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07-04-2008, 06:42 AM
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Should Foreigners Learn Tagalog and Other Phil. Languages?
I make it a pointo to learn a language of a country when I go there. I buy books, tapes, hire tutors and after some 6 months I start speaking it. Not well, but OK.I put a lot of effort into learning Tagalog and Visaya, but sometimes I feel that I have been wasting my time:1) Only very poor Filipinos speak back to me in Tagalog or Visaya. In hotels I speak in Tagalog and they pointedly answer in English. If I speak Tagalog to more upscale Filipinos they smile and just start praising my Tagalog without even answering my questions or continuing conversation along the topic that I have raised. Most always assume that I do not speak it. I have been with a Taiwanese friend and Filipinos would talk to him in Tagalog but to me, in English. We would both get confused. He could not speak a word of it.2) In the meantime, I am seeing all these white folks and other foreigners parading around the city with gorgeous Filipina gf's warbling to them in English. Not one speaks Tagalog.What's up? ------
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07-04-2008, 12:24 PM
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"should"is too strong a word connoting that it is mandatory. learning another language should be voluntary and should be up to the foreigner to decide. you will certainly learn more if it is fun and no amount of coercion is needed.** ------
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07-05-2008, 09:35 AM
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Well I think maybe if they will be staying in the Philippines for a long time would be good. Maybe if you get to know everyone they will know that you are able to speak Tagalog and they will respond back. But there are instances where the people do not speak any English at all which can be a hard situation like in a tricycle. So I think that if the people were to stay a long time in the Philippines... it would be Great to learn. I can only speak a little bit, but I understand more. Sometimes i get into the situation where I kind of ignore what they say because I can't understand it... ehehe. It would be a good thing because you won't know if there will be a time when It will come to a good use. Its always good to be prepared.. oh yeah i guess they want to speak english to practice it... hehe good luck with your tagalog. ------
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