Tagalog Borrowed Words: Food Ingredients, Equipments, Gadgets and Vehicles

This Tagalog tutorial is suited for total beginners in Tagalog. At the end of this podcast, you'll be able to:

1. Recall a few Tagalog words that was learned in the past: bahay (house), daán (road/street, hundred), ibon (bird), ulap (cloud), kabuté (mushrooms), baka (cow), kabayo (horse), punó (tree).
2. Know how to say a few food ingredients in Tagalog and these are abokado (avocado), kakáw (cocoa), sayote (chayote), sili (chili pepper), singkamás (jicama), tsokolate (chocolate), tilapyà (tilapia).
3. Name your equipments or gadgets in Tagalog and these are: telepono (telephone), telebisyón (television), radyo (radio), kompyuter (computer), makina (machine).
4. Say the types of public transportations in the Philippines: traysikel (tricycle), bus, dyip (jeepney).
5. And other more words that may also sound Spanish: sopas (soup), sopá (sofa), trapik (traffic), biktimá (victim), addict (adik), estudyante (student), bisita (visitor), demokrasya (democracy), presyo (price), Henerál (General).

Albine pointed out that:

• Average Filipino families own at least 1 TV.
• Low-level income households are either farmers or fishermen or jeepney/tricycle drivers.
• Consumer electronics in the Philippines are most likely to be repaired as much as possible.
• Malls are great in the Philippines especially if you're in the major cities and you can pretty much get anything you need very easily.
• Amazon online shopping does not exist in the Philippines but online shopping is possible through Lazada or Shopee.
• Foreigners are allowed to own a business in the Philippines but with a Filipino partner: 60% Filipino, 40% Foreign.