Welcome to our Filipino list of the most popular words and expressions. If you memorize the whole vocabulary below, you will be able to communicate with most people in Afrikaas without many issues. Make sure you add this list to your must read pages so that you don't forget the words.
Coffee kape |
Milk gatas |
Breakfast almusal |
Lunch tanghalian |
Dinner hapunan |
Bread tinapay |
Cheese keso |
Chicken manok |
Eggs mga itlog |
Fish isda |
Food pagkain |
Fruit mga prutas |
Meat karne |
Sandwich sanwits |
Sugar asukal |
Tea tsaa |
Tomatoes mga kamatis |
Vegetables mga gulay |
Water tubig-- |
Belt sinturon |
Clothes mga damit |
Coat amerikana |
Dress damit |
Glasses salamin sa mata |
Gloves guwantes |
Hat sombrero |
Jacket dyaket |
Pants (Trousers) pantalon |
Ring singsing |
Shirt pantaas=literal; kamisadentro=conversational |
Shoes sapatos |
Socks medyas |
Suit |
Sweater panglamig=literal; switer=equivalent |
Tie kurbata |
Umbrella payong |
Underwear damit na panloob=literal; salawal=panties; kalsunsilyo=men's underwear |
Wallet pitaka |
Watch relo |
Do you like my dress? nagustuhan mo ba ang damit ko? |
Book libro |
Books mga libro |
Chair silya; upuan=formal |
Desk mesa |
Dictionary diksyunaryo |
Languages mga lenguwahe, mga Wika |
Library laybrari; aklatan=formal |
Laptop laptop |
Page pahina |
Paper papel |
Pen pen |
Question tanong |
School eskuwelahan/paaralan=formal |
Student mag-aaral=formal estudyante=conversational |
Teacher guro=formal titser=conversational |
University unibersidad; pamantasan=formal |
I have a question may tanong ako |
What's the name of that book? anong pangalan ng libro mo? aklat=book,formal usage |
Arm braso |
Back likod |
Ear tainga |
Eye mata |
Face mukha |
Feet mga paa |
Fingers mga daliri |
Hair buhok |
Hand kamay |
Head ulo |
Heart puso |
Leg binti |
Mouth bibig |
Neck leeg |
Nose ilong |
Teeth mga ngipin |
She has beautiful eyes maganda ang mga mata niya |
Airplane eroplano |
Airport erport; paliparan=formal |
Bus bus |
Bus station istasyon ng bus |
Car kotse |
Flight flight; lipad-literal |
Help Desk help desk=as is |
Hotel otel |
Passport pasaporte |
Taxi taksi |
Ticket tiket |
Tourism turismo=cognate |
Train (noun) tren |
Train station istasyon ng tren |
By train sa tren |
By car sa kotse |
By bus sa bus |
By taxi sa taksi |
By airplane sa eroplano |
Do you accept credit cards? tumatanggap ba kayo ng mga credit card? |
How much will it cost? magkano?; magkano ang halaga? |
I have a reservation may reserbasyon ako |
I'd like to rent a car gusto kong umarkila ng kotse |
I'm here on business /on vacation. nandito ako para sa negosyo; nandito ako para sa bakasyon |
Is this seat taken? may nakaupo ba rito?=equivalent expression |
Good luck! suwertihin ka sana=literal |
Happy birthday! maligayang kaarawan=formal |
Happy new year! masaganang bagong taon |
Merry Christmas! maligayang pasko |
Baby sanggol: new born |
Boy batang lalaki |
Brother kapatid na lalaki |
Child (female) batang babae |
Child (male) batang lalaki |
Cousin (female) pinsang babae |
Cousin (male) pinsang lalaki |
Daughter anak na babae |
Father tatay,ama=formal |
Girl batang babae |
Grandfather lolo |
Grandmother lola |
Husband asawa |
Man lalaki |
Mother ina, nanay |
People mga tao |
Sister kapatid na babae |
Son anak na lalaki |
Wife asawa |
Woman babae |
How old is your sister? Anong edad ng iyong kapatid na babae? Ilang taong gulang na ang iyong kapatid na babae? |
