How To Make a GOOD IMPRESSION on a Filipino - Don't Say This!
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0:00 How To Make Filipinos Adore You - Say This!
0:47 How Do Filipinos Communicate
3:50 Communicate With Filipinos Seamlessly With This - TimeKettle WT2 Edge
11:52 Principle #1: Respect
15:06 Filipinos Communicate Passively
21:09 God Bless
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Whoa...let's get something clear here: Kulas doesn't speak Bisaya fluently. He knows words and phrases, which is great, but he's still learning. Kumander Daot and Bisayang Hilaw are two TH-camrs who are fluent in Bisaya. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Knowing even a few words and phrases goes a long way in the Philippines. Filipinos will look at you differently and with newfound respect for at least knowing a little bit of the language.
Agreed 🔥 Thanks for watching!
Bisayang Hilaw is hilarious LOL.
17 mins totally on point. To your point on Filipinos being direct and comfortable commenting on physical appearance.
Even young and/or innocent filipinas will tell me I'm handsome within 15 mins of meeting. And then they will repeat it 1-2x each day. This just doesn't happen in the US usually
Your content is always engaging, interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate that Marissa!
I learnt Tagalog. They started treating me like a spy and the women seen me as a threat so I went back to pretending I didn’t know it again
Undercover agent type of vibe huh 🤣 that’s really interesting, I wonder why that is.
@@TheSavvyExpat they instantly think I’m married to a Filipina and they become stand off ish with me lol 😂 I remember at first learning the basics thinking 🤔 “wow I just played an iPhone game called language drops for 4 weeks” and they thought I’d been deeply involved in the Philippines for a thousand years and had 100 secret wives out there.
It took away their innocence and they all became hesitant to speak about me in front of me too of course haha. It wasn’t the experience I expected but I suppose it depends who you are talking to and what part of the PH you are in. It can of course be the best thing ever like you described.
Yeah I believe they really don't want us to know the language. Cause it's easier for them to gossip about us manipulate us etc...😅🎉
@@clydesmith3437 why are you here anyway?
You're an overthinker. As if Pinoys care about you.😂
Good to know about the "out of stock" response!! I had a hunch about that, but glad I heard it from someone else today
Evan, wow you’re spot on! I actually forgot about some of your examples, but very true made me laugh how on point you are! I’m American been there 19 times, going again in a few weeks for Christmas to check on our Beach Hotel construction, I speak a little Tagalog and more Bisayan. Kulas is doing it right, learn the language be respectful and enjoy the food! The language app is a great tool! Happy Holidays 🎉
I've seen the Time Kettle hand held translator, didn't know they had ear buds now though. Instead of using these to have a conversation, you could just leave them on and let the locals talk about you while you listen in 😉 Thanks for sharing these and some basics of the local language, as much as I would like to learn the language, being old there's not much room left in the head for an entire language, especially with 100's of dialects. Just remember, friendLY does not mean friend.
It's a great device for getting around that's for sure
How old are you and how long have you been in the Philippines?
I got the Poliglu translator. Works great. Very similar to what you’re showing. Was like $89
Kuya Evan, clearly to me, educated Filipinos (college degree) know English very well. The real issue is lack of practice ... because they only speak Tagalog every day. I don't blame them. If you compare Filipinos with the same education, one who worked in a call center versus one who did not, there's HUGE difference. If I deal with Filipinos not comfortable with English within 1-2 weeks of speaking only Emglish with them, there's a huge difference... and a lot of built confidence.
Spot on.
True..big plus for working on call centers cause we can mimic different Western accents too.
Another thing to do to give respect to old people or elder is you have to address an elder in the plural form. If you have to ask an elder or old person where he lives. You say "Saan po 'kayo' nakatira?" instead of "Saan 'ka' nakatira?". You can even drop the "po" like "Saan 'kayo' nakatira?"
