
Meet the Instructor with An Overview of the Course
The Filipino Alphabet
Using the the Tagalog alphabet to speak, read, and write in Filipino
Kultura: Pamilya
Spelling Words from Other Languages to Filipino
Print: Pagsasanay 1 (Practice/Worksheet) at Mga Sagot (and Answer Key)
Print: Pagsasanay 2 Spelling and Pronouncing Words
The accents in Filipino
Kultura: Pagkamagiliw sa Bisita (Hospitality to Visitors)
Print: Common Expressions tsart
Elements of a basic sentence
Words that introduce the subject: Si, Ang, Sina, Ang Mga
Introduction to sentence structures
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot (Practice/Worksheet and Answer Key)
The 7 personal pronouns in Filipino
The 3 pronouns for things
Body movements/motions as learning tools
Kultura! Kapwa
Print: Aral 4 Pagsasanay (Worksheet)
Simpleng Diyalogo/Kumusta? (Simple Dialogue Worksheet and Lesson, Download under Resources)
People Nouns
Kultura: Paggalang sa Matatanda (Respect for Elders)
Common Expressions
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot (5C has a list of more people nouns)
Simpleng Diyalogo/Nasaan? (Simple Dialogue plus Worksheet, Download under Resources)
Practice Filipino pronouns in a simple dialogue, review kumusta and buhay, and learn when to use din versus rin while completing and practicing the exchange.
UM Verbs (Active Verbs)
Why learn verb conjugations?
Conjugation to Infinitive/Command, Past, Present, Future Tense
Sentence Construction
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Visual Quiz or Practice
More UM Verbs/Review Conjugation
Review Sentence Structures
Modifiers/Adverbs of Place with hand movements
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Kultura: Pakikisama
Adverbs of Time for Verbs in the Present Tense
Elements of a Basic Sentence
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Modifiers: dito, diyan, doon (for places)
Adverbs of Time for Verbs in the Past Tense
Usage in Sentences
Print: Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Adverbs of Time for Verbs in the Future Tense
Review how to write basic sentences
Print: Pagsasanay: Correcting sentences grammatically
Adjectives and their Antonyms
Writing simple sentences with adjectives
Conjunctions (Beginning Level)
Kultura: Tiyaga
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
How to use linkers
When not to use linkers
Kultura: Utang na Loob
The Intensive and Superlative Degrees of Adjectives (Intermediate Level)
Colors/May/Mayroon (Please don't miss this lesson within a lesson in video screencast format under Resources.)
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
How do you say very in Filipino? How do you say the most? This quick lecture will teach you the intensive and superlative degrees of adjectives. Now that you know the linkers in Filipino, you may add to your knowledge and skills on adjectives.
The rules for using "ba"
Common Expressions with "ba"
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Clarifying/mastering monosyllabic words
Use of monosyllabic words in sentences
Kultura: Bahala na
Common Expressions
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Nouns: Places
Sentences using places nouns
Kultura: Bayanihan
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Possessive Pronouns: Preposed and Postposed
Using the possessive pronouns in phrases/sentences
Common Expressions
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
The dual meaning/function of preposed possessives
Common phrases that use preposed possessives as objects
Sentences with preposed possessives as objects
Review Lesson (Video under Resources)
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
The dual purpose/meaning of the postposed possessives
Learn Common Passive Verbs (mahal, gusto/ibig, ayaw, kailangan)
Common Expressions and how they are constructed using a formula
More Passive Verbs and Sentences (Lecture Under Resources)
Diyalogo for Practice
Pagsasanay
4 common interrogatives
Writing questions
Writing responses using Subject Predicate and Predicate Subject sentence structures
Oral na Pagsasanay (Oral Practice: Answering questions orally under Resources)
More interrogatives (under Resources)
Active Verbs: MAG Verbs
Meaning, Conjugation, and Use of Verbs in Sentences
Correcting Mistakes in Sentences
Kultura: Dasal
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
Sentences with new vocabulary in this lesson
Pagsasanay at Mga Sagot
This simple and important lesson/review is from Aral 12. Here it is published as a lecture, not a resource.
Numbers in Filipino
Applying some rules of the language
The student will
read and write a simple paragraph, using the skills learned in this course.
listen to the paragraph and check for understanding.
This unique program to learn Filipino provides the foundation of the Tagalog-based language for non-native speakers at the beginning level. The lessons that I brought from my classrooms to online learning contain simplified concepts that walk you step by step from the alphabet through sentence structures, grammar, common expressions, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verb conjugations, and essential vocabulary. Filipino values are incorporated to help the learner understand the culture. The lectures are presented in video/screencast format and are arranged to be learned in sequential order, at your own pace. Just pause, slow down, repeat, or fast forward according to your level or preference. Resources such as charts and worksheets with answer keys are part of the lessons at no additional cost and may be used per individual student's needs to reinforce skills, write notes, or assess your progress in learning.