Hey guys! My step-dads been in my life since I was six and I really want to get him something that will mean a lot. I just don't know what to do. Any help?

I'm a filipino born in America, and so I barely know anything about the language. So when I go to family gatherings, and they r talking about tagalog n bisaya, I'm so confusedabout what they're saying. What do I do?

Growing up, for some reason ive always been cursed with getting a fish bone stuck in my throat whenever I eat fish and everytime it happened they wished that this one lady was around to remove it. Basically they told me that she would put her hand on your throat and somewhat move her hand around your neck where the bone was stuck and she was able to always remove It. Just curious if this is some Filipino folktale and if anyone else can relate or has heard of this

Hi All!
I'm currently doing an assignment about Culture and Society, and I'd really appreciate it if someone could share some unique Pinoy English expressions.

i.e. open/close the light = turn/off the light

Thanks a bunch!

hi guys! i (a non-filipino) have a lover who is filipino, specifically visayan. i've been interested in learning his language in order to speak to his mother in his mother's tongue as well as raise our children cultured. i'm in a bit of predicament on whether i should learn tagalog or bisaya first (his mother knows both). i figured it would be nice to learn bisaya since its closer to their region though i know that tagalog is more widespread n spoken with. i'm indonesian but come from a region named aceh so in my perspective i would really appreciate if someone learned indonesian n be more surprised if they learned acehnese. thoughts n opinions? if there are any free resouces to learn either languages please dropped them below. thank you in advance!

Other say sabog ka no or gobas ka no?

Hi! I’ve always been interested in folklore, but Filipino folklore has always been my favorite because of the rich story telling that comes from it. I was hoping to learn more and hear other stories from different parts of the Philippines! if you have had an experience with the paranormal or have a folklore story of some sort please do share, I’d love to hear how legends vary and see different perspectives. (If that’s okay)

Hi all, im wondering if you could help me find a unique gift for my moms Filipino caregiver.

I want to find something special but am on a budget. She is far from home for the holidays and id love to see if I can find something special/specific to the Philippines for her. Could be just about anything. Just want to show her we care about her. In the past I have gotten her a gift basket with Filipino foods and a Filipino sun necklace. My mom buys her nicer things, I just want her to know we appreciate her too.

Thanks!

Sorry for asking again, but I have two meetings with them now.

I know somd Tagalog but I have trouble forming long sentences, and placement with my 'po's.'

TDLR: Need help writing another letter in tagalog(Native speakers only please) please use po's,: "Thank you Mrs (won't put her last name) and Mr ( last name) for inviting me! I hope you enjoy the chocolate, I am sorry if you don't like it. Your son's a very kind and caring boy. Again, thank you."

So I'm meeting my Boyfriends mom earlier then I thought so, and I have two gifts for her, I would give a different card but the gifts has already been wrapped and taped so I don't want to unwrap it cause it's expensive wrapping paper so I am making ber too gifts, I am also unsure what to wear, it's to the movies but I want to make a good first impression, what would someone wear to impress a somewhat strict, roman catholic(I am roman catholic as well thankfully), traditional Filipino mom? The letter part I need help with is in TLDR!

I tried writing it in tagalog:

So I'm meeting my Boyfriends mom kanina then I thought so, and I have two gifts for her, I would give a different card pero nakabalot na at naka-tape na ang mga regalo kaya ayoko nang i-unwrap kasi mahal ang wrapping. papel kaya gumagawa ako ng mga regalong ber too, hindi rin ako sigurado kung ano ang isusuot, ito ay sa mga pelikula ngunit gusto kong gumawa ng magandang unang impression, ano ang isusuot ng isang tao upang mapabilib ang isang medyo mahigpit, roman. catholic(Roman catholic din ako thankfully), traditional Filipino mom?

If you couldn't tell my tagalog is still pretty bad

There’s extreme misinformation going around like viral Jokoy videos claiming exactly this that has led some Filipinos to think this

Filipinos are closest to and look like other SE Asians, Indonesians, Thais, Vietnamese etc, Filipinos look significantly much more Chinese and are genetically closer to the Chinese. Most Filipinos can pass as Chinese especially in Southern China. Majority of Filipinos look nothing like Mexicans

They aren’t genetically close to Mexicans either there’s virtually no similarities since Filipinos are mostly Austronesian with some Chinese while Mexicans are 50/50 Spanish (European) and Native American with abit of African

Some Filipinos can pass as Mexicans with high indigenous background but so can the majority of Asians (Indonesians, Nepalese, Thais, Vietnamese, etc) . But Majority of Filipinos do not look Latino it’s so so easy to distinguish. This guy also claimed the Filipino/Tagalog language comes from Spain…

Here in California The typical Mexican looks.. Latino.. many look almost like light skinned arabs/Indians with smaller noses which is the typical look for Mexicans.

