- 1). The first step to easily learn tagalog is to find a reputable taglog teaching resource. This depends on you and how you know you learn best, whether it's from reading, through audio, video, and other language teaching tools. Most programs that teach tagalog are very good, so choose based on how you learn best. Most people, however, learn best from listening to an audio guide.
- 2). Next, you'll have to find a way to allocate one hour each day. That's all the time you need in order to learn tagalog efficiently, but it's very important that you spend each day learning and reviewing.
Finding this time can be difficult, but cutting away some television time or waking up an hour earlier can be the difference. It may be hard at first, but it it into your routine and it will be worth your time and effort. You will be speaking taglog in no time! - 3). The first step is to learn taglog is to learn the basic greetings and introductions. If you're using a program that doesn't go over this first, you may want to try something different.
Learning the greetings, like "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", "Good Night", and "Hello!" are really easy and you'll be able to greet any of your Filipino friends and relatives right away! - 4). Don't worry too much about how to spell the words, or how to properly conjugate and use all of the verbs. This will come naturally. The best thing to do is to learn common phrases and words that you'll use in everyday life.
- 5). After you learn some new words, try and use them in your everyday life. Impress your friends and family with the new words you just learned, and try your best to have a real conversation, in tagalog, with someone if possible.
- 6). You can never be "finished" learning a language, since there is always going to be a new word or phrase you can learn. Don't worry about a "dealine" or a time when you feel you should be fluent in tagalog. It will take time to learn tagalog, and the learning rate is different for everyone. The most important thing is to have fun and practice!
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