We Filipinos learn English for over a decade in school it's weird if a Filipino say they don't understand or can't speak English especially the basic ones
True. Sometimes it's in a positive way (but sometimes toxic since they end up losing our native languages), sometimes it's in a negative way (where they think of you as arrogant just because you're speaking English and shame you for it). So you're either praised for speaking great English and shamed for making a mistake or shamed for speaking English in general and forced to speak Tagalog. And while speaking either language is nice, we shouldn't be shaming anyone for speaking one or the other. We also shouldn't shame people for making mistakes, whether it's in English or Tagalog (since people in some provinces are more fluent in English or their native language rather than Tagalog).
Philippines was being under the America for almost 50 years. That is the main reason why we know how to speak American English and also Spanish that is because we are also under by the Spaniard for almost 400years . Thank you watching here in the🇬🇧👍😎
I learned English and Tagalog at the same time in school but I was more comfortable reading and writing in English than in Tagalog while I was more comfortable speaking Tagalog than English. As a teacher I spoke in the Filipino English accent but after I worked in different call centers, I became very fluent in speaking highly technical business English and spoke with an American, Australian, and British accent depending on the accent of the person I was speaking to.
I actually really love talking in english but, in our place when you're a native and you speak in english all of a sudden with all seriousness, you tend to get judged because they may say you're "maarte" or something. But English is very interesting to me and I actually love reading books in english than tagalog and am better at talking in English than in tagalog PS. I live in Mindanao therefore my mother tongue is Bisaya
Wouldn't it be a shame that you can speak English well more than your native tongue? If you always say the English term of a word that has a native one or you talk Bisaya with about 10% Bisaya words and 90% English words on a sentence, then you're vocabulary is still lacking and you're not fluent in your native tongue.
dont let anyone change how you want to live your life dude. Keep at it. Ef 'em. Its for you, youre doin it for you. And you enjoy what youre doin. It will change your mindset and how you see things, only linguists can understand. Ef em. Dont stop.
@@ToonMageChannel For me, I really don't care what language you want to speak. I speak three languages: English, Tagalog and Cebuano. I only learned Cebuano when I was only 16 years old but I became very fluent in it that people thought I grew up in Cebu. My Tagalog is also impeccable and my English is also really good as I work in a call center and at the same time, at home. I don't think it makes me less of a Filipino. Mas marami kang alam na wika, mas maganda kasi mas may magbubukas sayo na oportunidad.
@jan francel dela cerna It's fine that you appreciate foreign languages. And i know the necessity of using english. I used to be like you, i prefered english over filipino, bisaya, and even my mother tongue - hiligaynon. But i had a teacher when i was younger who challenged us to learn more about our own language. So i tried reading the bible in my mother language and i realized, there were so much words i did not know. I tried reading filipino with a dictionary beside me, i never realized there were words than can only be expressed in every language. All of the sudden, listening to filipino/bisaya/hiligaynon songs made me more emotional. I wanted to express this appreciation to my english friends, but i can never translate a filipino song to english, they just sound stupid. I realized i am so blessed for having learned 4 languages at a young age due to my environment. Im not trying to pull you into my opinion, but try to learn to appreciate the beauty of all the languages you know. P.s. im from mindanao too hahahahaha
Philippines has a lot of Language Schools. Learners from Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and even from Russia and Brazil. They usually go to tbe Philippines to learn English before going to English-speaking country.
My elder brother, when he get drunk, he speaks tagalog, waray-waray, hiligaynon, karay-a, english, german and japanese. Btw, we are bisaya (cebuano). 🙂🙂🙂
I like this video of Korean guys asking Filipino how often they used English in communication. I remember i watched this when I was 2nd year in college. Nice to see this again. ☺️
I had a classmate from Cebu and she don't speak Tagalog but she speaks Bisaya and English so we talk in English a lot. I think learning English is a great advantage for us Filipino.
Imagine when the medium of instruction in Math or Science is Filipino? Me be like: Parisukat ugat (square root) /itinaas sa kapangyarihan ng lima (raise to the power of five)/punto ng pagkulo (boiling point)... Hahaha😂😂✌✌
I think there was a brief time in the PH education system that the medium of instruction was Filipino. I remember my college Calculus teacher talking about this.
Thanks for introduce our language Filipino for spoken English language. I'm so Grateful that i am Filipino. Thanks guy for being professional to reactions filipino for spoken with you. I really love to speaking in English.i love the way you're talked and summarise.
Thanks for sharing/reviewing. Crazy that today's generation already lost the history of the English language in the Philippines. America managed the Philippines as a colony from 1898 to 1946 and one of the primary mandates was literacy, education, and the spread of the English language. It is a lasting legacy that stands until today but no one recognizes.
Haha I remember when I was 21years old its my first time to work in Manila..Its a bar restaurant for foreigner I'm a waitress there..In my first time its really hard because its my firsttime Im not good and I don't understand them.But in long time I work,I can do talk to them like Im really very good in English.. Im very proud to myself because I learn in English haha thank you supervisor ko kase kahit galit siya sakin in my first day because of Australian couple na di ko maintindihan hahaha😂😂pinabalik ako para kunin ung order in english hahaha😂😂 I cry in my first day of my work in restaurant.I'm shy and I'm not confident.But now I'm very proud na kahit wala na ako sa job ko is still I use anywhere I go because I have a confident that I can do speak English I'll never shy to talk in English even I'm not good and fluent. To be honest when I was in highschool my grade in English 75 hahaha even in primary alam ko bagsak ako nun😂😂
Madiskarte ka yun ang meron ka. Pareho tayo ng mga pangyayari even sa grade ng 75 naranasan ko yun. Well ganun talaga learning experience lang .. God Bless you..