What's your brother called? anong tawag sa iyong kapatid na lalaki? Anong pangalan ng iyong kapatid na lalaki |
Actor aktor |
Actress aktres |
Artist pintor=cognate |
Businessman negosyante=conversational mangangalakal=formal-- |
Doctor doktor |
Nurse nars |
Policeman parak=formal pulis=conversational |
Singer manganganta, mang-aawit=formal, singer= conversational-- |
Student estudyante; mag-aaral=formal |
Teacher titser; guro=formal |
Translator tagasalin |
He is a policeman Pulis siya |
I'm an artist pintor ako |
I'm looking for a job naghahanap ako ng trabaho |
Days Araw |
Monday lunes |
Tuesday martes |
Wednesday miyerkules |
Thursday huwebes |
Friday biyernes |
Saturday sabado |
Sunday linggo |
January Enero |
February Pebrero |
March Marso |
April Abril |
May Mayo |
June Hunyo |
July Hulyo |
August Agosto |
September Setyembre |
October Oktubre |
November Nobyembre |
December Disyembre |
Autumn taglagas |
Winter taglamig |
Spring tagsibol |
Summer tag-init |
Time oras |
Hour oras |
Minute minuto |
Second ikalawa |
I was born in July ipinanganak ako noong Hulyo |
I will visit you in August bibisitahin kita sa Agosto |
Cold malamig |
Hot mainit |
Rain ulan |
Snow isno |
Spring tagsibol |
Summer tag-init |
Sun araw |
Sunny maaraw |
Warm mainit |
Wind hangin |
Windy mahangin |
Winter taglamig |
It is raining umuulan |
It is sunny maaraw |
It is windy mahangin |
It's cold malamig |
It's hot mainit |
Bed kama |
Bedroom silid-tulugan/kuwarto |
Computer kompyuter |
Door pinto |
Furniture muwebles |
House bahay |
Kitchen kusina |
Refrigerator ref |
Room kuwarto |
Television telebisyon |
Toilet banyo |
Window bintana |
Can you open the window? puwede mo bang buksan ang bintana? |
I need to use the computer kailangan kong gamitin ang kompyuter |
Arabic arabik |
Moroccan Moroccan |
Morocco moroko |
Chinese (language) intsik |
Chinese (nationality) Intsik |
China tsina |
English ingles |
British Ingles |
Britain britanya; Inglatera |
American Amerikano |
America estados unidos; amerika |
French (language) pranses |
French (nationality) Pranses |
France pransiya |
Italian (language) italyano |
Italian (nationality) Italyano |
Italy italya |
Japanese (language) hapones |
Japanese (nationality) Hapon |
Japan hapon |
Russian (language) ruso |
Russian (nationality) Ruso |
Russia rusiya |
Spanish (language) espanyol;kastila |
Spanish (nationality) Kastila; Espanyol |
Spain espanya |
I don't speak Korean hindi ako marunong mag-koreyano; hindi ako marunong magsalita ng Koreyano |
I speak Italian marunong akong mag-Italyano |
I want to go to Germany gusto kong pumunta sa Alemanya |
I was born in Italy ipinanganak ako sa Italya |
Black itim |
Blue asul |
Brown kayumanggi |
Colors mga kulay |
Green berde |
Orange kahel |
Red pula |
White puti |
Yellow dilaw |
I have black hair itim ang buhok ko |
Your cat is white puti ang pusa mo |
Far malayo |
Here dito |
Left kaliwa |
Right kanan |
Near malapit sa |
Straight diretso |
There doon |
Can I help you? ano ho ang maitutulong ko sa inyo? |
Can you help me? matutulungan mo ba ako? |
Can you show me? puwede bang ipakita ninyo sa akin? |
Come with me! halikayo; sumama kayo sa akin |
I'm lost nawawala ako |
I'm not from here hindi ako taga-rito |
Turn left kumaliwa ka |
Turn right kumanan ka |
Can you take less? wala na bang tawad?=equivalent expression |
Do you accept credit cards? tumatanggap ba kayo ng mga credit card? |
How much is this? magkano ito? |
