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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Filipino easy to learn?

Filipino is one of the easiest language to learn. The way you read is the way you speak it.

Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order as well. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is also common among Austronesian languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. It has nine basic parts of speech.

Filipino isn't a difficult language. The pronunciation is fairly straight-forward, the language is written with the same alphabet as English, and the grammar isn't too bad.

How much time does it take to learn Filipino in Bangkok?

This obviously depends on a ton of different things, and nobody will be able to tell you exactly how long you'll need to spend to become fluent in the Filipino language.

Why?

Well, first of all, fluency doesn't really have a clear definition. Secondly, you, your background, your experience, motivation, and the time you put in all play a role. As does your method for learning Tagalog. Asking how long it takes to learn Tagalog is a bit like asking "what is the length of a piece of string".

It depends.

An average English speaker with no prior experience with language learning, who's decently motivated and who puts in an hour a day, every day could probably learn Tagalog to the upper intermediate level in 3-4 years. Many factors could make the time go up or down, though.