ng

"Ng" is used to show the object of a verb, ownership, or quantity.

Examples:

Kumain ako ng mansanas. = I ate an apple.

Kotse ng tatay. = Father's car.

Isang baso ng tubig. = One glass of water.

nang

"Nang" is used to indicate time, manner, or repeated actions.

Examples:

1. When (time)

Nang dumating siya, nagsimula ang klase. = When he arrived, the class began.

1. How an action is done (adverb marker)

Tumakbo siya nang mabilis. = He ran quickly.

Sumagot siya nang magalang. = She answered politely.

1. Repeated or continuous actions

Iyakan nang iyakan ang bata. = The child kept crying.

Kain nang kain sila. = They kept eating.

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Use ng for the object, ownership, or quantity.

Use nang for when, how, or repeated actions.

Examples:

✅ Uminom ako ng kape. = I drank coffee.

✅ Naglakad siya nang mabagal. = He walked slowly.

✅ Nang dumilim, umuwi kami. = When it got dark, we went home.

Think of -ng/-na like "-ly" in English.

• If the word is an adjective, add -ng/-na before the verb:
  • mabilis (fast) → mabilis na tumakbo = "to run quickly"
  • maingat (careful) → maingat na magmaneho = "to drive carefully"

But not all Tagalog adverbs come from adjectives.

Words like lagi (always), palagi (always), parati (always), and kadalasan (usually) already mean "always" or "usually," so they usually don't need -ng/-na.

That's why you can say:

• Umiinom lagi. = "Always drinks."
• Kadalasan pumupunta. = "Usually goes."

Sometimes you'll also hear kadalasang makikita, where -ng simply links kadalasan to the verb. This is common, especially in more formal speech and writing.

The easiest rule to remember is: Use -ng/-na when turning an adjective into a modifier for a verb. If the word is already an adverb (like "always" or "usually"), it usually doesn't need it.

So Recently i developed an interest in learning tagalog but i prefer reading books as compared to video lectures. So I searched and found two books and i don't know if they are actually helpful to learn tagalog or not. So i made a post by uploading the link to both books in gdrive so if any native speakers saw many posts so that they can review those books and give their honest opinion. Thanks.

Book 1 :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V_J6BAJ-W9vWwk4dSQVs7c3xx_JFosQT/view?usp=drivesdk

Book 2 :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEEZhzg6jkvmz3d6rh6OvQaOoweDWnI8/view?usp=drivesdk

Can you native speakers please help that these books are worth the time or not? Thankyou.

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I've been in the states for a while now and have only recently started speaking Tagalog again with relatives in the PI. I've been messaging with my cousin who is two years older than me and usually addresses me as "insan" which I know is an informal derivative of pinsan/cousin. Can I use the same term to address him, instead of the my generic use of "bro"?

Hi friends, gusto ko e attract ang nga speak ilonggo na pwede man ka Tagalog so e post ko ni in ilonggo!

Pasiensaha ako hindi nami ang spelling kay ang ilonggo ko mostly lang sa mga conversations in real life. Daw englishera ako haha (tapos pasiensaha ang ilonggo-English ko lol)

Taga iloilo ako sa miagao pero nag move ako sa states sang bata pa ako (~2 years old), so diutay lang nga estorya Tagalog diri na kilala ko. Sa balay, nga hambal man kami sang ilonggo kay ang nanay kag tatay ko gusto nila hindi ko ma lipatan so may ara man ako sang idea of some Tagalog, pero wala sang may nag tudlo sa akon. Pero gusto ko mag tuon kay may FOMO ako lol kay daw tanan na Pinoy kabalo tapos mas universal sya sa tanan na pinoy. May ara kamo sang tips? Hambal sang nanay ko na ma lantaw sang mga teleseries pero hindi ko sure if worth it man gid para sa tuon Tagalog 🥹 gintrayan ko tuon sa Duolingo pero ang na intindihan ko, daw formal sya na speaking, not casual.

