Episode 16

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 Song from this podcast: Grin Department - 8 pa