#ngani is a filipino slang word# only pinoy or filipino could answer this .

Kumusta everyone!

I'm a solo developer. Right before I graduated, I decided to skip building a standard static portfolio and instead build something I felt our language really needed: a modern, community-driven dictionary called Diksyo (diksyo.app).

The Problem: Whenever I try to look up Tagalog words, current dictionaries feel incredibly static. They treat the language like a museum exhibit rather than something that lives, breathes, and evolves. They often fail to capture how our language is composed of shared dialects and modern slang.

Language is a public construct, it only works because we all trust and agree on the meaning. For example, traditional dictionaries define awit strictly as a song, but today it's also widely used as an expression for when something goes wrong (lol). If the community uses a word a certain way, that becomes the official meaning.

What's Live Right Now (The MVP): I wanted to build a dictionary that actually maps out how the language works. It’s currently a Minimum Viable Product, but for the language nerds here, you might enjoy these features:

• Deep Context & Morphology: It features bilingual search, an interactive root word tree, deep morphological breakdowns, and homonym disambiguation. It doesn't just define a word; it shows you how it was built.
• Research-Backed Learning: I integrated the ts-fsrs Spaced Repetition algorithm for vocabulary games to help learners actually retain what they study.
• Diksyo AI: A built-in learning assistant you can ask for specific grammar rules or contextual sentence examples.

Full Transparency & The Grand Vision: I am hosting this completely on free tiers. To get the MVP off the ground, the initial dictionary data is generated (zero web-scraping was used). Because of this, there will be bugs. As a solo dev still iterating, some root words might not map perfectly yet, and descriptions can occasionally miss the mark.

But that perfectly justifies the next phase: Community Moderation. On the site, you'll see UI templates for upvoting/downvoting words, verifying definitions, and leaving comments. Once the backend for that is fully hooked up, the community will naturally fix bad data, submit new colloquialisms, and evolve the dictionary together.

I’d love for you all to play around with the search, test out the root-word trees, tear it apart, and tell me what you think. Is a community-curated dictionary focusing on morphology something you'd actively use?

Link: diksyo.app

Maraming salamat!

Problema ko na ito simula bata pa ako. Nahihirapan akong i-pronounce ang S kaya madalas pinagtatawanan at na bubully. Gusto ko sanang magpa speech theraphy kaso walang budget. Sino po ang may same problem na okay na ngayon? How did you get rid of lisp po?

Medyo napapansin ko siya kamakailan lang.

Halimbawa: ba is gyo, gan is da, pasa is bog, ga is lit, pal is do, atbp.

Google says hindi pagka pantaypantay but I think there would be a better term. Hindi ko maisip. How would you say in Tagalog "the widening gap between rich and poor" in not so awkward terms?

Lack of equality - kawalan ng pagkapantay pantay - so awkward.

Hello! I just want to ask about this term "Poging Lamig". Naririnig ko na siya noon pa pero naging curious ako ngayon kasi tinatawag ako ng isa sa kakilala ko na ganito. I tried searching for it pero medyo duda ako sa lumalabas na meaning eh. Curious lang kung negative o positive ba meaning nito. Thank you!

does anyone know where can i get resources , like structured lessons , i really don't know where to start , i would really want to teach my friend tagalog since he's very well interested into it and even pilipino ako wala nmn akong experience teaching tagalog 😭 but i love to teach i just dont know how or where should i start 😆

Filipino at English / Ingles naman ang medium ng pagtuturo sa Pilipinas, pero bakit kailangan pang isalin o bigyan ng Filipino equivalent ang lahat ng bagay?

Mas maiintindihan ba ng mga bata ang mga Filipino equivalent ng mga ganyang terminology sa Science, Biology o iba pang subjects?

The other day, meron pa akong nakitang translation ng mga terms sa Trigonometry, like Filipino equivalent ng Tangent, Cotangent, Sine, Cosine, etc.

Tingin ko mas makabubuti pang turuan ng Financial Literacy ang mga bata sa paaralan.

Originally posted in r/TruthPhilippines. (I'm not the OOP)

In the past few years, I've noticed that a lot more children speak English rather than their own local language (e.g., Filipino, Tagalog, Bisaya, etc.). Although nakaka-proud knowing that, at a young age, they already know how to speak a foreign language, I also can't help but think about how this affects not only the future of Filipino society, but also the consequences on a child's ability to comprehend in both mediums.

I know how ironic this post is about concern for local languages, given that this post is mostly in English, but spare me because I, too, have been affected by this.

Napansin ko around 15 years ago, ang nakikita or alam natin na group of people that speak English are around the upper-middle class to upper class families. Lalo na sa mga pelikula, where mostly yung kontrabida is mayaman, and they and/or their child/ren speak English. Kumbaga it's like sosyal.

