Apparently historical facts of the Philippines
- Spanish colony of 300 years
- 1896 was when the Spanish Left
- Americans took over
- 1936 they decided to have an "offical" language
- The 3 choices were: Ilocano, Tagalog, and Visayan
- The choice was Tagalog (even though more people spoke Visayan)
- This was due to what the people spoke in Manila (the capitol)
- In the 1960s they changed Tagalog to "Pilipino"
- Very Phonetic language: The modern version "borrows" letters
Original Version: A, B, K, D, E, G, H, I, L, M, N, NG, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y
Modern Version: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N (~), N, NG, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
They did make a joke about the boxer Manny Pacquiao which I later Google'd. I had absolutely NO IDEA who he was. I couldn't believe I had never heard of him. Unless I wasn't paying attention sometime in my life. Unfortunately, that happens quite often so it could be the case!
The teacher later went on to stress the 3 accent marks: which are not as bad as Chinese/Vietnamese...but they're still there. My slow self has a problem with the glottal endings. He was a fun teacher who mentioned this was his third year of teaching Tagalog. If anything I found out with my ignorance it is not "TAG-A-LOG" how the phonetic American would say i,t but it's "Tah"-"Gah"-"Lawg"
The teacher later went on to stress the 3 accent marks: which are not as bad as Chinese/Vietnamese...but they're still there. My slow self has a problem with the glottal endings. He was a fun teacher who mentioned this was his third year of teaching Tagalog. If anything I found out with my ignorance it is not "TAG-A-LOG" how the phonetic American would say i,t but it's "Tah"-"Gah"-"Lawg"
Anyway, onto more learning! I did learn 4 phrases:
- Magandang umaga (beautiful/good morning)
- Magandang Hapon (beautiful/good afternoon)
- Magandang gabi (beautiful good/night)
- Ako Si... (My name is....)
