hello welcome to another edition of learn filipino podcast. ako si juan at ngayon tuturuan ko kayo ng tagalog.

lets start!

just a breif overview, most of our slangs are mearly just a manipulation of a word usually a two syllable word changing the order of the syllable by pronouncing the 2nd syllable then the 1st syllable, making it a slang.

so to understand this more fully i will give a bunch of examples!

astig (tigas) which means hard

this means cool or great depending on the context!

an example is...

astig si juan

juan is cool

erpats (father)

ako ang erpats mo

i am your father

ermats (mother)

siya ang ermats ko

she is my mother

yosi (sigarilyo)

may yosi ka ba?

do you have a cigarette?

dehins (hinde) no/not

dehins kita makita

i cant see you

kitakits(to meet)

kitakits tayo sa mcdonalds

lets meet at mcdonalds

hebigats(heavy and bigat combined) rocking/heavy

its a play of words hea"bi" and "bi"gat heabigats

heabigats ang music na ito

this music is heavy or rocking!

peksman (i swear)

peksman mahal kita

i swear i love you

toma(drink/alcohol)

bigyan mo ako ng toma

give me a drink

chong (man/bro/friend)

ano balita chong?

whats up man

pare (man/bro/friend)

pare ko, meron akong problema

hey my friend, i have a problem

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