I'm just looking tumitingin lang ako; nagmimiron-miron lang ako |
Only cash please! kas lang nga ho |
This is very expensive mahal na mahal ito; napakamahal nito |
I'm vegetarian bedyitaryan ako; gulay lang ang kinakain ko |
It is very delicious! masarap na masarap; napakasarap! |
May we have the check please? pakibigay nga ho ang tsit; pakibigay nga ho ang kuwenta |
The bill please! tsit nga ho |
Waiter / waitress! serbidor-Male; serbidora-female |
What do you recommend? (to eat) anong rekomendasyon ninyo? anong masarap? |
What's the name of this dish? anong pangalan ng ulam?; anong tawag sa ulam? |
Menu menu |
Spoon kutsara |
No problem! walang problema |
Accident aksidente |
Ambulance ambulansiya |
Doctor doctor; manggagamot=formal |
Headache sakit ng ulo |
Heart attack atake sa puso |
Help me tulong |
Hospital ospital |
Medicines gamot |
Pharmacy parmasya;botika |
Poison lason |
Police pulis |
Stomach ache sakit ng tiyan |
Are you okay? ayos ka lang ba? |
Call a doctor! tumawag ng doktor |
Call the ambulance! tawagan ang ambulansiya |
Call the police! tawagin ang pulÃs |
Calm down! kalma ka lang! |
I feel sick masama ang pakiramdam ko=equivalent form |
It hurts here masakit dito |
It's urgent! madalian! |
Stop! hinto!; tigil! |
Thief! magnanakaw! |
Animal hayop |
Cat pusa |
Dog aso |
Horse kabayo |
Do you have any animals? may mga hayop ba kayo? May mga alaga ba kayo=referring to pets-- |
I have a dog may aso ako |
Small maliit |
Big malaki |
Tall matangkad |
Short maikli |
Cheap mura |
Expensive mahal |
Good mabuti |
Bad masama |
Wrong mali |
Right (correct) tama |
New bago |
Old (opposite of new) luma |
Young bata |
Old (opposite of young) matanda |
Difficult mahirap |
Easy madali |
This is too expensive masyadong mahal ito; masyado itong mahal |
Am I right or wrong? tama ba ako o mali |
Here dito |
There doon |
Quickly nang madali |
Really tunay |
Slowly dahan-dahan |
Always lagi |
Never hindi kailanman |
Sometimes kung minsan |
Next week sa susunod na linggo |
Now ngayon |
Soon mamaya; maya-maya |
Today ngayong araw |
Tomorrow bukas |
Tonight mamayang gabi |
Yesterday kahapon |
Do you like it here? nagustuhan mo ba rito? |
See you later! diyan ka na |
Thank you very much! maraming salamat sa iyo |
Woman babae |
Women mga babae |
Man lalaki |
Men mga lalaki |
Boy batang lalaki |
Boys mga batang lalaki |
Girl batang babae |
Girls mga batang babae |
Country bansa |
Countries |
We speak two languages nakakapagsalita kami ng dalawang lenguwahe/wika |
Cat pusa |
Dog aso |
Woman babae |
Women mga babae |
Mother nanay, inay,ina=formal |
Sister kapatid na babae |
I have a dog may aso ako |
I speak Italian marunong akong mag-Italyano |
A French teacher is here nandito ang isang titser/guro ng pranses |
The French teacher is here nandito ang titser/guro ng pranses |
Some languages are hard mahirap ang ilang mga wika |
Many languages are easy maraming wika ang madali |
The student speaks Korean nagsasalita ng koreyano ang estudyante-- |
A student speaks Korean nagsasalita ng koreyano ang isang estudyante |
Some students speak Korean nagsasalita ng koreyano ang ilang estudyante |
In front of sa harap ng |
Behind sa likod ng |
Before bago |
After pagkatapos |
Inside sa loob ng |
With kasama |
Without wala |
Outside sa labas ng |
On top of sa ibabaw ng |
Under sa ilalim ng |
And at |
Between sa pagitan ng |
But pero |
For para sa |
From mula sa |
In sa |
Near malapit |
Or o |
