Learn Tagalog Part 10 "Where?"

http://tagalog101.info Linguist, Bud Brown shares his insights into the two "wheres" of Tagalog. When do you use which "where"?

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[MagicMaximo]

Yes, Tama ka. I messed up on that pronunciation. Thanks for the correction.

[MagicMaximo]

galing is the past tense of "to go" Example: Saan ka galing? Where-you-went?

Pupunta is future of "to go" Example: Saan ka pupunta? Where-you-will go?

[powerranger2929]

i really like how you speak tagalog,,

[MagicMaximo]

Thank you.

[nicksponge]

that's quite interesting! i knew the difference, but couldn't really explain where the difference was - being born as a filipino, but only speaking english, i know the fundamentals of tagalog and can understand almost exactly - its just in speaking and adding the different prefixes etc. (like na- in nasaan) that i get tongue-tied. as a linguist its probably a lot easier to pick out the different tagalog parts of speech. thanks for sharing!

[MagicMaximo]

Thanks for your comments!

[felixthefox100]

I'm filipino but i don't know alot tagalog because i know more english and bisaya (visayan) lol and btw thanks for the videos!

[roguemale57]

Questions: Nasaan si Mary? (Where is Mary?)

Answers: Nasa bahay si Mary (Mary is in the house)

Where = Saan pumunta si Mary? (Where did Mary go?)

Answers: Pumunta si Mary sa Palawan. (Mary went to Palawan)

[allanonthecouch]

when you pronounce nasaan you should accent or emphasize the last "a", lika "nasa-AN" not "na-SA-an"

[xXEmoCr1esXx]

What is the exact translation for 'galing' and 'pupunta' just so I'm clear, I want to know so I can use them in further context.

[alexalcantaraa]

so it's like, if the person or thing is idol in one spot, then you use nasaan, and if the person is like, moving, then you use saan?