Hi Evan, I'm moving to the Philippines shortly and appreciated this episode on communication. I want eventually learn to be fluent in Tagalog but, in the interim, I want to be an effective communicator to the locals. I was wondering if you know if the Timekettle M3 earbuds will support on off-line version of Tagalog? I am never fully dependent on having reliable internet when I am there and don't want to be caught in an area where I would need this translator and be in an area without support. Salamat Po!
I think if only to learn to speak " thank you " in another person's language , is the most dearest .
Most definitely Peter. A simple “salamat po” goes a long way.
I think you giving kulas too much credit with his grasp of his Bisaya, he speaks broken Bisaya not full pledge Bisaya. As long as his been here he should be fluent by now. Now, I saw some black guy on you tube, that speaks fluent Tagalog, and he's been here a few years. No offense to kulas guy but he became a citizen only bcuz he promoted the country thru his channel and kudos to him.
Nevertheless, I think the fact Kulas puts in the effort to speak even with broken Bisaya is enough to make the locals love him.
Thanks for watching!
I unlocked deep memories from tagalog words that I forgot about. It's cool you're presenting additional tools for people to understand each other.
When’s the last time you were in ph?
@TheSavvyExpat Living in the Philippines now. BGC, in fact. Loving every day so far!
Correct everything what you said.❤
Good video of language translation.
Thanks Clyde 🤝
An alternative to use is "oho" and "ho" instead of "opo" and "po". To make it less formal and if the listener will complain and say "I'm not that old".
Yes your right
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After youtube showed me this vid over 10 times I finally clicked. Dwaine Woolly is another one. Big following... 3 dialects
Very impressive device!
14:41. An adult male would never call an adolescent boy Kuya. Same goes for females.
I love content like this! I was left with questions, though - you mentioned 'po' and 'opo' but then did not give any examples of using 'opo', and also no examples of when to use 'tito' and 'tita'. Is it like 'kuya' and 'ate' would be a male or female who is around your age and 'tito' and 'tita' would be if they were one or more generations older than you?
Also, does using these honorifics come across as strange if you're not the same race as the person you're speaking to? I'm thinking of how, in the U.S., a Black guy might call an unrelated Black girl 'sister', but if a white guy said that when talking to a Black girl, it could be perceived as unusual and maybe even negative.
A similar topic I'd love to see you cover is how Filipinos choose which words to say in English. I've heard of 'Tag-lish' and how it's like a way to show you're educated, and that makes sense. I just don't understand how they choose which words in a sentence to say in English. Like at 9:10, Atasha says "and so it's thrilling for its viewers" and most of the words did not sound like English, but I did hear the word' thrilling' in there. I assume the language she was speaking in has its own word for 'thrilling', so why pick 'thrilling' to say in English there? Is there some standard logic to it, or would a different Filipino saying the same sentence have chosen different words to say in English instead?
As a local, let me answer your questions.
Opo is basically "yes" in English. Oo is the more casual yes and opo is the respectful yes. Just to be safe, you can use opo all the time to anyone. You can forget the word "oo" and there is no problem at all.
Tito and tita are used usually by the young ones to the people who are in the same generation as their parents. Tito and tita are basically uncle and auntie. As for you, just to be safe again, just use kuya and ate. Older people would rather be called kuya or ate by adult strangers than tito or tita. Only kids use tito or tita to adult strangers.
Foreigners showing honorifics is very okay to the locals. It is actually strange for us Filipinos to see Americans calling their stepdad or stepmom just by their names without any honorifics.
As for the words to be used in English, it has more to do with the convenience of using the word. Tagalog words are sometimes long especially the conjugations. So the English word is more convenient to use. Then sometimes, there are no equivalent Tagalog word especially the newly created words like the word internet. You mentioned thrilling. The Tagalog word for thrilling is nakakakaba. Both can be used but sometimes the non-native Tagalog speakers might have forgotten that word. There is no problem if you speak all Tagalog words to people. They are going to be more amazed at you. They may laugh but not to ridicule you but laugh at amazement because you can speak straight Tagalog. I have a Jewish American friend who can speak Tagalog very fluently. He knows the deep Tagalog words. We are amazed at him and full of respect. We laugh at him because he is so good. He even learned Ilokano. That guy is gifted in linguistics.
