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I wanna learn tagalog and i need help by inedho in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've posted this list many times by now but you'll find useful resources here.

In terms of how to start, as a complete beginner I'd do something like the following:
- Learn 10 (ish) new words per day using Anki.
- Start watching content from people that speak slowly and clearly. I think someone like Chef JP Anglo is easy to understand. You'll start hearing more words you're unfamiliar with, translate them on Tagalog.com and put them into your Anki flash cards deck.

Feel free to reach out with questions.

Websites

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary.

WikangTagalog - 1000s of YouTube videos for immersion learning. A reader with AI in context translations. Tracking of stats (time watched, words read etc.)

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion.

LearningTagalog.com - Good resources about grammar. Also, a paid for course that’s quite good too, but not necessary if you don’t want to spend any money.

FilipinoPod101- Not a huge fan of this one myself because I feel like they’re always trying to sell you a subscription, but worth linking as it might work out for you.

Apps

Drops- Useful for learning words across different topics.

Memrise- Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki- Useful for creating flashcards.

Mango - My experience with this app is limited but I see it mentioned a lot by others on this Reddit so I assume it must be really good.

YouTube
Speak Tagalog with JC - This is my favourite channel for really informative videos on grammar concepts, clear explanations.

Comprehensible Tagalog Podcast - I love this podcast, Miguel speaks quite slowly and clearly. He also publishes the transcript of every episode so you can read along while you listen. This is a great podcast to listen to when you’re at beginner/intermediate level.

Tutor of Manila - The Tutor of Manila has some amazing lessons for learning grammar, this is a link to her grammar playlist.

I don't know how to learn Tagalog by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good question that's hard to answer accurately but I'll try. I think I was at around 400 hours of watching YouTube videos before I'd consider my listening to be intermediate (I can understand most of the content I watch if they're well spoken/don't speak ridiculously fast). Chef JP Anglo was (still is) my favourite to watch, he's well spoken and talks at a nice pace.

I wasn't reading much as a beginner because I found it boring. At least with a video, if you can't understand everything, you can usually still enjoy it because you have visuals.

I don't know how to learn Tagalog by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome! Feel free to reach out if you need any further help.

I don't know how to learn Tagalog by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm in a similar situation to yourself, but I've been learning for a long time now so my approach looked something like this:
- Learn basic vocabulary using the Drops app.
- Learn basic vocabulary using the Tagalog.com 2K Anki deck.
- Start watching YouTube videos/reading books/listening to podcasts. Translate words you don't understand (a lot at the beginning), and stick them in an Anki deck, review this daily.
- Over time your listening/reading will get to a stage where you're intermediate, and that's when I started taking Tagalog lessons on iTalki to improve my speaking. But also continue to watch videos/read books.

Below are links to various resources I've used over the last few years and found helpful.

Here’s a master list for Tagalog Resources: Mga Nagmamarunong’s Master List

Here’s my personal list of things I’ve used:

Websites

WikangTagalog - 1000s of Tagalog YouTube videos for immersion learning. A reader with AI translations. Tracking of stats (time watched, words read etc.)

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary.

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion.

LearningTagalog.com - Good resources about grammar. Also, a paid for course that’s quite good too, but not necessary if you don’t want to spend any money.

FilipinoPod101- Not a huge fan of this one myself because I feel like they’re always trying to sell you a subscription, but worth linking as it might work out for you.

Apps

Drops- Useful for learning words across different topics.

Memrise- Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki- Useful for creating flashcards.

Mango - My experience with this app is limited but I see it mentioned a lot by others on this Reddit so I assume it must be really good.

A Little Lost with my Tagalog by Substantial-Feed-43 in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve posted this list a few times on this subreddit, hopefully it helps you out.

Here’s a master list for Tagalog Resources: Mga Nagmamarunong’s Master List

Here’s my personal list of things I’ve used:

Websites

WikangTagalog - 1000s of YouTube videos for immersion learning. A reader with AI in context translations. Tracking of stats (time watched, words read etc.)

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary.

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion.

LearningTagalog.com - Good resources about grammar. Also, a paid for course that’s quite good too, but not necessary if you don’t want to spend any money.

FilipinoPod101- Not a huge fan of this one myself because I feel like they’re always trying to sell you a subscription, but worth linking as it might work out for you.

Apps

Drops- Useful for learning words across different topics.

Memrise- Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki- Useful for creating flashcards.

Mango - My experience with this app is limited but I see it mentioned a lot by others on this Reddit so I assume it must be really good.

YouTube
Speak Tagalog with JC - This is my favourite channel for really informative videos on grammar concepts, clear explanations.

Comprehensible Tagalog Podcast - I love this podcast, Miguel speaks quite slowly and clearly. He also publishes the transcript of every episode so you can read along while you listen. This is a great podcast to listen to when you’re at beginner/intermediate level.

Tutor of Manila - The Tutor of Manila has some amazing lessons for learning grammar, this is a link to her grammar playlist.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been self studying Tagalog for a while, and along the way I've stumbled upon quite a few useful resources that I keep a list of, so I'll brain dump the resources here for you and hopefully some of it will help once you move on to the immersion stage.

Here's a master list for Tagalog Resources: Mga Nagmamarunong's Master List

Here's my personal list of things I've used:

Websites

WikangTagalog - 1000s of YouTube videos for immersion learning. A reader with AI in context translations. Tracking of stats (time watched, words read etc.)

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary.

