Learn how to ask Filipinos to translate words from English
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Ice: Hi everyone, and welcome back to FilipinoPod101.com. |
| Brandon: This is Lower Beginner, season 1, lesson 6, What Does this Filipino Word Mean? I’m Brandon. |
| Ice: Hello. And I’m Ice. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask people for the translation of words from English to Filipino. |
| Brandon: I think this will be really handy for our listeners. |
| Ice: Yes, so let’s not keep them waiting any longer! |
| Brandon: All right! The conversation takes place at a school, in the daytime, and is between two friends. |
| Ice: The speakers are close friends, so they'll be using informal Filipino. |
| Brandon: All right! Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Paola: Julia, ano sa Filipino ang book? |
| Julia: Libro. |
| Paola: Ano naman sa Filipino ang money? |
| Julia: Pera. |
| Paola: At ano sa Filipino ang banana? |
| Julia: Saging |
| Paola: Panghuli, ano sa Filipino ang street? |
| Julia: Kalye. |
| Paola: Salamat! |
| Julia: Walang anuman. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Paola: Julia, ano sa Filipino ang book? |
| Julia: Libro. |
| Paola: Ano naman sa Filipino ang money? |
| Julia: Pera. |
| Paola: At ano sa Filipino ang banana? |
| Julia: Saging |
| Paola: Panghuli, ano sa Filipino ang street? |
| Julia: Kalye. |
| Paola: Salamat! |
| Julia: Walang anuman. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Paola: Julia, ano sa Filipino ang book? |
| Brandon: Julia, what is "book" in Filipino? |
| Julia: Libro. |
| Brandon: Libro. |
| Paola: Ano naman sa Filipino ang money? |
| Brandon: So, what is "money" in Filipino? |
| Julia: Pera. |
| Brandon: Pera. |
| Paola: At ano sa Filipino ang banana? |
| Brandon: And what is "banana" in Filipino? |
| Julia: Saging |
| Brandon: Saging. |
| Paola: Panghuli, ano sa Filipino ang street? |
| Brandon: Lastly, what is "street" in Filipino? |
| Julia: Kalye. |
| Brandon: Kalye. |
| Paola: Salamat! |
| Brandon: Thanks! |
| Julia: Walang anuman. |
| Brandon: You’re welcome. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Brandon: The Philippines has two official languages, right? |
| Ice: That’s right. Filipino and English are the two official languages of the country. |
| Brandon: However, Filipinos use a mix of the two languages in daily life. |
| Ice: So, in daily conversation, Filipinos—especially the younger generation—mix English words into Filipino statements. |
| Brandon: So the grammar is in Filipino but some words are in English? |
| Ice: Yes, and they call it "Taglish". |
| Brandon: The combination of Tagalog and English. |
| Ice: Yes that’s right. The younger generation used the word “Tagalog” instead of “Filipino” in coining the informal word “Taglish”, because Tagalog is the local dialect that had the most influence in the Filipino language, and they thought it sounded better. |
| Brandon: Does that mean Tagalog is not the same as Filipino? |
| Ice: Yes. Tagalog is a local dialect in the Philippines, but it is the most similar to the national language, Filipino. |
| Brandon: I see. |
| Ice: Also, “Taglish” is a very informal word and it’s only used by the younger generation. |
| Brandon: I guess almost all countries are experiencing the same with their younger generations. |
| Ice: Yeah, I guess so. |
| Brandon: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Brandon: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Ice: ano [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: what |
| Ice: ano [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: ano [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: sa [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: in, to |
| Ice: sa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: sa [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: Filipino [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Filipino |
| Ice: Filipino [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: Filipino [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: ang [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: the |
| Ice: ang [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: ang [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: libro [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: book |
| Ice: libro [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: libro [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: saging [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: banana |
| Ice: saging [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: saging [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Ice: pera [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: money |
| Ice: pera [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: pera [natural native speed] |
| : And last: |
| Ice: kalye [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: street |
| Ice: kalye [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Ice: kalye [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Brandon: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Ice: The first word is sa. This is a very flexible word in the Filipino language. |
| Brandon: Moreover, it's the Filipino word that’s used as a preposition for adverbs of place. |
| Ice: Sa is often translated as "in", "at", "on", and the like. |
| Brandon: It also expresses possession. |
| Ice: That’s right. And, it's also used in both formal and informal Filipino. |
| Brandon: Ok, it sounds pretty complicated, so let’s give our listeners a couple of examples. |
| Ice: Sure. We can say Kakain ako sa kusina. |
| Brandon: That's informal for "I'll eat in the kitchen." Let’s give another one. |
| Ice: Okay. Tumira ako sa Japan. |
| Brandon: That's "I lived in Japan." Ok, I think we can go to the next word now. |
| Ice: The second word that we’re going to talk about is ang. |
| Brandon: It’s an article that's used to introduce nouns in statements and questions. |
| Ice: The word ang is often translated as "the" in English. |
| Brandon: Let’s have an example. |
| Ice: All right, Ang pusa ay masaya. |
| Brandon "The cat is happy." |
| Ice: That’s right! |
| Brandon: I think we can move on to the final word, now. |
| Ice: The last word is Filipino, which is the official and native language of the Philippines. |
| Brandon: In addition, the word Filipino can also be used to refer to the people of the Philippines, when speaking english. But In filipino it becomes Pilipino. |
| Ice: That’s right, for example Ako ay isang Pilipino. |
| Brandon: That’s "I am a Filipino." Let’s give another one. |
| Ice: Okay. Nag-aaral ako ng Filipino. |
| Brandon: That's "I'm studying Filipino." Do you hear the difference listeners? All right, I hope everyone followed that. Now let’s move on to the grammar. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Brandon: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask for the translation of an English word in Filipino. For that we use the phrase or sentence pattern… |
| Ice: Ano sa Filipino ang + the English word that you want to translate. |
| Brandon: Which means "What's the Filipino word for (english word)?" |
| Ice: Yes, that’s right. |
| Brandon: Let’s give an example. For instance, I want to ask how to say the Filipino word for "the sky". |
| Ice: That's Ano sa Filipino ang “sky”? |
| Brandon: Can you repeat that? |
| Ice: Ano sa Filipino ang sky? |
| Brandon: Great! How about if I want to ask how to say the Filipino word for "the ocean"? |
| Ice: Using the sentence pattern, we have Ano sa Filipino ang “ocean”?. |
| Brandon: Again? |
| Ice: Ano sa Filipino ang ocean? |
| Brandon: What if we we want to ask for the english equivalent of a Filipino word? |
| Ice: If we want to ask the reverse, we would use a different sentence pattern. First you can say“Ano sa English ang, then the Filipino word. |
| Brandon: That's "What's the English word for [something]” right? |
| Ice: That’s right |
| Brandon: So how would I say, ‘What is the English word for mata?’ |
| Ice: That's Ano sa English ang mata? |
| Brandon: Again? |
| Ice: Ano sa English ang mata? |
| Brandon: By the way, mata means “eye”. All right! How do we say, "What's the English word for saging?" |
| Ice: That's Ano sa English ang saging? |
| Brandon: Again? |
| Ice: Ano sa English ang saging? |
| Brandon: saging is the FIlipino word for Bananas. |
| MARKETING PIECE |
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Outro |
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| Brandon: Well, that’s all for this lesson. |
| Ice: Yes, but please check out the lesson notes for further discussion and more examples. |
| Brandon: Yes, and we hope you’ll join us in the next lesson! Thanks for listening, bye everyone! |
| Ice: Paalam! |
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