@ Jobelle Mutuc ok lang yun, di naman tayo pinanganak sa America, Pinoy tayo kahit papano nakakapagsalita at nakakaintindi tayo kahit papano ng English, sa bansa natin maraming dialect pa mahigit 100, hindi lang Tagalog..kaya continue speaking in English lang kahit mali mali grammar maitutuwid din yan, eka nga constant correct practice makes one perfect..
“Because in the Philippines even if your nursing, your engineering your Mascom, you can still judge because everybody’s perfect.” - The Disney Princess of Philippines
I believe Teaching English to my children as early as possible even when they were babies is an advantage so that as they grow and go to school they can easily comprehend the lessons being taught and even reading their text books is much easier. It motivates them even to get interested in reading books like stories. It doesn’t necessarily that speaking english should get medals 🏅 of appreciation or Intelligent or gets high degree because that depends on the child on his or her chooses in the future,but what matters is for educational skills of communication. Good luck to you both, keep updating your vlogs, here 🇬🇧.
A lot of Filipinos don't know this but the Philippines' official languages ARE Filipino and English. Filipino is used more likely at home and normal situations and English is used in school, at work and formal documents.
Almost all Filipinos can speak functional English, which is good for giving people directions but not conversational English. Possibly more than 50% are high school graduate or higher, so yeah, more than 50% are fluent in written but less so in speech because Filipinos learn English in written form first and speech second. Which is the opposite for native English speaking countries where they learn English through speech first and written second.
@@ray.b.75 True. Of course, thanks to the internet, a lot of Millennials and Gen Zs are more able to speak fluent English, and Gen Alphas are basically born speaking in English with cartoons and TH-cam and their parents speaking to them in English. My little brother (born in 2015) is very much fluent in English (or at least children's English) and we're now trying to teach him more Tagalog.
I live in the US for 40 + years now and when I left Philippines after graduating from college, I had the Filipino accent here and started to learn the correct grammar and pronunciation of English words. I have improved. Thank you for the reaction video.
I totally agree with all the interviewees.. The funny thing now is, I started talking to my daughter in straight English rather than Filipino. It made me so happy that she was so fluent. Well that happiness did not last long though. When she reached elementary and started having Filipino as a subject then the nightmare started. I had to get a tutor for her when it should have just come naturally..
In asia the philippines speaks well in english its their pre requisite ...they have subject in elementary up to college as well spanish in zamboanga the chavacano
Like half of all subjects that we have they're all written in English hahaha so you find it convenient for you to learn that language and it's also an advantage when you get to speak and be fluent with it
Singaporeans speak english fluently. It's like english is now their mother tongue.. though mandarin is their first language but generations like gen z, gen y or Millennials, gen x and baby boomers do commonly use english as their mode of communication.
I moved to the US when I was 13 & never had to adjust as there was no language barrier. English is the medium of instruction in the Philippines especially in Private Schools. Interestingly enough , English “stuck “ with Filipinos under American rule for +40 years vs +300 years of Spanish rule. I’m impressed with your interest in everything Filipino.
I want to learn the British accent. Although it’s hard to pronounce it, I love the language so much beside it being the mother language. That’s why I always listen to you and watch your vidz.
I think we got a monotonous accent bro, connecting to native speakers like Lucy and George is the key. I am hoping to land a rewarding job in the UK soon.
Even filipinos years ago, like my grandmother, she's only elementary graduate but can speak English well.. Maybe because Americans lived here for so many years..that's why English becomes Filipino's second language.
I think it's the pinoy accent. The context of Carabao in the term is deriverd to the farmer who uses Carabao (Water Buffalo) in farming. Back then farmers in our provinces can speak and write basic english but they speak in pinoy tone.? 🤔
@@nikkodavidoliva1811 unlikely. Carabao english is just an expression for those people who can't talk fluent english or who can't talk straight english. farmers and provinces doesn't have to do with it. but if, then you're discriminating
I think one of the main reasons why we easily learned english is because we adapt it in our everyday lives, even though it’s not perfect we try to use it as much as possible when outside school, it’s like a continuous learning everyday unlike most koreans they just use english while learning in school, i noticed.
The Filipino language now is more of a "smorgasbord" or a convulated mixture of spanish, portuguese, malay, chinese, english, and colloquial dialects (defends on the region), and "slangs" of this generation. Just like British people doesn't speak the so called "old english", Filipinos does not use the proper Tagalog anymore which are taught in school. That is why schools in the Phil. still have the "Pilipino" subject so that we can learn our own language the proper way. My suggestions to you is, since you live there now is to learn the language or at least have a "Tagalog" word, every time you post a vlog. You will understand us more, literally! Cheers!
Exposure to a language at a very young age is key to being a native speaker. Another aspect i believe in real grasp of language is if one actually thinks in that language. I believe that a native speaker thinks in the language instead of translating into the language before speaking (brain processing). I am fluent in both Tagalog and English, and when i have to speak in one, say Tagalog, thoughts are already forming in Tagalog before i speak. Then when switching to English, thought processes automatically switch as well. Mandarin is my third language, and i am not fluent. I have studied it for 14yrs but i have never been able to switch my thinking process in Mandarin, so i end up translating first in my mind before i start speaking in Mandarin.
we learn english because it is included in our syllabus from the moment we step in school. 😊 and with everyday practice, it may not be perfect but it's understandable and it just comes out naturally.