Can I practice Italian with you? puwede ba akong magsanay/praktis ng Italyano kasama mo? |
I speak French but with an accent may accent ang pagsasalita ko ng Pranses |
Boy batang lalaki |
Girl batang babae |
Man tao |
Woman babae |
Father ama, tatay |
Mother ina, nanay |
Brother kapatid na lalaki |
Sister kapatid na babae |
Cat (Masc.) pusang lalaki |
Cat (Fem.) pusang babae |
He is tall matangkad siya |
She is tall matangkad siya |
He is a short man pandak na lalaki siya |
She is a short woman pandak na babae siya |
One isa |
Two dalawa |
Three tatlo |
Four apat |
Five lima |
Six anim |
Seven pito |
Eight walo |
Nine siyam |
Ten sampu |
I ako |
You ikaw |
He siya |
She siya |
We kami |
You (plural) kayo |
They sila |
I love you mahal kita: common; iniibig kita=formal |
Me ako |
You ikaw |
Him kanya |
Her kanya |
Us kami |
You (plural) kayo |
Them kanila |
Give me your phone number ibigay mo sa akin ang telepono mo |
I can give you my email puwede kong ibigay sa iyo ang email ko |
My ko |
Your iyong |
His ang kanyang |
Her ang kanyang |
Our ang aming |
Your (plural) inyo |
Their ang kanilang |
His email is … ...ang email niya |
My phone number is … ...ang telepono ko |
How? paano? |
What? ano? |
When? kailan? |
Where? saan?: fix location; nasaan: whereabouts |
Who? sino? |
Why? bakit? |
Can I help you? ano ho ang maitutulong ko sa inyo? |
Can you help me? matutulungan mo ba ako? |
Do you speak English? marunong ka bang mag-Ingles? nakakapagsalita ka ba ng Ingles? |
How much is this? magkano ito? |
What is your name? anong pangalan mo? |
What time is it? anong oras na? |
When can we meet? kailan tayo puwedeng magkita? |
Where do you live? saan ka nakatira? |
Who is knocking at the door? sinong kumakatok sa pinto? |
Why is it expensive? bakit mahal? |
No hindi |
Nothing wala |
Not yet hindi pa |
No one walang may... |
No longer hindi na |
Never hindi kailanman |
Cannot hindi puwede/maaari |
Should not hindi dapat |
Don't worry! huwag kang mag-alala |
I cannot remember the word hindi ko natatandaan ang salita |
I do not speak Japanese hindi ako nagsasalita ng Hapon |
I don't know! hindi ko alam; ewan ko |
I'm not fluent in Italian yet hindi pa ako matatas magsalita ng italyano |
No one here speaks Greek walang nagsasalita ng griyego dito |
No problem! walang problema |
To drive magmaneho; magdraybe |
To drive magmaneho |
To give magbigay |
To have magkaroon ng |
To know alam |
To understand maintindihan |
To work magtrabaho |
To write sumulat/magsulat |
He understands me naiintindihan niya ako |
He understood me naintindihan niya ako |
He will understand me maiintindihan niya ako |
I see you nakikita kita |
He reads a book nagbabasa siya ng libro |
He understands me naiintindihan niya ako |
She has a cat may pusa siya |
She knows my friend kilala niya ang kaibigan ko |
We want to learn gusto niyang matuto |
We think Spanish is easy sa palagay nami'y madali ang Kastila/espanyol |
They drive a car nagmamaneho sila ng kotse |
They smile ngumingiti sila |
I saw you nakita kita |
I wrote with a pen gumamit siya ng pen sa pagsusulat |
You loved apples nagustuhan mo ang mga mansanas |
You gave money nagbigay ka ng pera |
You played tennis naglaro ka ng tenis; nagtenis ka |
He understood me naintindihan niya ako |
She had a cat nagkaroon siya ng pusa-- |
She knew my friend nakilala niya ang kaibigan ko noon |
We wanted to learn gusto naming matuto noon |
They smiled ngumiti sila |
