This Book

Designed and dedicated to all young generations who are really interested in learning about Filipino/Tagalog and Karay-A language in the Philippines, especially for people who love to take vacations. This is easy to make you speak, using phonetic reading.

English and Tagalog Pronunciations

Father, in Tagalog Itay, the way it's pronounced in English is ETie — that’s English. But in Tagalog, it’s Itay. Karay-A Father is Tatay, pronounced tata-i or tata eye. Sounds like that.

Reading the Alphabet

Did you remember how to read your alphabet? Sounds it out. That’s how you read Filipino and Tagalog — they are the same languages. If you know how to read your alphabet, the same way you read Filipino and Karay-A languages. Sounds it.

Common Phrases

In English, come here. In Tagalog, Halika dito. How did you read it? Here, how you pronounce it? Sounds like alphabet haah likah, like the sound of a snake, huh! Duh! Something like that.

English come here. Tagalog Halika dito. Let’s say, where are you going? In English, saan ka pupunta? Pronounced as Son kuh ponta, something like that. Just like I said, use phonetic or alphabet reading sounds.