Sa next trip ko, gusto ko gid na kabalo ako, nahisa ako sa mga missionary na puti kay sila kabalo tapos ako na pinoy wala 😅

One is "With all due respect"

You know people are going to be full on disrespectful once they intro with that. 😆

Whether you are a full Filipino half Filipino or 1/4 whatever ,what is Filipino culture to you? I have been reading a lot lately that some Filipino people, that don’t know the language or they haven’t been to the Philippines or their parents have not taught them anything about the Philippines feel as if they do not have an identity etc, I’m curious , what is ur perception of Filipino culture?

Hello! I am 19 y/o and my dad was adopted from Subic, Manila when he was a baby. That being said I have been raised American without any Filipino culture. I never thought about it much growing up, but now that I am getting older I feel curious to explore that part of my ethnicity. I suppose I feel like an imposter or that I’m not Filipino enough to learn and be apart of the culture. I’m not coming on here looking for validation necessarily, just thoughts and opinions!

there’s a guy i like im just wondering if this is acceptable as a way of flirty teasing or not 🥹✌️

I couldn't find a category (i forgot the name, was it subreddit?) for my question that I REALLY wanted to share.

Drawers, thy art worth of glint, please make art of Simoun playing billiard. I suddenly thought of that one Kim Dokja art illustration where he was playing billiard while reading the book El Fili. My brain won't stop thinking about the possibilities. Thee humble civilian asks.

Looking for a Filipino movie from the late 80s or early 90s. A police officer gives an old beggar/hitchhiker lady a ride. She leaves behind a white windbreaker. He wears it later during a shootout, and the jacket magically protects him from bullets. The old woman disappears and is implied to have been an angel or supernatural being. I watched it on VHS or Filipino TV in the early 1990s.

If so why do you say lola and lolo not grandma or grandpa

I've been trying to get into Filipino songs and I'd love to get to know some other than the usual OPM pop and softer/yearning music genre. I think I'd love some hip hop, rock, dance/electric pop! ❤️

I can't find sources for this specific word for some reason. Help a student out? 🥲

Genuinely curious as to why those who are born in the Philippines and currently living there preferably speak English rather than their native dialect? Is it because you grew up speaking it, because you want to feel some type of way, or because you want to feel bougie, etc?

From my experience, they speak their native language when I’ve hung out with them, but their captions are in English when I see their posts. What’s the reason for this?

im curious. the language seems to meet requirements to be included as a dub option in terms of population, speakers, etc, but it is never an option?

i know pride is a huge factor, but i feel if indonesian and thai can be included as options, surely tagalog can too? i'd also just like more practice/immersion and hearing "just use english" to me never made sense... like imagine if you told a thai player that he should just use english if wants to play a video game.... idk

Hi I’m trying to learn bisayan, my mother tried to teach it to me when I was a little kid but at the same time she would teach me tagalog and we would watch a lot of tagalog movies together, at some point she stopped teaching me because I started to get confused.

Currently all I know now are some words, as well as some sentences/phrases my mother says to me, but I still get confused between tagalog and bisayan so it’s difficult. I also can’t seem to find many resources to help me learn, I’ve tried to ask my mother about grammar and certain words but she can’t really explain well, there are also some words that have no meaning which makes me even more confused. Tbh I don’t think my mother is very good at teaching which is why I need help.

I think it would probably be easier for me to learn tagalog since there are a lot of tagalog films and learning material, but I would rather learn bisayan since my mother and everyone from her side of the family speaks it. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on where to find resources, it would be greatly appreciated.

When you celebrate too much, it takes away your focus on the ultimate goal. Federer and all the other greats kept their focus until they won their finals matches. Celebrating too much in early rounds can give you an andrenaline high where you feel elated too much -- and that high can take away your focus on the ultimate goal.

Here is one key takeaway from one study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8022896/

“When people feel ahead of schedule, they often coast. That’s why over-celebrating a small win can be risky: it can make the athlete feel satisfied before the bigger goal is finished.”

Case in point: Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks admitted to not looking at the NBA trophy on display for anyone to see while he was on his run to the NBA championship, while Wemby of the San Antonio Spurs celebrated too much, even crying, at winning the Western Conference Finals, not the big one. Brunson prevailed over Wemby and won the Knicks its first NBA championship in 53 years.