This is my take about Filipinos and English. The medium of instructions in the Phil. is English from the very start. In the corporate world, English is the norm. That's why the Filipinos can at least understand English. The problem is some Filipinos have a hard time expressing orally in conversational English. And I'm used to be one of them. And that's normal since English is not normally the conversational language. Tagalog is still the predominant language used. When I immigrated to the U.S., i can converse without Americans but not the same way as they do. So over time, I made it a point to observe the way they talk, I watched movies, and I read books orally, meaning aloud. Those "exercises" if you improved my English overtime. But I am still proud that Filipinos can speak English and it gives a very big advantage compared to other countries. Thanks you for your time.
I agree... practice is a must... I was able to communicate now here in HK speaking Cantonese. And a little bit of Korean... when you’re interested into learning, that interests will greatly help you... Filipino here...
as a Filipino I can confirm that there a lot of us, casually learned to speak English so that we can trash talk that one toxic kid and hear his/her reaction before he or she rage quit
Hello! Piece of info. A Filipino baby will first hear the words “hello” “how are you” - yes as early as that - we Fils are exposed to Eng Lang- also - the medium of teaching in the Philippines is English. Even beggars can speak a little or two of the English language.
The reason Filipino could speak English because since day one in school we being taught by English. Like Simple Hello, and even kids very young age instructions is English
Hello, this is just a suggestion. You should add commentary in between the videos, not just watching the whole video and wheezing from time to time. Try pausing the video, add your commentaries. Cut the parts where you don't have anything to say. Maybe watch a series of videos of the same topic so you can come up with a better commentary video, not just a mere passive "reaction".
Because English language is the medium of instruction in majority of the schools in the country from kindergarten to grad school basically. English is used when writing essays, reports, narratives, letters etc . Pronunciation is practiced through speaking with other people, karaoke/singing really helps, too.🤗
My elder daughter had English as 1st language. Just 1 year old and already had good command. When she was pre school age, we asked the yaya and helper to make her watch Tagalog telenovelas so she will learn Tagalog. That made her prepare well for school. Her English is very good so shes doing well in school. Now 9th grade in a science high school.
The said reason how they learn english in "school" is somewhat not that real, me and most of my friends learned english watching tons of Movies and Playing Video Games, so yeah...
I'm from Manila, born and raised, English is the language in school from 1st Grade and lots of movies and some shows on TV channels are in English. That's why Filipinos are fluent enough to speak in English. Although we don't really speak English at home, we can't speak and write in English well.
those who read books are far better English speakers than those who are not. My parents taught us to read English books at a very young age and every time we get to finish a book we are encouraged to share what we learned from the book. You can almost always tell those who regularly read books because of the choice of words they used to express their ideas. They're the ones who can comfortably go to a stage and engage in public speaking.
It’s the same here in Malta. English is a 1st language for us and is compulsory at school although Maltese is also our 1st language and we are very proud of it. English is spoken and used at work for documents and emails. Government circulars are sent both in English and Maltese.
Filipino really has that drive to study and go to school since we are taught that having a good education can save us from hunger and can lift up our way of living
I am a 42 yr old native filipino. Since childhood if u buy stuff anywhere in ph the labelling content is printed all in english even the cheapest stuff u buy at sari sari store. Anywhere u look all merchandise all billboards in ph are printed in english even if u are out of school in ph there still a big chance for u to learn english
As for my story George and Lucy. I studied at Marist School from 1966 to 1977, elementary and high school. Back then we talk strict English inside the school, we get fined if we talk in Tagalog. So that is 7AM to 4PM we are exposed to English. But all around we are exposed to english, like in church and in politics. Even most of our newspapers are written in English. I pride that we Filipinos has as English as our second language. It is only recently that speaking in English waned coz they try to focus on tagalog in schools lately. But still I think we run #5 around the world behind the US, England, India and Australia, so I heard.
We learn English at an early age, almost simultaneously with our mother tongue Filipino. English is the medium of education, save for Filipino grammar, Philippine history, and Philippine literature. We are also exposed to different media in English - TV, movies, books, magazines, cartoons, comics, the internet. In our household, my dad was not a native Filipino speaker. He spoke the local dialect, Bicolano, so he would often talk to us in English or broken Filipino. It also helped that in our school, at least, it is a must for us to speak/write in straight English during our classes.
In the Phils., as soon as a child learns to speak the most likely first question asked of him/her is "What is your name?" in English. And at the moment that they set foot in pre-school, the mode of instruction is almost always English. All the major branches of human knowledge are written and taught in English so there's really no way for anyone to avoid learning English in the Phils.
That's why Filipino's are excellent in english because, we use it in our home work, work, group activity, recitation, and etc.. And well.. English is our second language🇵🇭
reason why should/do we speak in english: cause our teacher at grade 5 said that if were not gonna speak in english except for the subject A.P(araling panlipunan/history but tagalog) and Filipino subject... we will pay 1 pesos everyword on it... and its for our project or chrismas party. Although Im still not very good at English just like rn
Mostly Filipinos speak English because we started using this language from Montessori or Kindergarten. We loved reading books and watching movies in English language. I’m proud to be a Filipino. We have drive and proper motivation in every aspect of life.
The first time I learned English is through Sesame Street as a kid. Then at school - kindergarten through college. It's the medium of instruction that's why we learned it better than our other Asian neighbors.