Mostly kapag nakakareceive ako ng private message/s na “hi/hello” or “ate/ading” ONLY, nirereply’an ko talaga. Pero, after realizing that, I give in to easily without any worries caused me to overthink the possibilities na ‘I accepted the message request of a stranger, what if replying to their message could open something like a clickbait or something’. We are innovating in such fast phase lalo na sa technology, so it got me thinking na I will never ever respond to this kind of message/s ever again.

I would accept a message request if:

• I have a field of work that I am to accept messages from strangers (ex. Teacher, SocMed related work, etc.)

• I have classmates who I am not friends with in the app but casually greets offline and/or baka groupmate ko sa isang activity.

• I am anticipating a message from a person where I applied to something (ex. Work, etc)

Lastly, the best tip I could have taken from this experience is that, kilatising mabuti ang taong nag message. It is advisable to STALK their profile for clarification and to feel somehow at ease, kasi at least may mukha at legit ang account nito. Look out for those who have less things on their profile, like kulang ng pictures/ walang engagement in that account. Yung parang dump account.

What are your thoughts about message anxiety/ message wit lack of contexts?

I made a previous thread asking anyone about any Filipino horror movie titles that they wish they could watch with English subtitles. But this time, I am asking for a list of movies that fit the same description. Does anyone know of any good reference for this matter?

The project we'd be doing will certainly help the local movie industry, particularly horror, in gaining wider exposure through the English subtitles.

I am making a list of Filipino horror movies that do not yet have English subtitles for a series of projects with a group. This is technically sort of an indie project aimed at propagating the local movie industry to a wider audience, possibly to those who do not speak the Tagalog/Filipino language.

If anyone has a list or at least an idea of a movie or two that meets this criterion, feel free to leave the title in the comment. You can also tell something about the movie, like, why it is significant to you, etc.

TLDR: Need help writing in tagalog. "Thank you for welcoming me into your home, I hope you enjoy the small gifts. And as well Thank you for the baked sushi you gave us, my father enjoyed it very much as well as I."

Me, in highschool,my filipino boyfriend, as well in highschool. In a week or two I am meeting his filipino mother. I've gotten her a box of chocolates and grapefruit-mango scented candles, I plan on making ber homemade brownies, and I've gotten a card. I've been studying Tagalog for a little while now and while I know what to say, I haven't gotten myself tk the point of large sentences, his mother can speak English very well but I wanted to write the card in tagalog. Anybody know how to put this into tagalog?(please don't use Google translate.) "Thank you for welcoming me into your home, I hope you enjoy the small gifts. And as well Thank you for the baked sushi you gave us, my father enjoyed it very much as well as I."

Salamat po!

Edit: I'll check back when I meet her!

Hi, I've been finding this YouTuber, his name is Emillio(?) and he was a famous YouTuber dati, he was popular during the "Sosyal vs. Di-Sosyal." Trend (Rich vs. Poor), I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP MGA MAKABAYAN, PLEASE FIND THIS YOUTUBER.

Salamat!

https://suno.com/song/d0f04734-0c84-41fb-9fbc-6c2ce0947a35

What do you think?

I'm feeling under the weather today so I thought I'd share my instant salabat recipe (california, diabetic version :-)

TJ's 100% Ginger Juice Drink Mix
hot hot water
stevia powder (just a tiny bit, it's super sweet)

hello i just watched hello love again AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL when joy asked ethan towards the end “am i a love that lasts forever, ethan?” what was the actual line and not the english translation

i just finished watching un/happy for you on Netflix. I had to fast forward through most of the movie and even then the scenes I could stand to watch were terrible. The dialogue was so predictable and it kind of got me really disappointed to see how we haven’t really grown out of our “catering to the male gaze” movies and stories written mostly from a male perspective. I know there are other good filipino movies out there which have good stories to tell and a handful written by women which carry the voice (Leonor will never die, The Girl and the Gun, etc) but is there going to be a time where we actually get sick of the 1 dimensionality of most of PH movies? Theres so much more to tell i think that is being trumped by another love story or another exes progress story or another u likely friendship turned into lovers story or another elderly love story.

I find it a little kitschy. I like the sculpture itself but adding liveable and leaseable real estate inside the statue itself diminishes the religious importance of it.

The whole project is based around the commercialization of Catholicism, I feel. idk

Kumusta?

May tanong ako tungkol sa salin ng mga salitang "brownout", at "internet" sa wikang Filipino. Ano ito? At paano naging ganoon iyong salin? Salamat!

