I'm nonbinary and I need a gender neutral way for my younger siblings to address me

How many of you tagalog speakers still speak tagalog like this with many spanish words. Btw i speak tagalog and spanish maybe that is why i use them when speaking tagalog..

Na accidente ang mga pasejero dahil sa carambola.

Magkakaroon ng aumento sa precio mg gasolina na magiging sanhi para mag reclamo ang mga chofer

Ang mga estudiante ay kailangan mag aral para makakuha ng trabajo..

Buksan mo ang ventilador sa may bandang ventana

Nag protesta ang mga grupo na contra sa administracion..

Mabagal ang pag responde ng mga bombero sa sunog...

Cancelado ang pasok sa escuela dahil sa bagyo..

Pasado a las cinco ng hapon noong maganap ang accidente sa calzada..

How to support comrades in that region of the world, how to say it correctly? Been hearing,

“mula sa ilog hanggang sa dagat, ang Palestinong ay magiging malaya”

Oo ba?

I hear this quite a bit now, and I bring it up once in a while, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone else.

It's the usage of "si," "ni," "kay," (pantukoy meant for persons) for non-people stuff or organizations.

Example:

"Binili ko kay Shopee."

"Nagsara na si BDO."

"Ang daming requirements ni BIR."

It really grinds my gears. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

Why do Filipinos always use the filler word "actually" when talking in TagLish? Its annoying me so much at the moment because I'm watching a lecture online and the speaker says it every other sentence.

Halimbawa: "Ang pinanggigilan ko is yung paggamit ng salita na to sa gitna ng pangungusap."

Di ko gets. Bakit kelangan isingit yung "is" sa gitna ng 2 Tagalog clauses? Pwede kasing "ay" ang gamitin, o mas mainam, wala na lang linking verb.

Ano ba reason neto? Feeling ba ng nagsasalita Taglish na yung gamit nya kasi may "is" sa gitna ng sentence nya?

Mapapansin natin sa dasal na [Aba Ginoong Maria] ang paggamit ng Ginoo bilang pagturing sa ginagalang na tao, mapalalaki man o babae.

Ngayon bumabalik na ang gender neutral terms, sa inyong palagay, mabilis kayang tataggapin ng mga Filipino ang mulling paggamit ng Ginoo bilang honorrific sa kapwa lalaki at babae at sa mga queer at gender non-binary/agender na mga tao?

(I didn’t know what to specifically put for the flair, so, sorry in advance if it’s N/A)

Hi, my Tito came out as non-binary a couple years back. I’m white, they’re Filipino, we have no biological relation.

Before this, I just referred to them as my uncle when talking about them to others. They’re a very close family friend with both my parents and have been a big part of my life growing up, since I was little.

So, after coming out, I eventually had asked them if I should still call them my uncle or not, but.. there’s not really a gender neutral term for a sibling of your parent.

They’re not either my mom or dad’s sibling, so, even though uncle is technically misleading, I’ve found “my parent’s sibling” is even more so. And “Uncle” always has them misgendered by others when talking about them.

They have since said that “Tito” would probably be the closest thing. But, I was wondering if there’s a non-gender/ unisex term for the word? If so, it’d be greatly appreciated.

From my understanding, the origins of the Tagalog language generally has a more unisex language and/ or terms. And then there’s a (please correct me if I’m wrong please, I don’t have much knowledge on this in general, only from what I’ve been told by my Filipino friends) national language that’s more mixed with Latin based languages, and therefore, some of the words are considered gendered, while otherwise Tagalog has non-gendered terms/ options?

That’s to say, I’d feel there may be a unisex alternative because of that, if I’m to be correct in my previous statement. Then I’d want to know so I can run it by them.

Thank you for your time <3

I don't know why pero nakakacringe yung mga feeling close na bigla ka nalang tatawagin na BEH...

O kaya yung alam mong mas bata sayo pero tawag sayo BHE...

lalo na yung mga ibang ngayon mo palang nakilala tapos BHE agad tawag sayo...

I mean pwede naman KUYA or ATE, SIR or MAAM nalang diba...

parang kasing nakakadegrade siya na parang feeling nila mas above sila sayo.

The lexical definition of yung is "that" or "your" ( a contraction of iyong). It is not a synonym of ang).