From kindergarten to college, the English subject is being thought in all schools in the Philippines. All subjects except for Filipino and Sibika at Kultura are thought in English. Language is something you really need to learn and use at a young age in my opinion. There are really no shortcuts in learning any language. Not all Filipinos are good at it but at least they try to speak it the best way they can. But most Filipinos especially those who studied can really speak well. We take this subject quite seriously to be honest. Reading and watching movies in English really helped a lot.
Majority of our documents are written in english, also all our curriculum in school teach in english, its a must that we have to learn english language here in the PH.
The only thing that sticks out that hinders Filipinos on speaking in English is due to our own people who keeps on judging each other. If we didn’t belittle ourselves and used it as an excuse not to listen to someone’s opinion (like “pa english english ka pa akala mo matalino ka” kind of response), we could’ve been more fluent and confident about it. But yeah, I thought it was ridiculous at first. Learning english when we can just converse in tagalog. But it’s worth it-all those struggles in elementary. 😂
To few people, yes they only speak english often. But to some especially Cebuano’s can speak Visayan, Tagalog & English most of the times. Though they are not trying to impress but these are means of communication to match the level of understanding of every individual they talked to.
We usually speak English according to the situation like if we have a foreign friend that's still new in the Philippines, having a report in class, or having a English recitation
i cannot speak in general but during early years aside from all the subjects in school is in english,and also the movies during 70’s n 80’s were dominated by foreign films,and i think pinoy is very concious grammatically,i dont speak very well but i am aware of it.i am so happy for you guys that you’re making the most out of it during your lockdown experience in manila,,luv u both😘
Doing something that you are most interested at is like a habit...do it consistently,constantly with determination makes it more fulfilling...not just only how to learn a language but in any aspect of those things that you love tp do
Some Filipino can speak English specially when they are drunk 🤣
Jessa Lascano hahaha its true
Lmao
Lmao
Hahaha
Like me lol 😂 😂
Some Filipinos become fluent in english when they are angry or having an argument. 🤣🤣🤣
True dat
Yup, I'm one of them.
Oh so true! 🤣
are you talking to me?😂😂
And I'm one of them too.
I wish the PH education system didn't remove the spanish class, we could be speaking spanish as well. Famn it !
Agree! Lol
being taught hr in zamboanga. Kasama sa curricuLum niLa.
@@errollromeo2811 taga zambo ka po??? You know chavacano??
Agree
We’re still speaking some Spanish words and phrases tho..
My written english = Lion
My spoken english = Kitten
I'm one of those people who gets lost when speaking english haha.
Same here hahahahha 🇵🇭
Marami po tayo 😂😂😂
Same same same
Me too! HAHAHAHA
Hahaha don't worry guys kasi marami tayo😂😂😂
We Filipinos learn English for over a decade in school it's weird if a Filipino say they don't understand or can't speak English especially the basic ones
As weird as spaniards can't understand and speak spanish.
Here in the Philippines, people often think that when a person speaks fluently in english, he/she is intelligent 🤣🤣
Very trueee
Totoo hahah..
And you get Teased by it ALOT
Oo nga isang pagkakamali lang hanggang pagtatapos ng klase yun na yung pamwiset sayo😤
True. Sometimes it's in a positive way (but sometimes toxic since they end up losing our native languages), sometimes it's in a negative way (where they think of you as arrogant just because you're speaking English and shame you for it). So you're either praised for speaking great English and shamed for making a mistake or shamed for speaking English in general and forced to speak Tagalog. And while speaking either language is nice, we shouldn't be shaming anyone for speaking one or the other. We also shouldn't shame people for making mistakes, whether it's in English or Tagalog (since people in some provinces are more fluent in English or their native language rather than Tagalog).
Philippines was being under the America for almost 50 years. That is the main reason why we know how to speak American English and also Spanish that is because we are also under by the Spaniard for almost 400years . Thank you watching here in the🇬🇧👍😎
Not to brag but Filipinos are multi-lingual they can easily adapt the language as well as the accent from a certain country.
yeah?
really?
I can't do a Scottish accent
I agree filipino here
I can do the british accent hahaha
I learned English and Tagalog at the same time in school but I was more comfortable reading and writing in English than in Tagalog while I was more comfortable speaking Tagalog than English. As a teacher I spoke in the Filipino English accent but after I worked in different call centers, I became very fluent in speaking highly technical business English and spoke with an American, Australian, and British accent depending on the accent of the person I was speaking to.
I actually really love talking in english but, in our place when you're a native and you speak in english all of a sudden with all seriousness, you tend to get judged because they may say you're "maarte" or something. But English is very interesting to me and I actually love reading books in english than tagalog and am better at talking in English than in tagalog
PS. I live in Mindanao therefore my mother tongue is Bisaya
Wouldn't it be a shame that you can speak English well more than your native tongue? If you always say the English term of a word that has a native one or you talk Bisaya with about 10% Bisaya words and 90% English words on a sentence, then you're vocabulary is still lacking and you're not fluent in your native tongue.
Maxado minahal banyagang lenguahe wala knmn sa states eheh sa pinas ka hehe
dont let anyone change how you want to live your life dude. Keep at it. Ef 'em. Its for you, youre doin it for you. And you enjoy what youre doin. It will change your mindset and how you see things, only linguists can understand. Ef em. Dont stop.
@@ToonMageChannel For me, I really don't care what language you want to speak. I speak three languages: English, Tagalog and Cebuano. I only learned Cebuano when I was only 16 years old but I became very fluent in it that people thought I grew up in Cebu. My Tagalog is also impeccable and my English is also really good as I work in a call center and at the same time, at home. I don't think it makes me less of a Filipino. Mas marami kang alam na wika, mas maganda kasi mas may magbubukas sayo na oportunidad.