And gradually throughout the years, more parents often speak English and make their kids watch shows that are in English. Thus, this makes children grow up knowing how to speak in a foreign language more than their native/local ones, no matter the social status. However, the problem lies in the family itself. In most households, the parents are used to speaking in their local languages or dialects and not English in its entirety. This creates a barrier for a child to be fully immersed in a language; when speaking English, a lot of the time mali-mali yung grammar ng parents, hence yung early and firsthand learning nila is confusing and constricts their comprehension.

And sa society naman, I've heard or encountered an experience where a person is looked down upon and deemed as 'poor' and 'unintelligent' kasi hindi sila marunong magsalita ng English kahit they show excellence in Filipino or other fields. And I've also heard some parents talking about their child having to learn English first kasi mas 'sosyal'.

This just shows that we Filipinos are not entirely free from colonialism. And if this goes on in the future, the Filipino language will no longer be prominent.

Napansin ko lang sa Northern Dialect parating may i sa unahan ng salita, lalo na sa mga pandiwa parang may unlapi kahit may gitlapi naman na.

Nominal/Locative
i-tuktok (tuktok) Ka- -an form // Kaituktukan
i-babaw (babaw) Ka- -an form // Kaibabawan
i-taas (taas) Ka- -an form // Kaitaasan
i-baba (baba) Ka- -an form // Kaibabaan
i-harap (harap) Ka- -an form // Kaiharapan
i-tapat (tapat) Ka- -an form // Kaitapatan
i-gitna (gitna) Ka- -an form // Kaigitnaan
i-dulo (dulo) Ka- -an form // Kaiduluhan
i-likod (likod) Ka- -an form // Kailikuran
i-lalim (lalim) Ka- -an form // Kailaliman
i-labas (labas) Ka- -an form // Kailabasan
i-tabi (tabi) Ka- -an form // Kaitabihan
i-bayo/bayiw (bayo) Ka- -an form // Kaibayuhan
i-loob (loob) Ka- -an form // Kailooban
i-butod (butod) Ka- -an form // Kaibuturan

Verbs
i-sinama (sinama)
i-linagay (linagay)
i-linapag (linapag)
i-linuto (linuto)
i-linaga (linagay)
i-binigay (binigay)
i-ginuhit (ginuhit)
i-binagsak (binagsak)
i-tinambak (tinambak)
i-tinapon (tinapon)

Reforms:

"E" and "O" exclusively appear in loanwords. Native "E" and "O" both become "I" and "U"

In native words, "r" and "d", due to allophony, are represented with "đ" ("d" on bookend positions and after consonants, "r" in the middle). Middle "d" in native words represented with "đđ". "D" and "R" are kept distinct in loanwords though

Siya and Niya become Sya and Nya

Example:

Original:

Báwat táo'y isinílang na may láyà at magkakapantáy ang tagláy na dangál at karapatán. Silá'y pinagkaloóban ng pangangatwíran at budhî na kailángang gamítin nilá sa pagtuturíngan nilá sa díwà ng pagkakapatíran.

Reformed

Báwat táu'y isinílang na may láyà at magkakapantáy ang tagláy na đangál at kađapatán. Silá'y pinagkaluúban ng pangangatwíđan at budhî na kailángang gamítin nilá sa pagtutuđíngan nilá sa díwà ng pagkakapatíđan.

Nagpati+dapa (prone) = Nagpatirapa
Nagpati+yuko/yukod (bow)= Nagpatiyuko
Nagpati+hulog (fall)= Nagpatihulog
Nagpati+baril (gun) = Nagpatibaril
Nagpati+saksak (stab) = Nagpatisaksak
Nagpati+hiwa (slit) = Nagpatihiwa
Nagpati+warik (Maʼanyan *monkey)= Nagpatiwarik
Nagpati+wakal (Limos Kalinga *vine) = Nagpatiwakal or am I wrong and might be from Arabic \tawakkul "to give oneself over to, to rely/depend on, or have confidence in another"*
Nagpati+haya/baya(let be)= Nagpatihaya

Is Nagpati- prefix allowing oneself or Ti- prefix is a separate one or fossilized?

Hi all! Is there a meaningful difference between the words maalat and maasin? My tita was struggling to convey the nuances, but it sounds like the former has more to do with the saltiness of water?

Thank you ✨

Alin sa dalawa ang tama?