Reforms:

"E" and "O" exclusively appear in loanwords. Native "E" and "O" both become "I" and "U"

In native words, "r" and "d", due to allophony, are represented with "đ" ("d" on bookend positions and after consonants, "r" in the middle). Middle "d" in native words represented with "đđ". "D" and "R" are kept distinct in loanwords though

Siya and Niya become Sya and Nya

Example:

Original:

Báwat táo'y isinílang na may láyà at magkakapantáy ang tagláy na dangál at karapatán. Silá'y pinagkaloóban ng pangangatwíran at budhî na kailángang gamítin nilá sa pagtuturíngan nilá sa díwà ng pagkakapatíran.

Reformed

Báwat táu'y isinílang na may láyà at magkakapantáy ang tagláy na đangál at kađapatán. Silá'y pinagkaluúban ng pangangatwíđan at budhî na kailángang gamítin nilá sa pagtutuđíngan nilá sa díwà ng pagkakapatíđan.

"Bigyan ng gupit" "Matangkad na building" For my background, I am a former full-blown Inglisero who assimilated and is no longer truly one, but some of the things I say give off a bit of a conyo/broken Tagalog vibe. Are these weird ba talaga no matter the generation, or dahil sa influence ng English, parang OK naman pakinggan for the new generation?

I asked this to my circle a few years ago so I figured I'd expand the conversation to Reddit: what's the Tagalog equivalent of "bon appétit"?

"Kain na!" sounds too informal, and I was told that we have no tradition of inviting people to have a good meal; rather, we want people to enjoy the meal first then ask how was it. A friend of mine suggested "maanyayang salo-salo" but I want to see what you folks think.

Anong nangyari sa KWF website?

Komisyon 'ng' Wikang Filipino? 'Pag sinalin sa Inggles, "Commission 'of' Filipino Language".

"Commission of" is grammatically awkward and rarely used. It implies the act of commissioning the Filipino language itself, which doesn’t make sense in this context. While "Commission on" is referring to a group or committee that is appointed to study, advise, or make decisions about a specific subject.

Kung nababasa niyo po ito KWF, pakibalik po 'yung dati:

"Komisyon 'sa' Wikang Filipino"

https://kwfdiksiyonaryo.ph/

Hear me out.

Every language that's spoken today have borrowed words from different cultures, English has Greek, Latin , Arabic, and French. Japanese has English, Portuguese and Dutch. The list can go on and on. But can we make Tagalog sound more like Austronesian like Bahasa from Indonesia was developed?

Modern Tagalog today has a lot of English words and terms. And with our language being heavily relied on English like how day to day conversation is done in Taglish. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Tagalog is starting to slow down in terms of development.

Let's take Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia as examples. Both modernized their vocabulary by borrowing from Malay, Sanskrit and other Austronesian roots. We could do something similar. Like for instance, instead of using Spanish loan words like "pero", we could revive and use native terms like "nguni't" or even "tapi" from Malay or we could even borrow and use from other regions like Cebu, Ilocano, etc. Which would make make it easier to adopt for some. And I know that's not even that bigger issue. Modern Tagalog doesn't have words for modern field- technology, physics, chemistry, health, economics, etc. Maybe instead of relying on English loan words could create our own equivalent or maybe even like I said borrow from other Austronesian words.

We obviously don't need to replace all Spanish and English words overnight. But instead of always heavily relying on foreign terms, we could use from old Tagalog roots, Sanskrit, Malay and other Austronesian languages to expand our vocabulary. This also won't happen fast. Language planning takes a long time to develop and to also adapt. Indonesia made Bahasa their national language and replaced old Dutch terms with Malay/Sanskrits roots and it took them over 70 years for it to fully take hold nationwide, so for Tagalog, maybe it'd even take 100+ years to take nationwide.

And of course, this is just a food for thought. I know there are way more urgent issues in the country happening right now. And I also know it's kind of ironic to suggest this when even this post isn't even in Tagalog. But I do wanna know your guys thought and opinion on this, do you still think we could develop our national language?

Edit: i forgot to mention but, obviously the key here is to heavily promote it and normalizing it through media, school and culture. Slow promotion until people naturally adopted the terms.

Another edit: Mind you, I am not gonna do this, government officials will do this where they actually put time and effort into it, instead of just changing them overnight. This would take time, money, effort and a group of linguistic experts where they actually will do the working part. I. A reddit user on the internet, merely suggesting an idea on how we could improve it and make our national language richer.