@jan francel dela cerna It's fine that you appreciate foreign languages. And i know the necessity of using english. I used to be like you, i prefered english over filipino, bisaya, and even my mother tongue - hiligaynon. But i had a teacher when i was younger who challenged us to learn more about our own language. So i tried reading the bible in my mother language and i realized, there were so much words i did not know. I tried reading filipino with a dictionary beside me, i never realized there were words than can only be expressed in every language. All of the sudden, listening to filipino/bisaya/hiligaynon songs made me more emotional. I wanted to express this appreciation to my english friends, but i can never translate a filipino song to english, they just sound stupid. I realized i am so blessed for having learned 4 languages at a young age due to my environment. Im not trying to pull you into my opinion, but try to learn to appreciate the beauty of all the languages you know.
P.s. im from mindanao too hahahahaha
Philippines has a lot of Language Schools. Learners from Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and even from Russia and Brazil. They usually go to tbe Philippines to learn English before going to English-speaking country.
My elder brother, when he get drunk, he speaks tagalog, waray-waray, hiligaynon, karay-a, english, german and japanese.
Btw, we are bisaya (cebuano).
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CloveHitch Club , True
Yes that’s true hahaha
@@DaisyMercado hahaha so funny...
Bruh Moment
Cebuano's are the best translators, mimickers and very affluent is any language!
When me and my friend fight about something, we tend to speak in English. Mas feel kasi ang drama lol
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most of my friends understand English but can't speak it much,thats why pag ingleshera ren ung friend ko mas kasundo ko at mas nagkakaintindihan kami😅
Our new generations now are English speaking. Yes, my grandkids are English speaking. They communicate to you in English.
That 15 yr old student is impressive
Yeah, she serves a good tea 🍵
Hndi nmn marunong mag tagalog
@@bertz007i fluent lang mag english di na agad marunong mag tagalog? troll
@@bertz007i Smart shaming 🙃
@@bertz007i baka di ka lang marunong mag english haha
I like this video of Korean guys asking Filipino how often they used English in communication. I remember i watched this when I was 2nd year in college. Nice to see this again. ☺️
BECAUSE THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES IS ENGLISH.
I had a classmate from Cebu and she don't speak Tagalog but she speaks Bisaya and English so we talk in English a lot. I think learning English is a great advantage for us Filipino.
Imagine when the medium of instruction in Math or Science is Filipino? Me be like: Parisukat ugat (square root) /itinaas sa kapangyarihan ng lima (raise to the power of five)/punto ng pagkulo (boiling point)... Hahaha😂😂✌✌
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This was the cause why I got sick after I took the UPCAT...hahaha
I think there was a brief time in the PH education system that the medium of instruction was Filipino. I remember my college Calculus teacher talking about this.
@@diannetics18 my Prof in UPLB before used Filipino for or Math 16. Failed that subject because it was in Filipino.😂😂😂
@@eadc2158 Wouldn't be surprised. Bet I'd fail too. Haha
Thanks for introduce our language Filipino for spoken English language. I'm so Grateful that i am Filipino. Thanks guy for being professional to reactions filipino for spoken with you. I really love to speaking in English.i love the way you're talked and summarise.
Thanks for sharing/reviewing. Crazy that today's generation already lost the history of the English language in the Philippines. America managed the Philippines as a colony from 1898 to 1946 and one of the primary mandates was literacy, education, and the spread of the English language. It is a lasting legacy that stands until today but no one recognizes.
I do recognize it. I teach history 😁
Haha I remember when I was 21years old its my first time to work in Manila..Its a bar restaurant for foreigner I'm a waitress there..In my first time its really hard because its my firsttime Im not good and I don't understand them.But in long time I work,I can do talk to them like Im really very good in English..
Im very proud to myself because I learn in English haha thank you supervisor ko kase kahit galit siya sakin in my first day because of Australian couple na di ko maintindihan hahaha😂😂pinabalik ako para kunin ung order in english hahaha😂😂
I cry in my first day of my work in restaurant.I'm shy and I'm not confident.But now I'm very proud na kahit wala na ako sa job ko is still I use anywhere I go because I have a confident that I can do speak English I'll never shy to talk in English even I'm not good and fluent.
To be honest when I was in highschool my grade in English 75 hahaha even in primary alam ko bagsak ako nun😂😂
It takes courage to speak when you think you are not fluent because of the judgements. Go lang ng go. Wag mahihiyang magsalita ng English ☺️
Madiskarte ka yun ang meron ka. Pareho tayo ng mga pangyayari even sa grade ng 75 naranasan ko yun. Well ganun talaga learning experience lang .. God Bless you..
@ Jobelle Mutuc ok lang yun, di naman tayo pinanganak sa America, Pinoy tayo kahit papano nakakapagsalita at nakakaintindi tayo kahit papano ng English, sa bansa natin maraming dialect pa mahigit 100, hindi lang Tagalog..kaya continue speaking in English lang kahit mali mali grammar maitutuwid din yan, eka nga constant correct practice makes one perfect..
I really appreciate your vlog, cuz it looks authentic, real and not pretending something/one else...Thank you!!!🙏👍🤩
“Because in the Philippines even if your nursing, your engineering your Mascom, you can still judge because everybody’s perfect.” - The Disney Princess of Philippines
Filipinos tend to speak English fluently when they are angry or drunk 😂
I believe Teaching English to my children as early as possible even when they were babies is an advantage so that as they grow and go to school they can easily comprehend the lessons being taught and even reading their text books is much easier. It motivates them even to get interested in reading books like stories. It doesn’t necessarily that speaking english should get medals 🏅 of appreciation or Intelligent or gets high degree because that depends on the child on his or her chooses in the future,but what matters is for educational skills of communication. Good luck to you both, keep updating your vlogs, here 🇬🇧.
