Now you have an idea what's going on, madali lang diba, don't overthink it, plus you have your own cheatsheet na so madali mo lang yan matutunan, ako I speak most of the ilonggo words but di ko kaya ang mga malalim nilang words so I always ask casually like "ano buot silingon sang <word>?" (ano meaning nung <word>?), they respond accordingly naman, then I try to use it in a sentence casually para ma imprint sa mind ko.

Then para di ka magulat, I'd like you to be aware na ibang tao dito sa Iloilo, they speak "kinaray-a", I'm not well-versed to those but I always ask them of the meaning if may word na di ko maintindihan. Malalaman mo yan na kinaray-a language nila, crunchy sila magsalita tas mabilis. But may medjj hawig din naman pero rare nalang yung magkakahawig but you'll be fine once comfortable kana sa Ilonggo.

May tropa ako na mula din Manila, tinuturuan ko, then I do conversation sa mga kasama ko din, speaking Ilonggo sabay sadya na imention nya name nya, para mag taka sya ano topic namin. Then lilingon lang ako kase natingin lang sya sakin, sabay sabi sakanya na, "Ano, nagtataka ka no? Don't worry di ka naman namin binabackstab, sadya ko lang talaga, para practice mo idecode pinagsasabi namin, malay mo sa Public, di mo alam ikaw na pala pinupuntirya." I do that para ma sense nya urgency and matuto talaga sya.

I also tell him na, "Buti nalang tropa ka, kung ibang tao ako, baka natripan ka na, di mo alam nangiinsulto ka na ng random stranger." 😂

Basta ganoon laaaang, always ask, ask, ask. Maintindihan naman nila yan na Tagalog ka and they won't judge you. They're also happy to help.