I came here when I was very young but I made a decision at that young age that I will learn my Dad's & Mom's dialect which was Ifugao and Iocano. The tagalog I learned on my own from renting Tagalog Movies and Watching You Tube and practiced it until my accent was gone even though at most times I did not know what I was saying but gettting the accent down was more important. Over time, each time I met a Filipino; I try to speak tagalog as hard as I can even though it would come out "Baluktot" but luckily some Filipino's were forgiving and willing to teach me Tagalog. Now...hehehehe...I can speak 4 dialects fluently in Filipino.

 

good job mang!

 

Pinanganak ako sa Pilipinas, tapos dinalin ako dito nung bata pa ako. Pang Sabado, paligi kami pinapabasa ng Tagalog na libro at saka Tagalog lang ang usap namin sa bahay. Natuto kaming mag Ingles sa iskuwela.

Hangat ngayon, Tagalog pa rin and usapan namin sa bahay, kaya alam kong mag Tagalog.

Magandang gabi po.

 

I came to LA when I was 2. My parents and siblings talked nothing but Tagalog at home. I did not know how to speak English when I entered elementary.

I was in ESL in 1st grade. This is where I learned Spanish (99% of the students in ESL were, you guessed it, Spanish-speaking.) They taught the curriculum with Spanish-speaking students in mind. I would come home saying "Mami, el gato es negro". I got the tsinelas to my a$$ and needless to say my mom pulled my a$$ out of ESL and demanded I be put back in the regular class.

20 years later, here I am, fluent in Tagalog, English, and Spanish (by accident).

 

Canadian pnoy here.. Born and raised in Canada.

Patis till I die.

 

Magandang gabi din!
galing naman magtagalog! ibang salita malalalim ah! anong libro ba pinababasa sa inyo nung bata kayo?

lol! good thing your a$$ didnt meet some walis tingting and sinturon(belt)
i know i did! hehehe! god those things hurt like a mother!

 

Mine was dad's bamboo plant at the side of the house.
I remember the times I got in trouble when I was a kid.

Ang sakit men...lalo na kung ma feel mo yung mga dahon ng bamboo....
s.h.e.i.t. grabe talaga ang sakit ng puwet ko..nde ako maka upo.

 

rofl! hehehe!
masmalufet syo men! bamboo?! bakat for sure yon!
usually i try to run away from my mom
but with my dad its a different story!
but its fun though just hoping not to get caught

 

^^Bamboo. That's rough. My mom kinda mellowed out after having me, but my other 3 siblings got the real whoopings.

Wooden coat hanger
Walis tambo
Belt
Door
Sabunot
Monggo or bigas on the floor, nakaluhod, with books on outstretched hands for 30 minutes.

You name it.

 

i wish my parents tought me tagalog when i was younger...but being born in the states i guess english was the right choice. i have cusins in maryland, both brothers, the 8 year old is just like me (english speaking only). his younger 4 year old brother is going into kindergraden only speaking tagalog. which in away makes me mad for some reason

 

I got the tsinelas and the belt from my parents... but the worse was my mom did the death grab with her fingers and twisted my ear and threw me around like a rag doll while holdin on!!!

 

ang babait naman ng mga nanay nyo! wala kayo sa nanay ko...



ang nanay ko sobrang lupet nun, araw araw sinisigurado nasa tamang oras ang pagkain ko, hatid sundo pa ako sa trabaho ko, alagang alaga ako at higit sa lahat, sa kanya pa ako nakatira... LIBRE!

 

^^^WENNER!!!!!

but for the guys that was born here you understand tagalog right? like if someone talks to you in tagalog you understand it

Coz some peeps dont have a clue even if both parents understands/talks tagalog

 

Astig ang nanay mo. Compared sa nanay mo, napaka bait pala ng nanay ko.

 

Just call me KUYA from the Bay Area!