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This is so true charot! Hahaha 🤣
I agree
Hahaha
Tulad nung kay marcelito pomoy HAHAHAHA halos lahat cla nanood xD
Bwisit ka hahahahahahhahahha! Ito yung totoong matalino mga bes!
Thankyou for reacting video in Phillippines! God bless u both, and take care, keep safe!! Mabuhaaay🇵🇭❤️
A lot of Filipinos don't know this but the Philippines' official languages ARE Filipino and English. Filipino is used more likely at home and normal situations and English is used in school, at work and formal documents.
i totally agree mik
Thanks for loving us FILIPINOS STAY SAFE AND STAY HEALTHY MUCH LOVE MABUHAY❤❤❤❤❤
99% of filipino can understand english, but 50% of them can actually speak english.
Almost all Filipinos can speak functional English, which is good for giving people directions but not conversational English. Possibly more than 50% are high school graduate or higher, so yeah, more than 50% are fluent in written but less so in speech because Filipinos learn English in written form first and speech second. Which is the opposite for native English speaking countries where they learn English through speech first and written second.
@@ray.b.75 True. Of course, thanks to the internet, a lot of Millennials and Gen Zs are more able to speak fluent English, and Gen Alphas are basically born speaking in English with cartoons and TH-cam and their parents speaking to them in English. My little brother (born in 2015) is very much fluent in English (or at least children's English) and we're now trying to teach him more Tagalog.
I live in the US for 40 + years now and when I left Philippines after graduating from college, I had the Filipino accent here and started to learn the correct grammar and pronunciation of English words. I have improved. Thank you for the reaction video.
Question: How or where did you learn English?
Majority of peeps: School.
Me: *Nervous laughing* ...Video Games...
That "nervous laughing." got me😆🤣
Can I say watching korean drama? Cuz of subs? Lmao
@@mheannelamboson7263 Valid (๑╹◡╹๑ )
Mheanne Lamboson 😂😂😂
Well cartoons taught me to speak english when i was a child with the help of my teachers.
I totally agree with all the interviewees.. The funny thing now is, I started talking to my daughter in straight English rather than Filipino. It made me so happy that she was so fluent. Well that happiness did not last long though. When she reached elementary and started having Filipino as a subject then the nightmare started. I had to get a tutor for her when it should have just come naturally..
In asia the philippines speaks well in english its their pre requisite ...they have subject in elementary up to college as well spanish in zamboanga the chavacano
Like half of all subjects that we have they're all written in English hahaha so you find it convenient for you to learn that language and it's also an advantage when you get to speak and be fluent with it
Colonial Philippines
Singaporeans speak english fluently. It's like english is now their mother tongue.. though mandarin is their first language but generations like gen z, gen y or Millennials, gen x and baby boomers do commonly use english as their mode of communication.
@@Ghostz75 it's true singaporeans also much speaks english as well..
I moved to the US when I was 13 & never had to adjust as there was no language barrier. English is the medium of instruction in the Philippines especially in Private Schools. Interestingly enough , English “stuck “ with Filipinos under American rule for +40 years vs +300 years of Spanish rule. I’m impressed with your interest in everything Filipino.
I want to learn the British accent. Although it’s hard to pronounce it, I love the language so much beside it being the mother language. That’s why I always listen to you and watch your vidz.
I think we got a monotonous accent bro, connecting to native speakers like Lucy and George is the key. I am hoping to land a rewarding job in the UK soon.
Watch peppa pig
Yeah we do.
If that Filipino cannot speak they can still understand you. We are very open to use the language. ☺️
The most important thing in learning English or any languages is INTEREST.
Even filipinos years ago, like my grandmother, she's only elementary graduate but can speak English well.. Maybe because Americans lived here for so many years..that's why English becomes Filipino's second language.
I'd like to add that Filipinos have a knack for mimicking, whether it's accents, voices, or way of singing..
Chameleon charot
Spot on. (I hope you read that in posh brit accent haha)
I don't think that's a filipino thing
Two language are being used in the Philippines. Tagalog and English. Malls, restaurant, ads, everything are written in english.
Until now i dont know where "CARABAO ENGLISH" came from.🤔 Lol
I think it's the pinoy accent. The context of Carabao in the term is deriverd to the farmer who uses Carabao (Water Buffalo) in farming. Back then farmers in our provinces can speak and write basic english but they speak in pinoy tone.? 🤔
@@nikkodavidoliva1811 unlikely. Carabao english is just an expression for those people who can't talk fluent english or who can't talk straight english. farmers and provinces doesn't have to do with it. but if, then you're discriminating
there are farmers in Benguet who are fluent in speaking the English language 😊✌🏼
I think long long time ago in a far far away place, carabao speaks just a little bit of English, and that’s where it came from. Mystery solved!
Maybe it is a reference to those people in the province. I speak like all the time with my carabao english
Nice reaction.. God bless you both and stay home. OFW watching from Saudi Arabia
Her: Unless it was a “Language” subject.
Me: Flipino language was taught in English when I was in high school... lmao 😂
I think one of the main reasons why we easily learned english is because we adapt it in our everyday lives, even though it’s not perfect we try to use it as much as possible when outside school, it’s like a continuous learning everyday unlike most koreans they just use english while learning in school, i noticed.