Many Filipinos I know own/has owned a karaoke machine, even some of my relatives, but me or my family never owned one while growing up. Even at family parties we never really do karaoke unlike most other Filipino families. Even my mom and I discussed this years ago how we’re like the only Filipino family that doesn’t have a karaoke machine in their household, while many of our relatives do have one. I can never really relate to the karaoke Filipino stereotype everyone talks about and I’m also biracial so it kinda makes sense why my family has never owned one.

Hello.

in the sentence "ikinogagalak kong makilala ko" I'm struggling to understand a couple of things. unfortunately my resources for tagalog are mangolanguage app, chat gpt for a live conversation and here.

my confusions are:

• the topic. I thought that the topic or what the conversation is about is to meet. chatgpt is telling me its about the feeling of being pleased.
• the order of the sentence. my first couple of lessons from mangolanguage was that the tagalog sentence structure was predicate+topic. am I misunderstanding this and that its what makes a sentence and not the order of what goes first?
• because of the structure, if being pleased is the topic I would have thought that being pleased or pleases me would be at the end of the sentence.

also at the moment ng is confusing me. I've been told that it shows either possession or links things. in this case i'm unsure if it shows that the person speaking is being pleased and is possessing happiness or if its linking being happy to the cause.

I've decided to learn tagalog as i've been wanting to learn a language for a while but am struggling. the course i'm on from mango languages has said that the basic tagalog sentence structure is predicate + topic.

i'm currently learning "what is your name" which translates to "anno ang pangalan mo" . the course says that the pronoun "mo" is a ng pronoun the non topic of the sentence. if that is the case then why is mo at the end if the sentence in the topic section. if ang is the topic marker then why isn't it "anno mo ang pangalan"

perhaps i'm getting a bit confused with the tagalog sentence structure

Inspired by a post I saw. And as a SouthEast Asia (though not Filipino) who comes from in a country where Catholics are a minority and lives with Muslim neighbors who practise Silat as well as expat Pinoys of various backgrounds including Eskrimadors and other FMA practitioners, I've been provoked to ask after reading the below link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wma/comments/hgf33i/does_anyone_think/

Many fighters in the Philippines (and not just local styles but even boxers) frequently ask for intercession of Archangel Michael daily and some practitioners take it another level with novenas, etc.

Despite the fact that Eskrima and other FMA styles barely even say anything about Catholicism. While most surviving HEMA texts often mention Saints and traditions like rosary, etc. Even by the 19th century after the French Revolution brought a steady decline of the Church's power in Europe, manuals still mention prayers every now and than.

Despite that, it seems people who practise reconstruction of extinct European system not only completely ignores all these stuff but even are openly against the very Catholic sacraments that Medieval knights would have done!

Why despite the oldest texts of FMA in particular Eskrima lacking Catholic devotions and most organizations completely avoiding demanding the traditional Catholic sacraments, plenty of FMA practitioners make it a norm having Catholic practises in their schools esp having statues of Saint Michael? How come HEMA and other European reconstruction systems seems to be anti-religious in comparison despite the frequent mention of saints and Mary in texts even "magical Catholicism"?

I find it extremely ironic that a country so far away from Europe (being the only truly colonized territory of a European superpower in Asia for a long time) actually does the old traditions that the forefathers who wrote HEMA manuals would have done! And not just that but even across Latin America despite lacking a wide culture of organized fighting systems in the vein of Eastern martial arts, they also do keep the mysticism and spirituality that the European Knights who made these systems would have practised when they were alive! That modern people who say they practise HEMA absolutely avoids spirituality while colonized peoples in South America and the Philippines practically for the most part ironically keep a lot of HEMA's tradition more authentically!

And as a SEA Catholic this is what I observed with nearby neighbors from the PH in my country.

Why is this?

Currently in grade 12 and recently lang pinagawa kami ng talumpati para sa Filipino (diko kabisado buong subj name sorry TT). Naipasa na namen siya and nakita ko comments ng teacher ko dun as well as corrections sa tamang gamit ng salita. Yung phrase na minarka niya is "maaari ding" and yung note na nakalagay dun is dapat daw "maaari ring". And ofc ako tong si ayaw mabawasan ang grade pagdating sa grading ng revised script, pinalitan ko, kaso nung pinakita ko yung original paper ko with corrections sa friend ko sabi niya "mali si maam diyan, tama yung "maaari ding" kase mabubulol ka". And yes kabisado namen yung rules of rin and din, bukod nalang dito sa pagka ang last syllable na sinusunda niya is ri, ra, ro, re, ru. Kaya ako nandito ngayon. Ano yung tamang gagamitin kapag "ri, ra, ro, re, ru" yung sinusundan ng rin/din?