Learn and practice these basic phrases to get you started: Nasaan ang banyo/C.R? /'nɑ sɑ ɑn 'ɑnŋ bɑn nio/ (Where's the restroom/Comfort Room?) Note: C.R is the most common term bcos Filipinos aren't used to the word (bathroom or toilet) Hindi ako marunong mag-Tagalog /hin ˈdi ʌˈkɔ mɑ ˈru nɔŋ mɑg tʌ ˈgɑ lɔg/ (I don't speak Tagalog) Marunong ka ba mag-Ingles? /mʌˈrunɔŋ kʌ bɑŋ mɑg iŋˈgles/ (Can you speak in English?) Note that you can replace "Ingles" with the actual English word "English" because most Filipinos don't use Ingles anymore." Salamat po! /sɑˈlɑ mɑt po/ (Thank you)You can also just say Thank You. Maraming salamat po! /mʌ rɑ miŋ sɑ ˈlɑ mɑt po/ (Thank you very much) Walang Anuman /wʌˈlɑng ʌ nuˈ mɑn/(You're welcome) Puwede ba ninyo akong tulungan? /ˈpue de ba niˈnio ʌˈkɔŋ tuˈluŋan/ (Can you help me?)
Try some more detailed phrases: Mahal kita /mʌˈhal kiˈtɑ/(I love you) kita is a dual pronoun (me to you) Tulong! /ˈtu lɔŋ/ (Help!) Pumunta ka dito /puˈmun ɑ kɑ ˈdi tɔ /(Come here) Kumusta ka? /ku ˈmus ta ka/or simply Kamusta? (How are you?) Magkano? /mʌgˈka nɔ/(How much?) Ano'ng pangalan mo? /ɑˈnɔŋ pʌ ˈnga lʌn mɔ/ (What's your name?) Ilang taon ka na? /iˈlɑŋ tʌ ˈɔn kʌ na/ (How old are you?) Saan ka nakatira? /sɑ ˈɑn kɑ nʌˈkɑ tiˈrɑ /(Where do you live?)
Learn the following questions: Ito /iˈtɔ/(This) Iyon or 'yon /iˈjɔn/ or /jɔn/ (That) Ano 'yan? /ʌ ˈnɔ ˈjɑn/ (What's that?) Sino 'yan? /ˈsi nɔ 'jɑn/ (Who is that?) Bakit? /ˈbɑ kit/ (Why?) Ano? /ʌˈnɔ/(What?) Sino? /ˈsi nɔ/ (Who?) Saan/Sa'n? /sɑ ˈɑn/(Where?) Kailan? /ˈkɑi lɑn/(When?) Paano/Pa'no? /pʌˈɑ nɔ/ (How?)
Start counting: Isa /iˈsɑ/ (1) Dalawa /dʌ lʌ ˈwɑ/ (2) Tatlo /tɑtˈlɔ/(3) Apat /ˈɑ pɑt/(4) Lima /liˈmɑ/(5) Anim /ˈɑ nim/(6) Pito /piˈtɔ/(7) Walo /uɑ'lɔ/(8) Siyam /siˈɑm/(9) Sampu /sɑm'pu/(10) Labing-isa /lʌˈbiŋ iˈsɑ/(11) Labing-dalawa / lɑˈbiŋ dʌ lʌ ˈwɑ/(12) Labing-tatlo / lɑˈbin tɑtˈlɔ/(13) Labing-apat / lɑˈbiŋ ˈɑ pɑt/(14) Labing-lima / lɑˈbiŋ liˈmɑ/(15) Labing-anim / lɑˈbiŋ ˈɑ nim/(16) Labing-pito / lɑˈbim piˈtɔ/(17) Labing-walo / lɑˈbiŋ uɑ'lɔ/(18) Labing-siyam / lɑˈbiŋ siˈɑm/(19) Dalawampu /dʌ lʌ wɑm ˈpu/(20)
Start saying no or yes: Hindi /hinˈdi/ or informal /hinˈde/, or Hindi Po /hinˈdi pɔ/ (saying NO to someone elder) Oo /ˈɔ ɔ/ (Yes)(Pronounced as O-o not ow-ow)/ Opo /ˈɔp ɔ/ (Yes - if saying to someone elder)
Say some expressions Ayoko /ɑ ˈjɔ kɔ/(I don't like (it)).be careful using this word because filipinos will get offended as it sounds so direct formal, you can say Ayoko po Siyempre /siˈem pre/ (of course!)
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