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Thank you means stingray? 🤔 Kloe (Filipino 🇵🇭) and Asa (Indonesian 🇮🇩) are back on Tagalog Tea Time to break down the "false friends" between Tagalog and Indonesian — words that sound identical but mean wildly different things.

From "salamat" to mutual-intelligibility challenges, this crossover is full of surprises.This is a follow-up to Episode 5 — watch that one first for the similarities and differences between Filipino and Indonesian culture and language.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

00:45 Recap of Episode 5 + your comments

01:30 "Salamat" — thank you vs. good morning

02:30 Stingray vs. morning (and "thank you stingray")

03:15 Shared Arabic roots, different meanings

03:45 Words for "love": mahal, sayang & sinta

05:00 "Sayang" — love vs. what a waste

06:15 Pride month culture notes on the Ling app

07:00 Cute aggression explained

08:30 "Gigil" vs. shivering from cold

09:30 More false friends (the vulgar ones 👀)

11:30 Mutual intelligibility test — can they understand each other?

14:00 "Kasi" — because vs. to give

15:30 Why nuance matters in translation

16:30 Outro + how to join the conversation

🎧 New episodes of Tagalog Tea Time drop every Thursday on Spotify

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How do you order food like a local in the Philippines? In this episode of Tagalog Tea Time, Kloe (born and raised in Manila) and Jeans swap Filipino and Thai food culture — and teach you real Tagalog and Thai food vocabulary along the way.

Tagalog Tea Time is the podcast where you learn Tagalog through stories, culture, and the stuff no textbook teaches you — brought to you by Ling, the app for learning underrepresented Southeast Asian and Eastern European languages like Tagalog, Thai, and Serbian.

In this episode:

- How to order food like a Filipino (key Tagalog phrases + the polite particle "po")

- Filipino vs Thai food culture — rice, snacks, and culture shock

- Why Filipinos have many words for rice — and the Thai equivalents

- Pre-meal traditions in a Catholic vs Buddhist country

- Tagalog vs Thai pronunciation (the "ng" sound westerners struggle with)

Tara let's!

#LearnTagalog #Tagalog #FilipinoLanguage #LanguageLearning #Ling

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In this special Pride Month episode of Learn Tagalog with Ling, we celebrate the color, warmth, and resilience of the Filipino LGBTQ+ community, and our relations to the Thai gays 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈🇹🇭

Explore the rich and playful language of queer Filipinos and Thai people, from everyday terms to the legendary world of Filipino and Thai gay lingo. You'll learn not only the Tagalog and Thai vocabulary, but also the cultural stories behind it, from beauty pageants to bakla icons who have shaped Philippine pop culture for generations. 🌈

💡 Highlights:

• bakla, tomboy, bading – how Tagalog names identity with humor and heart
• beki – the affectionate word that built a whole community
• Swardspeak (gay lingo) – the ever-changing secret language of Filipino queers 💬
• chika, charot, and other beki words you'll hear every day
• The cultural role of bakla in Filipino fiestas, salons, and pageants
• Pride-themed culture notes now live in the Ling app
• How Filipino queer slang travels from the salon to mainstream slang 😉
• ❤️ Celebrate love and learn a little Tagalog while you're at it!

Tune in and discover the little things that make Filipino culture so special!

Discover how you can practice your Tagalog with a free lesson on Ling Live! Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode.

Tara let's!

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He called me his coworker three months ago. Now he's my boyfriend — and he's learning how to say "I love you" in Tagalog. In this episode of Tagalog Tea Time, I teach my boyfriend Michael (Sri Lankan, raised in Dubai, now living in Thailand) the most romantic Tagalog words and phrases — from "Mahal kita" to "Aking Sinta" — and we talk about what dating across cultures actually looks like. We also dig into traditional Filipino courtship (ligaw, harana, asking the parents), Tagalog grammar quirks like turning English words into verbs, and end with a real Tagalog dialogue straight from the Ling app.

If you're dating a Filipina, married to one, or just curious about how romance sounds in Tagalog — this one's for you.

Tara let's!

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Why do Filipinos switch between English and Tagalog mid-sentence? In this episode of Tagalog Tea Time, Kloe and Melissa break down Taglish — the everyday blend of English and Tagalog that powers conversations across the Philippines.

From counting money in English to dreaming in Tagalog, from "conyo" stereotypes to workplace code-switching, this is a real, unscripted look at what it actually means to grow up bilingual (and sometimes trilingual) in the Philippines.

Tara let's!

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Our first Filipino-Indonesian language video hit 10.1 million views on TikTok. This is the deeper conversation behind it.

Kloe (🇵🇭) and Asa (🇮🇩) are back for Part 2 of Tagalog Tea Time —

unpacking why two countries that aren't even next to each other ended up with languages that sound like cousins. From Austronesian migration and Malay trade routes to the curse words you only learn from playing Roblox with Southeast Asians, this episode covers the cultural and linguistic ground a textbook can't.

Tara let's!

In this episode:

- Why Filipino and Indonesian sound so similar (it's older than you think)

- Counting 1–10 in Tagalog, Indonesian, and Javanese — and what the numbers reveal

- How prefixes and suffixes work the same way in both languages

- The "sayang" problem — one word, two completely different meanings

- Curse words, fanfiction vocabulary, and Roblox slang

- A live Tagalog immersion read-through where Asa hunts for Indonesian cognates

- Why Filipinos and Indonesians always seem to click

Whether you're Filipino curious about Indonesian, Indonesian curious about Filipino, or just here for the language nerdery — pull up a chair.

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An Indonesian speaker told her Filipino colleague "Aku suka kamu" — and accidentally said "I vomit you." 😂 That's the magic of Tagalog and Indonesian: two languages with the same Austronesian roots, hundreds of shared words, and some very dangerous false friends.Join Kloe (native Tagalog speaker) and Monika (Indonesian learning Tagalog) as they break down the real similarities and differences between Filipino and Indonesian — words, culture, and everything in between.

Tara let's!

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Filipino dating has its own vocabulary, and most of it didn't come from a textbook.

Ligaw is the old art of courting someone, sometimes by literally serenading them outside their window. MU means "mutual understanding," that situationship phase before anyone dares say the words boyfriend or girlfriend.

In this episode, Kloe shares the phrases Filipinos actually use when flirting, crushing, and catching feelings, plus the cultural rules that still shape dating today.

Tara let's, maglambingan na tayo!

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Some feelings only exist in Tagalog.

Gigil is the urge to squeeze something unbearably cute, like a chubby baby's cheeks. Tampo is that quiet sulking when someone hurts your feelings but you refuse to say why.

In this episode, Kloe unpacks the Tagalog words that English borrows awkwardly or can't say at all, with stories from growing up in Manila that show you exactly when Filipinos reach for them. Learn the words, feel the culture, and start noticing gigil in your own life.

Tara let's!

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Kumusta!

It's the first word every Tagalog learner hears, and it already has a secret: it came from the Spanish ¿cómo está? and Filipinos made it our own.

In this episode, Kloe walks you through the greetings she actually uses in Manila, from magandang umaga to the casual ba-bye! you'll hear between friends. You'll learn how to say hello, ask how someone is, and respond naturally with lessons you won't find in a textbook.

Slow paced, beginner friendly, and ready for your first real conversation.

Tara let's!