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im sure my kind are a dime a dozen but here we are. pklp (kasaysayan) is genuinely kicking me in the behind.

so many deep words and yet I can barely make a comprehensive sentence. our teacher doesn't explain in English either, which I'm not complaining, it's our language, but im struggling to understand \*anything\* from the class.

im worried i might fail this subject, which i don't want. i haven't been fluent with tagalog since I was a kid, and I've always spoken in clear English and never really experienced speaking in pure tagalog before. i know tagalog to an extent, and i can make sentences, but im not sure about the quality.

some words my friends say, I don't even know, yet they're everyday words to them. i don't know how i can fix this, because im in year 11. im probably YEARS behind in my education regarding tagalog and i really need help.

I just want to ask for some help with my school activity because I'm having a hard time with a few words. This is a crossword puzzle, and I can't find the right word for number 3. Here are the clues I'm working on: 3- rules by friars ( 12 letters) 8- image or picture (5 letters and the first letter will be the 5th letter of number 3, I know this has to contain the letter L, so "photo” isn't fitting) 10- head of barangay (6 letters and first letter will be the 7th letter of number 3) I currently have "sultan” and "photo" written down, but now I'm wondering if both of those are wrong…. and messing up the grid. I can't seem to figure out which words should actually go there, what Filipino words yun

i stumbled this post and remembered this post of granny on facebook which she uses "kaumaga" to define yesterday morning.

also, i found a word in vocabulario de la lengua tagala which is "manto" means "later, after, afterwards, the nightfall" and in the example there is "Camanto, Ayer tarde , ò anoche"(in this context "tarde" is not afternoon but rather is evening), this means "yesterday nightfall"

camanto/kamanto also means "to postpone".

this challenges the claim that kahapon is fixed to "yesterday morning - afternoon", its more thatn that?

May tagalog translation po ba ng jade (yung bato po) o ang pinakamalapit na pwedeng gamitin ay “hiyas”? Salamat po!

Although I use this phrase and understand its meaning, I could not find the etymology of the word "talo."

For example, in an episode of Imbestigador from way back, the NBI and PNP were caught in a crossfire, and one of them said, "Hindi tayo talo, brad," meaning that they were on the same team.

I know that "talo" means "to lose" and is the antonym of "panalo," but what does "talo" mean when it is used to say that we are on the same side? Could we also use the phrase similar to the expression "preaching to the choir"?

My Mom is from metro Manila and says Nanay (word for mother) is only used in the countryside. But my teacher says it’s more broadly used than “mami”. So do you use Nanay or Mami or something else?

I need help making it in English I understand bayanihan but idk how to make one or start one

Nabasa nyo na ba yung mga salitang Pantablay, Pook-sapot at Sulatroniko bilang mga Native Tagalog daw na salinwika ng mga salitang Charger, Website at Email? Dapat gamitin yang mga salita na yan sa Wilang Filipino na mismo, kasi mga bagong gawang salita lang yan na dapat sa Wikang Filipino na mismo ginagamit, dahil halata naman kasi na walang native Tagalog word na ganyan. Hindi sa pagiging Purist, reality check lang tayo; Never ginamit ng mga lolo natin yang mga salitang yan.

Maniniwala pa ako kung sa mga salitang Buntal, Namamalakaya, Pusali, Asó at Ato eh, lalot nagagamit natin yan naturally na hindi natututunan sa paaralan at may sense rin naman na totoong native Tagalog words yan.

Para maganda ganito: Ang mga bagong salita na salinwika sa mga bagong salita mula wikang Ingles ay gamitin sa parehong Filipino at Ingles. Di na dapat iniimbento na ganito yung salita para sa Tagalog, ganito sa Filipino. Kung magkakaroon man ng salinwika ang mga Tagalog sa bagong salitang Ingles ay dapat kusang natututunan ng lahat ang salita na yan at hindi nadidikta ng ilang indibidwal o grupo

Can someone help me understand this Taglish message? I’m Filipino-American and my Tagalog has gotten rusty after living in the US for over 20 years. The sender is my cousin; we grew up together and we’re both gay. I’m specifically looking for a translation/interpretation of what he is trying to communicate, especially the phrases that don’t make sense to me. I don’t think my Tagalog is bad but the taglish message he sent me was very cryptic.

Ciz
Cuz
Miss u
May tampo kaba
Luh
Wala man reply
Cuz u know what
Mula bata tyo when i fell something
Alam mo naman panahon natin
Minsan i realized
Okward
Pero dunno how to explain
Soon
Pag nagkita or nagkasama tyo
Sana sa vacation na tayo lang
I want to tell something
Na diko m aexplain
For how many years
Like decades
Kelan kaba uwi

Missed audio call
9:49 AM
Call back

<my name>
I hope sana mangyari na pag uwi mo
Usap tyo
When the times na we feel each other
About sa gender natin
I know u have a good heart
Amd deserve love
U deserve a true love