Re: Tagalog

SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY wrote:

>This is not related to Conlang, but I think there are people here who can
>help me.  I'm looking for how to say things like "Good morning",
>"Good-bye", "How are you?" in Tagalog.  Basically, looking for some
>of those polite nothings people use.
I'm from the Philippines -- here goes.

"magandang umaga"    = good morning
"magandang tanghali" = good afternoon
"magandang gabi"     = good night
"kumusta"            = how are you?
"salamat"            = thanks
"paki..."            = would you please...
   e.g. "pakitulong" = would you please help

...and its important to use "po" (meaning 'sir/maam') after these
polite nothings towards either a stranger, an elder, or someone
important (e.g. teacher, doctor, policeman, etc.).

[Note on Word Accent and Orthography: In Filipino orthography, "ng" is
considered to be one letter and represents a velar nasal /N/. I haven't
marked the accents in these words in case your mail-reader can't read them.
But here's a summary: "po" is stressed with a glottal catch ['po?],
"magandang" has final stress, and "gabi" also has final stress but with
word-final aspiration [ga'bih] unless "po" is added [gabi'po?]. All other
words have penultimate stress.]

What else do you need to know? Aren't there online resources for this
stuff? Tagalog isn't exactly unknown in the internet community.

-kristian- 8)