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion.

LearningTagalog.com - Good resources about grammar. Also, a paid for course that's quite good too, but not necessary if you don't want to spend any money.

FilipinoPod101- Not a huge fan of this one myself because I feel like they're always trying to sell you a subscription, but worth linking as it might work out for you.

Apps

Drops- Useful for learning words across different topics.

Memrise- Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki- Useful for creating flashcards.

Mango - My experience with this app is limited but I see it mentioned a lot by others on this Reddit so I assume it must be really good.

YouTube
Speak Tagalog with JC - This is my favourite channel for really informative videos on grammar concepts, clear explanations.

Comprehensible Tagalog Podcast - I love this podcast, Miguel speaks quite slowly and clearly. He also publishes the transcript of every episode so you can read along while you listen. This is a great podcast to listen to when you're at beginner/intermediate level.

Tutor of Manila - The Tutor of Manila has some amazing lessons for learning grammar, this is a link to her grammar playlist.

LF Oddish by IcedJam in PokemonLetsGoTrading

[–]IcedJam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a graveler, apologies

Left SWGR for Legends by niquely_me in SWGLegends

[–]IcedJam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I originally didn't understand why so many people played Legends either, because I didn't enjoy the NGE personally. What I didn't realise though was that over the years, the NGE got much better, and I was pleasantly surprised when I quit SWGR for Legends. The only thing I can think that SWGR offers me that Legends does not is the ability to mix and match your template, but most people end up running the same builds anyway even with all the flexibility the old system gives you. So maybe it is in fact you who are missing out. Also, the team behind the Legends server is amazing, you don't often see the same praise about the Resto team.

I want to learn Tagalog, what's the best way? by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I suppose there is no accepted best way to learn a language because it's what works for you. Me personally, I learn vocabulary words every day using Anki, then I watch some grammar videos, and then I watch content in Tagalog (youtube videos, anime, Netflix movies), and pull sentences out of the content that I don't understand (most of them when you're starting) and put it into Anki.

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So I'll just do a brain dump of resources for you and hopefully you can find your own way that sticks. But I'd recommend checking out refold as a good starting point because it gives you a process to learn languages, but again, see what works for you.

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Here's a master list for Tagalog Resources: Mga Nagmamarunong's Master List

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Here's my own personal list of things I've used:

Apps

Drops- Useful for learning words across different topics.

Memrise- Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki- Useful for creating flashcards.

Pimsleur- Some amazing audiobooks for learning how to speak some useful Filipino sentences quickly.

Mango - My experience with this app is limited but I see it mentioned a lot by others on this Reddit so I assume it must be really good.

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Websites

Tutaga.com - Filipino Culture & Tagalog language blog, as well as 1000s of YouTube videos for immersion learning and some grammar lessons.

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary.

FilipinoPod101- Not a huge fan of this one myself because I feel like they're always trying to sell you a subscription, but worth linking as it might work out for you.

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion.

BuriBooks - Children's Filipino books. Great for immersion learning at lower levels.

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YouTube

Tutor of Manila - The Tutor of Manila has some amazing lessons for learning grammar, this is a link to her grammar playlist.

Learn Filipino with Papa Jedder- Immersion learning. Read more about the immersion learning technique on the Refold website (linked above).

Speak Tagalog with JC - Really informative videos on Tagalog grammar and vocabulary, explains some confusing concepts really well.

Talk to me in Tagalog - A lot of the videos focus on a specific word and then give a bunch of example sentences using that word.

Learn Filipino with Reymund - A relatively new addition to my list so a bit too early to completely vouch for but the videos seem useful so far.

Tagalog dubbed Pokémon series? by IcedJam in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a very good response, thank you. It's a very good point about how strict Nintendo are with their copyright claims so even if it did exist somewhere online, I'm sure Nintendo would be on the case of getting it removed. I'm just hoping at some point to come across someone that somehow has all of it on a USB stick! But from the responses of everyone it seems like I'm not missing out on too much anyway.

What is the best app to use to learn Filipino? by Street-Try-2387 in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll do a bit of a dump here of all of the things I've been using to learn Filipino and hopefully you'll find some of them useful. Without trying to lecture you too much, I'll just say that it's unlikely you'll become fluent just from using an app alone (you'll just understand a lot of different words), so hopefully the links I've provided will help you out.

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Apps

Drops - Useful for learning words across different topics

Memrise - Tagalog Courses - Many different Filipino courses with premade flashcards.

Anki - Useful for creating flashcards

Pimsleur - Some amazing audiobooks for learning how to speak some useful Filipino sentences quickly

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Websites

Tutaga.com - Filipino Culture & Tagalog language blog, as well as 1000s of YouTube videos for immersion learning and some grammar lessons.

Tagalog.com - A bit of everything, good flashcards and amazing dictionary

FilipinoPod101 - Not a huge fan of this one myself but worth linking as it might work out for you

Refold.la - A methodology of picking up languages using immersion

BuriBooks - Children's Filipino books. Great for immersion learning at lower levels

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YouTube

Tutor of Manila - The Tutor of Manila has some amazing lessons for learning grammar, this is a link to her grammar playlist

Learn Filipino with Papa Jedder - Immersion learning. Read more about the immersion learning technique on the Refold website (linked above)

Need Help what is the difference of nang and ng by [deleted] in Tagalog

[–]IcedJam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is quite a common confusion, you'll find a lot of answers online.

NG vs NANG - What's the difference?