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speakerPanimulaIntroduction!!

headspeakerMaligayang pagdatingWelcome ("happy arrival") sato mga kuwentong TagalogTagalog stories para safor mga nagsasalitathe speakers ng Inglesof English!
headspeakerAkoI ayam si JuanJuan,, ang inyong tagapaglingkodat your service, (lit. "your servant")!!
headspeakerAtAnd akoI namanon the other hand ay si Mariaam Maria. MabuhayCheers ("long live") po(respectful) sa inyongto you (plural) lahatall!!
headspeakerAng TagalogTagalog ayis isaone saof mahigitmore than isang daangone hundred wikanglanguages sinasalitaspoken sa Pilipinasin the Philippines.
headspeakerItoIt ay mayhas iba't ibangdifferent diyalektodialects tulad ngsuch as Bulacan TagalogBulacan Tagalog, Batangas TagalogBatangas Tagalog, Marinduque TagalogMarinduque Tagalog, Manila TagalogManila Tagalog, at iba paand others.
There are many different varieties of Tagalog.
  • No, that's not right!
  • Yes, that's true!
headspeakerFilipinoFilipino namanon the other hand ang tawag sa(is) the name (call) for pamantayangthe standard anyoform ng Tagalogof Tagalog, nathat is nakabasebased sa Tagalogon the Tagalog nathat is sinasalitaspoken sain Metro ManilaMetro Manila.
headspeakerItoIt ay kinikilalais recognized bilangas pambansangthe national wikalanguage ng Pilipinasof the Philippines.
Filipino is the standardized form of Tagalog which is recognized as the national language of the Philippines.
  • No, that's not right!
  • Yes, that's true!
headspeakerBagamanalthough hindinot sila(are) they saktongexactly magkatumbasequivalent, karaniwangcommonly "TagalogTagalog" na rinalso ang tawag(is) used to call sa opisiyal nathe offical wikalanguage nathat is FilipinoFilipino.
Although they are not exactly the same, the term "Tagalog" is often also used to refer to the official language, Filipino.
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  • Yes, that's true!
headspeakerAng TagalogTagalog ay mayroonhas dingalso mga hiram naborrowed salitawords mula safrom wikang KastilaSpanish, InglesEnglish at iba paand others.
headspeakerHalimbawafor example: ang mgathe (plural) katutubongnative salitang TagalogTagalog words nathat are: upuanchair, tanggapanoffice, aklatbook, silidroom, sasakyancar, atand tugtuginmusic...
headspeakerAy maaarimay ringalso gamitanbe used upon ng mga salitangby the words silyachair, opisinaoffice, librobook, kuwartoroom, kotsecar, atand musikamusic.
Which word is a synonym for "aklat" (book) in Filipino?
  • opisinaoffice
  • librobook
  • silid-aklatanlibrary
headspeakerHandaready naalready ba(question marker) kayoyou parato magbasaread ng mga kuwentostories sa wikang Tagalogin the Tagalog language?
headspeakerMagsimulastart naalready tayolet's!
What does Maria mean?
  • Let's eat!
  • Let's get started!
  • You start ahead!
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