The Filipino language now is more of a "smorgasbord" or a convulated mixture of spanish, portuguese, malay, chinese, english, and colloquial dialects (defends on the region), and "slangs" of this generation. Just like British people doesn't speak the so called "old english", Filipinos does not use the proper Tagalog anymore which are taught in school. That is why schools in the Phil. still have the "Pilipino" subject so that we can learn our own language the proper way. My suggestions to you is, since you live there now is to learn the language or at least have a "Tagalog" word, every time you post a vlog. You will understand us more, literally! Cheers!
Exposure to a language at a very young age is key to being a native speaker.
Another aspect i believe in real grasp of language is if one actually thinks in that language. I believe that a native speaker thinks in the language instead of translating into the language before speaking (brain processing).
I am fluent in both Tagalog and English, and when i have to speak in one, say Tagalog, thoughts are already forming in Tagalog before i speak. Then when switching to English, thought processes automatically switch as well.
Mandarin is my third language, and i am not fluent. I have studied it for 14yrs but i have never been able to switch my thinking process in Mandarin, so i end up translating first in my mind before i start speaking in Mandarin.
Wag nyo'kong galitin. Mapapalaban kayo ng inglesan.
Gawin mong asul👍
Hahaha tae mapapa nosebleed kalaban lalo na yung mga maarteng feeling mayaman/maganda
we learn english because it is included in our syllabus from the moment we step in school. 😊 and with everyday practice, it may not be perfect but it's understandable and it just comes out naturally.
Can you also react on his other video. "Do Filipinos care about Blood types'' it is a big asian thing to know peoples blood type
This is my take about Filipinos and English. The medium of instructions in the Phil. is English from the very start. In the corporate world, English is the norm. That's why the Filipinos can at least understand English. The problem is some Filipinos have a hard time expressing orally in conversational English. And I'm used to be one of them. And that's normal since English is not normally the conversational language. Tagalog is still the predominant language used.
When I immigrated to the U.S., i can converse without Americans but not the same way as they do. So over time, I made it a point to observe the way they talk, I watched movies, and I read books orally, meaning aloud. Those "exercises" if you improved my English overtime.
But I am still proud that Filipinos can speak English and it gives a very big advantage compared to other countries.
Thanks you for your time.
Some Filipino can understand English but can't composed a sentence.
Layk yow I'm trying to make my grammar right 😡👈
I agree... practice is a must... I was able to communicate now here in HK speaking Cantonese. And a little bit of Korean... when you’re interested into learning, that interests will greatly help you... Filipino here...
You can't actually speak English here in the Philippines coz the people here might mock or insult you for just a small error of grammar.
This is so true 💔
This is so true. They treat you like you are so dumb for not speaking english fluently
So true 🤣🤣
as a Filipino I can confirm that there a lot of us, casually learned to speak English so that we can trash talk that one toxic kid and hear his/her reaction before he or she rage quit
fact! filipino more fluently speak in English, when drunk! 🤣
Hello! Piece of info. A Filipino baby will first hear the words “hello” “how are you” - yes as early as that - we Fils are exposed to Eng Lang- also - the medium of teaching in the Philippines is English. Even beggars can speak a little or two of the English language.
React to Rio Brothers!!! George will like them 100% guaranteed
YES!!! They're sooo good
The reason Filipino could speak English because since day one in school we being taught by English. Like Simple Hello, and even kids very young age instructions is English
I learned English by watching international series or drama specially Thai series 😂😂😂 I'm prefer English subtitles than Tagalog subtitles 😂😂😂
Hello, this is just a suggestion. You should add commentary in between the videos, not just watching the whole video and wheezing from time to time. Try pausing the video, add your commentaries. Cut the parts where you don't have anything to say. Maybe watch a series of videos of the same topic so you can come up with a better commentary video, not just a mere passive "reaction".
I commented that before but I think they don't read comments on TH-cam.
@@shiinichie4013 that's sad.
Most Filipinos students are being fluent in english when they are taking advice to their friends or talking to themselves lol
Me is a Filipino:
My online friend: How did you learn how to speak English fluently?
Me : Gacha
Lol patay haha dahil ako same 😬😂😂 Nagstop na ako ehh
I learned Japanase because of anime like this "yamete!!"
@@ZEN0O0 I learned a little japanese Because of anime too! 😅
Because English language is the medium of instruction in majority of the schools in the country from kindergarten to grad school basically. English is used when writing essays, reports, narratives, letters etc . Pronunciation is practiced through speaking with other people, karaoke/singing really helps, too.🤗
Actually filipino can speak 3 language in one sentence
Depends tho right?
When I meet guys like you, I instinctively speak English. If a Filipino speaks English to me, my natural reaction to speak English to that person.
React or just watch on private the mikey bustos video titled "love yourself by justine bieber parody" its hilarious☺
My elder daughter had English as 1st language. Just 1 year old and already had good command. When she was pre school age, we asked the yaya and helper to make her watch Tagalog telenovelas so she will learn Tagalog. That made her prepare well for school. Her English is very good so shes doing well in school. Now 9th grade in a science high school.
The said reason how they learn english in "school" is somewhat not that real, me and most of my friends learned english watching tons of Movies and Playing Video Games, so yeah...
Zenrage im a filipino and i learn english watching english movies with subtitles 😊
I admire your desire to know the Philippines culture through your reaction videos. More power guys.
PLEASER MAKE A REACTION VIDEO TO DARREN ESPANTO AND MORISETTE AMON " A WHOLE NEW WORLD " .
