Basic Tagalog Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering common Tagalog words and their English meanings from the lecture notes.

ang

Article that marks the focus or subject of a sentence, roughly equivalent to "the" in English.

Ano

Interrogative word meaning "what."

Sa

Preposition meaning "at," "to," or "in," depending on context.

at

Conjunction meaning "and."

Parang

Adverb/preposition meaning "like" or "seems like."

ibig

Verb/noun meaning "to want" or "to mean," depending on usage.

na

Particle that can indicate completion ("already") or link clauses/words, similar to "that" or "now."

yan

Demonstrative pronoun meaning "that" (near the listener).

mo

Second-person possessive or object pronoun meaning "your" or "you" (as object).

maintindihan

Verb meaning "to understand."

nangangahulugang

Verb phrase meaning "(that) means."

Sabihin

Verb meaning "to say" or "to tell."

ikaw

Second-person singular pronoun meaning "you" (subject).