Easy Tagalog. Joi Barrios
your elderly neighbor while walking your dog. It is 7:00 in the evening.
You say: _______________________________________________________!
4. You meet your aunt at a family gathering. It is 3:00 in the afternoon.
You say: _______________________________________________________!
Saying Goodbye
To say goodbye, you can use the more formal word paalam or the more casual sige (which means both goodbye and okay).
RALPH : Paalam, Melissa. Goodbye, Melissa.
MELISSA : Sige po. Bye.
Practice saying goodbye.
SUMMING UP
In this chapter, we have studied greetings and introductions.
To sum up what we have learned, fill in the blanks. In the first sentence, you are talking about yourself. In the second sentence, you are talking to Ralph (remember to use the second person pronoun), and in the third, you are talking about Melissa.
Introduce yourself, Ralph, and Melissa to someone.
Ako si ________________. __________________ si Ralph ________________
si Melissa. ______________________ si Melissa.
CHAPTER 2
Where are you from?
Taga-saan ka?
Ralph and Melissa are still at the party. They are talking about where they are from and where they are now living.
Then and Now
Study the following words, phrases and sentences that talk about places.
| taga-saan | from (literally, from-where) |
| Taga-saan ka? | From-where + you? Where are you from? |
| taga-Los Angeles | from-Los Angeles |
| Taga-Los Angeles ako. | From-Los Angeles + I. I am from Los Angeles. |
| saan | where |
| nakatira | living |
| na | already |
| ngayon | now |
| Saan ka na nakatira ngayon? | Where + you + already + living + now?Where do you live now? |
| nakatira na ako ngayon | living + already + I + now. I now live |
| sa | in (preposition; can also mean at or on) |
| sa Quezon City | in Quezon City. |
| Nakatira na ako ngayon sa Quezon City. | Living + already + I + now + in + Quezon City.I now live in Quezon City. |
| noon | in the past or previously |
| Saan ka nakatira noon? | Where + you + live + previously?Where did you live previously? |
| Nakatira ako noon sa Manhattan. | Lived + I + previously + in + Manhattan.I used to live in Manhattan. |
RALPH : Taga-saan ka, Melissa? Where are you from, Melissa?
MELISSA : Taga-Los Angeles ako. Ikaw? I am from Los Angeles. And you?
RALPH : Taga-New York ako. Saan ka na nakatira ngayon? I am from New York. Where do you live now?
MELISSA : Nakatira na ako sa Quezon City ngayon. I now live in Quezon City.
Practice this dialogue.
VOCABULARY AND CULTURE TIP (The word “Na”): The word na has many meanings. In the dialogue, it is used to mean “already.” In later chapters, it will be used as a linker (a word used to link adjectives with nouns), and as a relative pronoun (used to function as who, whom, whose, which, and that). Filipinos like to use the word “already.” For example, they say “I ate already,” instead of saying “I have eaten.” This comes from the Tagalog sentence Kumain na ako (literally, Ate already I.) In English, using “already” would be wrong in a sentence like the one in the dialogue. Indeed it is a common source of mistakes when Filipinos are learning English.
QUESTION AND ANSWER PRACTICE
Read the information given in the following chart. The second column indicates where the person is from, and the third column shows where a person is living now. Use the third row to fill in your name, where you are from, and where you are living now, in each respective column. After doing this, ask and answer questions.
| Person | Where they are from | Where they are living now |
| Sarah | Pampanga | Maynila (Manila) |
| Mr. Tolentino | Nueva Ecija | Makati City |
1. Question: Taga-saan si Sarah?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
2. Question: Saan na nakatira si Sarah ngayon?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
3. Question: ____________________________________________________?
Answer: Taga-Nueva Ecija si Mr. Tolentino.
4. Question: ____________________________________________________?
Answer: Nakatira na siya sa Makati City ngayon.
5. Question: Taga-saan ka?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
6. Question: Saan ka na nakatira ngayon?
Answer: ____________________________________________________.
VOCABULARY
Study the following words that describe location:
| lugar | place |
| barangay | smallest political unit in the Philippines(similar to a village) |
| bayan | town, country, people |
| lungsod | city |
| probinsiya | province |
| isla | island |
| estado | state |
| bansa | country |
| kontinente | continent |
| mundo/daigdig | world |
| uniberso | universe |
CULTURE TIP (The Word Bayan): The word bayan can mean town, country and people. Here are some examples of how the word can be used: bayan ng Santa Filomena (town of Filomena); bayang Pilipinas (country of the Philippines); maglingkod sa bayan (serve the people). Historian Damon Woods has written