Hello guys!!!! Loved your reactions .. more please ..
Milking filipino content lmao
They've been in the Philippines and experienced our culture themselves.
I'm from Manila, born and raised, English is the language in school from 1st Grade and lots of movies and some shows on TV channels are in English. That's why Filipinos are fluent enough to speak in English. Although we don't really speak English at home, we can't speak and write in English well.
those who read books are far better English speakers than those who are not. My parents taught us to read English books at a very young age and every time we get to finish a book we are encouraged to share what we learned from the book. You can almost always tell those who regularly read books because of the choice of words they used to express their ideas. They're the ones who can comfortably go to a stage and engage in public speaking.
Loved this ahahaha keep the Juicy Reacts coming!
It’s the same here in Malta. English is a 1st language for us and is compulsory at school although Maltese is also our 1st language and we are very proud of it. English is spoken and used at work for documents and emails. Government circulars are sent both in English and Maltese.
Aside from school, I also learned English through American TV shows especially Sesame Street and cartoons.
Filipino really has that drive to study and go to school since we are taught that having a good education can save us from hunger and can lift up our way of living
I am a 42 yr old native filipino. Since childhood if u buy stuff anywhere in ph the labelling content is printed all in english even the cheapest stuff u buy at sari sari store. Anywhere u look all merchandise all billboards in ph are printed in english even if u are out of school in ph there still a big chance for u to learn english
As for my story George and Lucy. I studied at Marist School from 1966 to 1977, elementary and high school. Back then we talk strict English inside the school, we get fined if we talk in Tagalog. So that is 7AM to 4PM we are exposed to English. But all around we are exposed to english, like in church and in politics. Even most of our newspapers are written in English. I pride that we Filipinos has as English as our second language. It is only recently that speaking in English waned coz they try to focus on tagalog in schools lately. But still I think we run #5 around the world behind the US, England, India and Australia, so I heard.
We learn English at an early age, almost simultaneously with our mother tongue Filipino. English is the medium of education, save for Filipino grammar, Philippine history, and Philippine literature. We are also exposed to different media in English - TV, movies, books, magazines, cartoons, comics, the internet. In our household, my dad was not a native Filipino speaker. He spoke the local dialect, Bicolano, so he would often talk to us in English or broken Filipino. It also helped that in our school, at least, it is a must for us to speak/write in straight English during our classes.
In the Phils., as soon as a child learns to speak the most likely first question asked of him/her is "What is your name?" in English. And at the moment that they set foot in pre-school, the mode of instruction is almost always English. All the major branches of human knowledge are written and taught in English so there's really no way for anyone to avoid learning English in the Phils.
That's why Filipino's are excellent in english because, we use it in our home work, work, group activity, recitation, and etc.. And well.. English is our second language🇵🇭
reason why should/do we speak in english:
cause our teacher at grade 5 said that if were not gonna speak in english except for the subject A.P(araling panlipunan/history but tagalog) and Filipino subject... we will pay 1 pesos everyword on it... and its for our project or chrismas party. Although Im still not very good at English just like rn
Mostly Filipinos speak English because we started using this language from Montessori or Kindergarten. We loved reading books and watching movies in English language. I’m proud to be a Filipino. We have drive and proper motivation in every aspect of life.
English is a nice language but I really like British english accent than other english accent, lmao so nice to hear
The first time I learned English is through Sesame Street as a kid. Then at school - kindergarten through college. It's the medium of instruction that's why we learned it better than our other Asian neighbors.
From kindergarten to college, the English subject is being thought in all schools in the Philippines. All subjects except for Filipino and Sibika at Kultura are thought in English. Language is something you really need to learn and use at a young age in my opinion. There are really no shortcuts in learning any language. Not all Filipinos are good at it but at least they try to speak it the best way they can. But most Filipinos especially those who studied can really speak well. We take this subject quite seriously to be honest. Reading and watching movies in English really helped a lot.
Being “taught”
Majority of our documents are written in english, also all our curriculum in school teach in english, its a must that we have to learn english language here in the PH.
We don't often communicate we just love to imitate hahaha because Filipino are great imitators!
In the Philippines if you have a friend who is drunk you will be surprised that they are able to speak perfect english
The only thing that sticks out that hinders Filipinos on speaking in English is due to our own people who keeps on judging each other.
If we didn’t belittle ourselves and used it as an excuse not to listen to someone’s opinion (like “pa english english ka pa akala mo matalino ka” kind of response), we could’ve been more fluent and confident about it.
But yeah, I thought it was ridiculous at first. Learning english when we can just converse in tagalog. But it’s worth it-all those struggles in elementary. 😂
Always waiting for your videos everyday. Thanks guys!
More power! ❤
To few people, yes they only speak english often. But to some especially Cebuano’s can speak Visayan, Tagalog & English most of the times. Though they are not trying to impress but these are means of communication to match the level of understanding of every individual they talked to.
We usually speak English according to the situation like if we have a foreign friend that's still new in the Philippines, having a report in class, or having a English recitation
i cannot speak in general but during early years aside from all the subjects in school is in english,and also the movies during 70’s n 80’s were dominated by foreign films,and i think pinoy is very concious grammatically,i dont speak very well but i am aware of it.i am so happy for you guys that you’re making the most out of it during your lockdown experience in manila,,luv u both😘
you guys look good together ❤ Ohh and btw I love the fact that you guys do videos like this all the time.
Doing something that you are most interested at is like a habit...do it consistently,constantly with determination makes it more fulfilling...not just only how to learn a language but in any aspect of those things that you love tp do