita salita ng iba—*reaksyon papel, wow!—‘*di sapat ang talumbuhay ko sa paguunawa, kung hirap din naman ako mag salita ng sariling wika.

(Hello! I am learning tagalog one at a time again. I’m sorry that there are many grammatical mistakes. Siguro kung ibibigay ko ito, 6.5 lang ang matatanggap ko. Please give me advice on how to improve. I know this post is more of a vent than anything, and i’m once again sorry for that. I need to get used to writing, speaking, and breathing in academic filipino. As of now, i’m reading ABNKKBSNPL ako?! By Bob Ong. But i still get overwhelmed by things I dont know, such as grammatical structures. I never focused on structures in english either, i just wrote what felt normal to me. But with tagalog, i never know whats normal enough to pass as normal. If that makes sense?

Thank you for taking the time to read!)

Hi, I'm new here and I don't speak tagalog, so my filipino friend posted "Papapwet yarn" on their Instagram note, and I wanna know the meaning of it. I've searched on Google, tried to translate with AI, Asked Chatgpt and gemini about the context and they said the literal meaning is "getting it from behind" but the context is like how we write in english "Getting screwed" in a frustrating sense. There's no "?" Mark on the note. Just says these two words. Please help me out.

Also asking my friend isn't an option :(

Yes this is a serious question ok whats the most best way to make sentences that involve I/myself, you/yourself, he/himself? Im kind of struggling with things like sarili/mismo because its kind of confusing especially with which of them to use and which verb to accompany . Thank you

And um ok I guess jokes are allowed in the comments because I did have a strong opener but I hope I get a real response too

My technician said it while working overtime 😅

I live in Hawaii and there are alot of Filipino people here. I am wondering what is the best app to learn that corrects you if your pronunciation is off. I am also wondering if Filipino people take offense to you greeting them or trying to speak talagalog to them. I think the cadence and flow of tagalog is very satisfying to hear the way it rolls is similar to Spanish in my opinion. I am choosing g tagalog because it is the one most familiar to me and alot of people I work with speak it.

Nag-aaral kasi ako ng Tagalog at Baybayin, napansin ko na parang wala pang magandang converter/transliterator website, kaya gumawa ako ng isa para makatulong:

https://www.tagalogslang.com/baybayin

Sabihin niyo lang po kung may pwede pa akong i-improve, salamat!

hello everyone and let me know if this should be marked nsfw lol

so i don't speak tagalog but i love OPM and specifically the band eraserheads, ive been trying to learn the tagalog in all the songs i listen to so i can appreciate it better & it's been really satisfying to recognize words i already know in new songs, etc
anyways i have a question about this word "mag-syota" that appears in the eraserheads song "shirley"?

the verse for context:

the next week, mag-syota na sila
magka-holding hands papunta sa C.A.S.A.A.
kung maglandian akala mo'y walang katabi

so when i google the lyrics and press "translate" it says the first line translates as "next week they have sex" but i question the correctness of that because i don't think that really makes sense in the lines? they have sex holding hands while walking to a place on their college campus?? maybe the translation is accurate & i just am not understanding the way the sentence is structured idk but also i know google translate sometimes gets lyrics really wrong so

usually i cross-reference with tagalog.com to find out a more accurate translation of each word but it doesn't have "mag-syota" as a word on there. and when i try to google it nothing really shows up? i guess "syota" is a word for lover or fling but that's kind of vague (maybe intentionally??) so im still confused

if anyone can clarify i would definitely appreciate it!! thanks

Dito ko magtatanong kasi dito siguro may makakatulong.

May paraan ba? Di supported language ang Tagalog sa Scribble kaya 'pag nagsusulat ako sa iPad, sa English nao-autocorrect.

Hello Reddit! I’m working on a gift for a friend. She’s Filipina and every night before bed she has a ritual called “ tea and tagalog” where she makes Tea and practice her Tagalog.

I want to make her a book mark for tagalog text book with a little “tea and Tagalog” logo written both in English and Tagalog. Using Google Translate I wasn’t able to figure out the word for “Tagalog” (I tried Filipino as well but no luck) even if I did though, I want to make sure it’s right - if anyone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated :) Thank you!!

Instead of saying “ay”, ginagamit nila ay “is”. And it’s so cringey. For example: “Ang gusto ko lang naman is umasenso sa buhay.” Bakit iwas na iwas sa paggamit ng salitang “ay”?

Editing post to add:
It’s different from using Taglish. What I mean is using an entire sentence in Filipino and the suddenly the person avoids the usage of the word “ay” and instead use the word “is.”

Another example:
Si Maria is maganda.
Yung aso kasi namin is tumatakbo nung nangyari yun.

Karaniwang ko pong nariringgan ang Tining sa mga bagay na umiikot. Ang intindi ko po rito ay umiikot nang mabilis pero iba ang kahulugan nito sa mga diksyunaryo.

Tulad ng:

Turumpong pinatining.

Washing machine na tumitining.

Tubig na tumitinig sa lababo dahil may butas.

Enggranahe ng makina na tumitining kapag pinaaandar.

Banggitin, lantarin, kantahin, sabihin niyo sa akin sinong Tiktoker na naman nagpauso nito?

Halimbawa: Katawanch, Palabanch, Kabogch, Timbogch, Sabogch, Busogch, Kilabotch, Libogch, Ulowch, atbp.

Bakit ba ang hilig ng mga magulang sabihin "Yung Anak Mo!"? Kada mag papaalam ka, kada may kailangan ka, kada may gusto ka kakabitan muna nila ng ex. "Yung Anak Mo nanghihingi ng baon.", "Yung Anak Mo nagpapaalam gusto mag lakwatsa!", "Yung Anak mo hating gabi na naman umuwi!" lalo na pag masama o medyo makasalanan yung ginawa laging Yung Anak Mo. Hindi ba uso yung Anak natin or kahit Anak ko lang.

marunong naman ako magtagalog pero d ako well versed sa mga slang so i was wondering if this was one of them? For context tinanong ko yung kaklase ko kung binili na nya yung tickets nya for a concert tapos ”umsim” yung nireply nya.

#ngani is a filipino slang word# only pinoy or filipino could answer this .

Problema ko na ito simula bata pa ako. Nahihirapan akong i-pronounce ang S kaya madalas pinagtatawanan at na bubully. Gusto ko sanang magpa speech theraphy kaso walang budget. Sino po ang may same problem na okay na ngayon? How did you get rid of lisp po?

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Medyo napapansin ko siya kamakailan lang.

Halimbawa: ba is gyo, gan is da, pasa is bog, ga is lit, pal is do, atbp.

Google says hindi pagka pantaypantay but I think there would be a better term. Hindi ko maisip. How would you say in Tagalog "the widening gap between rich and poor" in not so awkward terms?

Lack of equality - kawalan ng pagkapantay pantay - so awkward.

Hello! I just want to ask about this term "Poging Lamig". Naririnig ko na siya noon pa pero naging curious ako ngayon kasi tinatawag ako ng isa sa kakilala ko na ganito. I tried searching for it pero medyo duda ako sa lumalabas na meaning eh. Curious lang kung negative o positive ba meaning nito. Thank you!