Tripple edit lmaoo: So I don't think I made point clear enough. The goal is to change the borrowed words we have that sounds exactly like the borrowed ones we from spanish and english like, para (para), porke (por que), pero (pero), and the list can go on. Some words we already have borrowed sounds like ours, and have assimilated to our language. I'm also not talking about foods and culture.

You also can't deny that Tagalog can't be used under complicated topics, research or any other fields where Tagalog is limited and lacking. The key is to change the loan words we have that sounds borrowed that doesn't even sounds like Filipino, into other native words or Austronesian ones IF they have it. And, Create or borrow words from other Austronesian roots, the one's we DON'T HAVE or LACKING in Tagalog. That way, we don't have to code switch from Tagalog to English to get our point across just because we don't have that word in Tagalog.

I AM NOT SUGGESTING WE SHOULD REMOVE EVERYTHING FOREIGN AND GO BACK TO THE PRE-COLONIAL TIMES.

I AM NOT AGAINST HAVING LOAN WORD, IT IS COMPLETELY NATURAL FOR EVERY LANGUAGE TO HAVE LOAN WORDS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES.

IF YOU'VE READ MY POST, THIS WILL TAKE TIME. CHANGES WILL NOT AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT! "Language planning takes a long time to develop and to also adapt" "so for Tagalog, maybe it'd even take 100+ years to take nationwide."

THIS POST IS SUGGESTION ON WE HOW COULD IMPROVE OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE.

IF TAGALOG ALREADY SOUNDED AND FUNCTIONED AS A FULLY INDEPENDENT LANGUAGE, WE WOULDN’T NEED TO CODE-SWITCH TO ENGLISH. IT COULD AND NATURALLY WOULD BE USED IN COMPLEX TOPICS. BUT IT’S NOT, SO TECHNICAL FIELDS AND OTHER AREAS CURRENTLY RELY HEAVILY ON ENGLISH.

This is a question for both native and non-native speakers of tagalog

Edit. Good to know many has the same opinion as me.

I was bored one time and decided to read the contents of the Philippine bill. There I saw a sentence that felt odd in syntax. The sentence goes "Pinagpala ang bayan na ang Diyos ang Panginoon" and I am like, what the hell is this supposed to be? Is it supposed to say "Glory be a nation that God its Lord" or smth? I don't know though, it just felt odd to me how it is worded. To be fair though, I am not a native Tagalog speaker but I did grow up, and still live, in the Philippines atm.

Its a very vague answer to me

I remember when I was a kid, i asked my seatmate where to get one of them id cases (holders?), and she said "sa amin".

The hell does that even mean?

What do you call someone who has a perfect accent in Tagalog and has a perfect accent in English? I fit in this category and I never want to speak Taglish ever again. Edit: I'm Englishera Halata

My Filipino girlfriend keeps reacting with "Tangina ang sarap" to all the pictures I send her and I'm too afraid to ask her what it means? Could someone please help me I'm confused

Mayhaps you also have other suggestions!

Di ko sure kung tagalog 'to o cebuano. Pero legit 'yang question ko. Kailangan ko siya for a write up. Hehe.

Banggitin, lantarin, kantahin, sabihin niyo sa akin sinong Tiktoker na naman nagpauso nito?

Halimbawa: Katawanch, Palabanch, Kabogch, Timbogch, Sabogch, Busogch, Kilabotch, Libogch, Ulowch, atbp.

I just noticed that for years of consuming and watching Filipino Videos on Youtube. I noticed that (or haven't find one) no Filipino commentary Youtuber that criticize other Youtubers such as: Zeinab, Buknoy, Ivana, or to Youtubers that creates low cow content such as (like Zeinab let's be real here): Blogging, Family Blogging, Poverty porn, that revolves their contents on them just mumbling to camera, or to Artistas of Pinas which has recent controversy such as: Vice Ganda. I don't see any Filipino commentary YouTuber that tackle those topics like on Western space such as: Critikal, Someordinarygamers, It'sAGundam, Tristan, etc. Why? Do we have laws that when You; a Creator criticize a idol figure that is powerful can put you on jail? Or it just no one gonna watch that kind of content so the majority of upcoming Filipino Youtuber don't bother on that genre. I need answers.