I thought it would be a great opportunity to show non Tagalog speaking Pinoys and non Filipinos a few lessons in the national language of the Philippines, Tagalog (derived from tagailog, from tagá- meaning “native of” and ílog meaning “river.” Thus, it means “river dweller.”) I plan to make this topic a regular entry on this blog to help strengthen Filipino awareness and identity. This is also important for those of you non-Filipinos who are either interested in Filipino culture or are married/in arelationship with a Pinoy or Pinay. The video posted above is from an Abs-Cbn program called Filipino Ka, Sabihin Mo! (roughly translated You are Filipino, You Say!) which I think is great for teaching people the national language step by step in their 5 minute program. In addition, I provided some more information on Tagalog greetings in Greetings continued. So I hope everyone will enjoy and learn a lot about the Tagalog language.

GREETINGS Continued

Magandang umaga po – Good morning, sir/ma’am
Magandang hapon po – Good afternoon, sir/ma’am
Magandang gabi po – Good evening, sir/ma’am
Magandang tanghali po – Good noon sir/ma’am
Magandang araw po – Good day sir/ma’am

Note: Po is used in direct discourse to express respect. To young people and to friends po is not used.

It is right to say:
Magandang umaga
Magandang hapon
or Magandang gabi

The literal meaning of maganda is beautiful.

Answers:
Magandang umaga (po) naman.
Good morning, too
Magandang hapon (po) naman.
Good afternoon, too

Questions:
Kumusta (po) kayo?
How are you? (sir, madam)
Kumusta Ka?
How are you?

Answer:
Mabuti (po) naman. Salamat.
Fine, thank you.