Hi! Here’s my new agenda (and hopefully my ENFP flakiness doesn’t get bored on this project). I’m going to teach Filipino for English speakers, DUOLINGO STYLE!
What do I mean Duolingo Style?
Basically, I’m going to try to imitate Duolingo’s style of teaching and lesson categories but the difference is that, it will be for teaching Filipino, which is not in Duolingo yet. Also, quizzes and hands on translation is impossible since this is a blog. But! Let’s just try this and see if anyone is interested (though I have imaginary readers).
How I will do it:
1) Enumerate the vocabularies
2) Give examples of sentence constructions
3) Place some notes
4) Imagine that you’re learning
Let’s start!
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ENGLISH-FILIPINO BASIC 1
Lesson 1 of 3:
Vocabularies:
Ang – The
Lalake – Man
Babae – Woman
Ako – I
Ay – Am
Isang – A/An
Batang lalake – Boy
Batang babae – Girl
Examples:
The boy
Ang lalake
The woman
Ang babae
The girl
Ang batang babae
A girl
Isang batang babae
A boy
Isang batang lalake
I am a boy
Ako ay isang batang lalake
Lesson 2 of 3:
Vocabularies:
Siya – He
Ay – Is
Siya – She
Kumakain – Eats
Ikaw – You
Mansanas – Apple
Ka – You (Common sentence form)
Note:
*Common sentence – When subject is after the predicate
*Uncommon sentence – When subject is before the predicate
*Both are correct in most cases (if not all)
Examples:
The apple
Ang mansanas
You are a man
Lalake ka/ Ikaw ay isang lalake
She is eating
Kumakain siya/ Siya ay kumakain
You are eating
Kumakain ka/ Ikaw ay kumakain
He is a man
Siya ay isang lalake/ Lalake siya
She is a woman
Babae siya/ Siya ay isang babae
He is a boy
Siya ay isang batang lalake/ Isang batang lalake siya
An apple
Isang mansanas
Lessons 3 or 3:
Vocabularies:
Tinapay – Bread
Tubig – Water
Gatas – Milk
Umiinom – Drink
Examples:
The milk
Ang gatas
I am drinking
Umiinom ako/ Ako ay umiinom
I am eating
Kumakain ako/ Ako ay kumakain
He eats bread
Kumakain siya ng tinapay
The woman drinks water
Ang babae ay umiinom ng tubig
I eat an apple
Kumakain ako ng mansanas
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That’s it, my imaginary students!
If you aren’t imaginary and you want to learn more, comment, or make me your personal teacher for some reason and make assignments for you to answer, feel free to contact me 😀
To access other lessons, please go to the Teaching Tagalog category.
Thank you!