I will see you makikita kita |
I will write with a pen gagamit ako ng pen sa pagsusulat |
He will read a book magbabasa siya ng libro |
He will understand me maiintindihan niya ako |
We will think about you maaalaala ka namin |
Go! pumunta ka! |
Stop! hinto!; tigil! |
Don't Go! huwag kang pumunta! |
Stay! pumirme ka! |
Come here! halika dito |
Be quiet! tumahimik ka! |
Go straight dumeretso ka |
Wait! hintay!/teka! |
Let's go! tayo na! |
Sit down! umupo ka! |
Good mabuti |
Better mas mabuti |
Best pinakamabuti |
Bad masama |
Worse mas masama |
Worst pinakamasama |
Taller mas matangkad |
Shorter mas maikli |
Younger mas bata |
Older mas matanda |
As tall as kasing tangkad ng |
Taller than mas matangkad kaysa sa |
Shorter than mas maikli kaysa sa |
More beautiful mas maganda |
Less beautiful hindi masyadong maganda |
Most beautiful pinakamaganda |
Happy masaya |
Happier mas masaya |
Happiest pinakamasaya |
You are happy masaya ka |
You are as happy as Maya kasingsaya mo si maya |
You are happier than Maya mas masaya ka kaysa kay maya |
You are the happiest pinakamasaya ka |
Hi! kumusta! |
Good morning! magandang umaga |
Good afternoon! magandang hapon |
Good evening! magandang gabi |
How are you? (polite) kumusta po kayo? |
How are you? (friendly) kumusta ka? |
What's up? (colloquial) ano bang atin? |
I'm fine, thank you! mabuti naman |
And you? (polite) at kayo po? |
And you? (friendly) eh ikaw? |
Good mabuti |
Do you speak English? marunong ka bang mag-Ingles? nakakapagsalita ka ba ng Ingles? |
Just a little kaunti lang |
What's your name? anong pangalan mo? |
My name is (John Doe) (John Doe)ang pangalan ko |
Mr.../ Mrs. .../ Miss... mister/misis/mis=conversational; ginoo/ginang/binibini=formal |
Nice to meet you! Ikinagagalak kong makilala ka=formal |
You're very kind! ang bait mo naman=literal meaning, approximation only |
Where are you from? tagasaan ka? |
I'm from the U.S taga-estados unidos/states ako |
I'm American Amerikano ako |
Where do you live? saan ka nakatira? |
I live in the U.S nakatira ako sa estados unidos |
Do you like it here? nagustuhan mo ba rito? |
How old are you? anong edad mo?; ilang taon ka na? |
I'm (twenty, thirty...) Years old beynte/treynta anyos ako; dalawampung/tatlumpung taong gulang ako=formal |
Are you married? may asawa ka ba? |
Do you have children? may mga anak ka ba? |
I have to go kailangan kong umalis |
I will be right back! babalik rin ako agad! |
Nice to meet you! Ikinagagalak kong makilala ka=formal |
Can I practice Italian with you? puwede ba akong magsanay/praktis ng Italyano kasama mo? |
My French is bad Hindi mabuti ang Pranses ko |
I need to practice my French kailangan kong magsanay ng Pranses ko |
Would you like to go for a walk? gusto mo bang lumakad? |
Can I have your phone number? puwede bang mahingi ang numero ng telepono mo? |
Can I have your email? puwede bang mahingi ang email mo? |
Are you married? may asawa ka ba? |
I'm single wala akong asawa |
Are you free tomorrow evening? puwede ka ba/libre ka ba bukas ng gabi? |
I would like to invite you for dinner gusto sana kitang imbitahin para sa hapunan |
Where do you live? saan ka nakatira? |
When can we meet? kailan tayo puwedeng magkita? |
Do you like it? nagustuhan mo ba? |
I really like it! gustong-gusto ko |
I love you mahal kita: common; iniibig kita=formal |
Would you marry me? pakasal na tayo=equivalent form |
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