Contacts & SNS

1. Ano ang pangalan mo?

   What is your name?

   Grammar Note

   "Ano" = "what". "Ang" is the topic marker in Tagalog grammar.

2. Ang pangalan ko ay ___

   My name is ___

   Grammar Note

   "Ay" is the predicate marker linking subject and predicate in Tagalog.

3. Puwede bang makuha ang numero mo?

   May I have your number?

   Grammar Note

   "Puwede" (Spanish: puede) = can/may. "Makuha" is the potential form of "kuha" (to get).

4. Maging kaibigan tayo

   Let's be friends

   Grammar Note

   "Tayo" = inclusive "we" (includes the listener). "Kami" excludes the listener.

5. Ano ang email mo?

   What is your email?

   Grammar Note

   Tagalog freely uses English tech terms like "email" without modification.

6. Galing ako sa ___

   I am from ___

   Grammar Note

   "Galing" means "coming from/originating". "Sa" is the location/direction marker.

7. Nagagalak akong makilala ka

   I am glad to meet you

   Grammar Note

   "Nagagalak" (from "galak" = joy) means "I am glad/delighted".

8. Magpapaalam na muna ako.

   I will take my leave now

   Usage

   In Filipino culture, formally taking leave is considered polite rather than just walking away

   Grammar Note

   "Magpaalam" is a compound: "mag-" (active prefix) + "pa-" (causative) + "alam" (inform/knowledge).

9. Nasa Facebook ka ba?

   Are you on Facebook?

   Usage

   Facebook/Messenger is the dominant social platform in the Philippines

   Grammar Note

   "Ba" is a question particle. "Nasa" = "at / in", so "nasa Facebook" = "on Facebook". (Nandoon, "over there", is for physical location.)

10. Magkikita tayo ulit

    We will see each other again

    Grammar Note

    "Ulit" = "again/once more", extremely common in everyday Tagalog. Meeting each other uses the reciprocal "magkita", whose contemplated form is "magkikita". "Makikita" is the object-focus future of "kita" (to be seen) and means "it will be visible", so it is not used for meeting.

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