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article: Confused use of Filipino in media perpetuates errors, part 4
Between the writing of the articles of this series many things have happened ( Read more... ) -
article: Confused use of Filipino in media perpetuates errors, part 3
(sorry, i'm way late posting this!)
The simplest way to know when to use one or the other is that nang (long) always has several meanings like time, manner, measure or intensity (it is both a preposition and an adverb), while ng (short) is mainly a conjunction with the English equivalents of “of,” “by” and “from ( Read more... ) -
A thought experiment about written Tagalog, for fluent readers
If you had to read a text in Tagalog (written in the Latin script) with either of i and e replaced by the other, which would version do you think would be easier, of all-e and all-i? What about o and u? -
article: Confused use of Filipino in media perpetuates errors, part 2
In the media, kung saan has become a definite adverbial phrase, the opposite of what it is. The speaker knows precisely where, when and how many ( Read more... ) -
plug for a new tagalog/filipino poetry tumblr blog
http://daigdig-ng-tula.tumblr.com/
disclaimer: i'm not the owner of this blog, just thought it might be of interest of the members of the comm. -
article: Confused use of Filipino in media perpetuates errors, part 1
this is the first of an ongoing article series by award-winning translator and poet Marne Kilates.
while Filipino is not strictly Tagalog, it is still based in Tagalog, therefore i'm sure we in the community have a lot to learn from this.
The media-broadcast or print-are the biggest, most widespread and readily recognizable “users” of language ( Read more... ) -
[mod post] members-only posting
magandang umaga sa lahat ( Read more... ) -
pointers from tamang balarila - part 1
since not all of our members have facebook, we asked for permission from the maintainer of the Tamang Balarila Facebook page to repost his graphics here. permission was given. feel free to ask or discuss.
warning: large images.
( ng vs. nang, kung vs kapag, etc ) -
a facebook page for common tagalog errors
other members of the group might be interested. here's a facebook page that points out some common errors in tagalog usage:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tamang-Balarila/302537049765462 -
Filipino Media
I'm interested in watching Filipino shows/movies online, but haven't been able to find any anywhere. I'm not picky about genre or anything like that, what are some good sites where I can do this ( Read more... )