‘Good morning’ in tagalog language

Good morning in tagalog language: VOCABULARY WARM-UP

Some formal greetings in Tagalog (Filipino), as well as farewells and personal introductions.

English Tagalog
Good morning! Magandang umaga!
What’s your name? Ano’ng pangalan mo?
I am John. Ako ay si John.
How are you? Kamusta ka?
I’m glad to meet you. Kinagagalak ko kayong makilala.
Fine. Mabuti.
Thank you. Salamat.
 

VOCABULARY: examples

English Tagalog
wow aba / wow
also, too din / rin »
here dito / rito »
student estudyante
Mrs. ginang
no hindi
you (subject pronoun) ka
a little kaunti
only, just lang
to meet magkita
to know how to, to be able to marunong
you (object pronoun) mo
now, already na
living, a resident of nakatira
by the way nga pala
yes (informal) oo
yes (formal) opo / oho
word added to phrases to express respect po / ho
where saan
marker used with names of people si
bye, go ahead, okay sige
from (used with place of origin) taga
we (inclusive) tayo
again ulit
 

Note that: forms with an asterisk (« ), such as din/rin or dito/rito, are chosen according to the ending of the preceding syllable — rin and rito are used after a vowel, din and dito after a consonant.

Here is the correspondence table of some key English-Tagalog expressions

English Tagalog
How are you? (informal) Kamusta ka?
How are you? (formal/plural) Kamusta kayo? / Kamusta sila?
Good morning! Magandang umaga!
Good noon! Magandang tanghali!
Good afternoon! Magandang hapon!
Good evening! Magandang gabi!
What’s your name? (informal) Ano’ng pangalan mo?
What’s your name? (formal/plural) Ano’ng pangalan ninyo? / nila?
Glad to meet you. (informal) Kinagagalak kitang makilala.
Glad to meet you. (formal/plural) Kinagagalak ko kayong/silang makilala.
Okay! / Go ahead! / Sure! Sige!
Good-bye! Paalam!
Let’s see each other again. Magkita ulit tayo!
 

Example of a mini-conversation to practice all this.

GRAMMAR

AnglaisTagalog
Iako
you (singulier, informel)ikaw / ka
he / shesiya
we (inclusive: toi et moi)tayo
we (exclusive: moi et d’autres, pas toi)kami
you (pluriel, formel ou familier)kayo
they / you (pluriel formel)sila

Note: – “Ikaw” and “ka” both mean “you,” but their placement varies depending on the sentence structure. – Tagalog distinguishes between inclusive (tayo) and exclusive (kami) “we,” which English does not.

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