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We all know that love reaches beyond language barriers and continents, but it certainly doesn't hurt to teach yourself a phrase or two to impress the Filipino or Filipina in your life.
The official language of the Philippines is English. Because it was a US colony for almost half a century, some Filipinos do speak with a distinct American accent. Many others, on the other hand, speak with a distinct regional twang. Filipinos with higher levels of education talk more fluentl...
@KevinFI’m from Manila and I speak modern Tagalog. Sadly, I don’t understand any other Fili...
跨文化交际 一、课程基本信息 1、课程中、英文名称:跨化交文际、 Cross-cultural Communication 2、课程类别:专业专选课程 3、课程学时: 18 学时 4 、学 分:2 分 二、课程的目的与任务 : 跨文化交际作为一门学科涉及到文化和交际的各个层面, 包括语言交际、 非 语言交际、 人们之间的相互交往, 以及不同文化...
Your local champion can speak to the employee in Tagalog, their first language. While most Filipinos speak English fluently, it’s always best to discuss complex topics in your first language. The employee might describe speaking English as “taking more brain power” or “being more exhausting”...
This term refers to the wrong way Filipinos use the English language. Usually, Filipinisms result from the literal translation of words from the native tongue to English, with the famous example patayin mo ang ilaw to kill the lights, or it could be that the use resulted to replacing the ...
Three million Filipinos speak Spanish while the Filipino language (derived from Tagalog) has a great deal of Spanish in it. You can hear Tagalog’s Spanish roots from numbers to kumusta or “hello” which sounds like ¿como esta? Chavacano, a unique local Spanish dialect, also remains a ...
Filipinos are crazy about the English language and all wanted to use it grammatically correct. We can easily tell who is good in school when you can talk or write in english fluently. Fluency is mastery but we also have our first language which is tagalog, we use it everyday. We ...
By Tim Yeo, Bluewater Travel Traveling domestically via public transportation in a foreign country may seem daunting at first, but it is relatively easy to use public transport in the Philippines as most Filipinos speak English fluently. The country has an extensive network of public transport optio...