![]() ![]() One of the first things you should realise is that it's simply inaccurate to think that the Philippines has one unifying language. So if you've chosen to learn Tagalog, you start off on the right foot immediately just for picking a culture that will be so receptive to you trying! NOT having this in other languages slows you down tremendously, whether it really has complex grammar, tones etc. If you take on Tagalog, Filipinos will patiently and enthusiastically listen to you as you try and constantly remind you how much you are progressing, even when you just start with pleasantries. ![]() Everybody told me right from the start that I'll do well in this mission, whether they knew my background or not. This encouragement is a crucial part of how your story in progressing in the language will go. ![]() Filipinos seem more modest as a culture and this can only benefit the learner from a language learning perspective. It's not based on any real information (except for selective biased examples) – it just boils down to ego and pride. Native speakers of almost every language don't know how predictable they are being across the world as they say that to me. It's consistent and propagated by some more than others. In almost every other culture I've been in they say – “Oh, you're learning X? It's such a hard language… good luck!!” (as you'll see below), but because Filipinos are extremely encouraging and constantly remind you how “easy” their language is. Usually I title these summaries as “Why X is easy” (as I did in German and Hungarian, and why it isn't as hard as you think for Czech), because the limiting belief of a language you want to learn as being difficult will do you no good whatsoever so it's important to do away with this from the get-go.īut I don't need to do that with Tagalog – not because it doesn't have complex grammatical features etc. When describing features of a language if you leave out context of how it's spoken and who's speaking it and focus just on grammar and vocabulary, there's no way you can get a full picture of it. In this post, I'd like to give a summary about some cool features of Tagalog and my impressions of it for those of you curious! Best news: Encouraging locals ![]()
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