@@wavemaker2077 Thank you, that is so helpful! I had noticed that technical words like "internet" or "cell phone" always seem to be spoken in English, so I had a feeling it was like you said, that newer words like that did not have a non-English equivalent. But I had never considered that sometimes the English word might just be easier to say :)
If I may ask one more question of you, as a local, do you think someone planning to visit (and possibly retire to) Cebu or Negros would be better off to try learning some Tagalog, or some Cebuano?
@@JesseOsby It is always better to learn the language of the place. Tagalog is indeed important since you can communicate with everyone in the Philippines by just speaking in Tagalog. But the locals would still prefer to talk in their native language. They can express themselves more if they speak in Cebuano or Ilonggo.
I think you will end up learning Tagalog and the local language of your retirement place. Even Kulas and Kumander Daot learned Tagalog even though it is Cebuano that they really tried to master.
Carpoy Bisaya. Amboot, Manook, Barboy, Iroq, CR, Pila? Lami Kayo!... Koan, Sega,Sega,Sega... Bahowrah! Delete,
12 years married, and she doesn't want me to learn her secrets, so she discourages me from learning Visayas. I like Travel Escapes blog because he captions the words and helps me learn.
Next time say "bitaw" which means "of course" or "mao lagi" which means "that's right."
Kuya, I loved the second part of your video, but I always assumed that I could only use Tito/tita if they were older. Since I am 40, it has been hard to know if I am older or younger than some people. And thanks for the quick hack to use po after each sentence's end, even when I speak English. I hope you can make more videos like this Po.
Tita and Tito is used only for people older than you. Ate/Kuya is used typically for all age ranges. Thanks for watching brother!
@@TheSavvyExpat Thank you po
The safest way is to use kuya and ate even to the older ones. Well, maybe except to the obvious lolos and lolas who are already 70 years old and above. Call them lolo and lola. Those in the 50 and 60 age range would prefer to be called as kuya and ate by someone who is in his 40s.
I find it weird to address someone clearly younger than you as kuya or ate. In that case, it's ok to just use Po. Like hello Po, excuse me Po. But if you are obviously way older than someone you're talking to, you can skip the honorifics altogether.
Cool device 😮🎉✅💯
It sure is!
hi savvy i watching from dumaguete
Thanks for watching 🙏
Nah we communicate by statement. My dad: "Oh anak, the garbage bin is full"...Instead of telling me to toss the garage >_> LOL. Anyways, always a good video Evan!
So true!!
🥰 language of love 🥰
Learned
Yes many are not that knowledgeable in vocabulary, in that case use simpler words and sentences.
Beautiful lady
Sure is :)
@@TheSavvyExpat she your wife kuya?
@@TheSavvyExpat foes she have a channel?
Great video! But Natasha though!!!😱😱😱
have read some comments on how Kulas isn't really 💯% fluent in Bisaya and Tagalog. Does that even matter? At least his intention of speaking the languages is to connect with the locals, regardless if he's making grammatical /pronounciation errors or not
He has made significant progress and continously putting on much EFFORT over the years by conversing with the locals with so much interest, fully embracing the PH culture and its people. No one can ever question Kulas' love, respect and appreciation for the country. He remains truthful in his vlogs without the need to spread some negativity that is NOT UPLIFTING just to get to views and be controversial. He is even more FILIPINO than most of the PURE blooded Pinoys, to be honest...
I have to disagree, Filipinos will not point you to the wrong direction if they do not know but rather they will point you to what they think is closest or most helpful to what you're looking for. If someone has to be direct and not shy, it goes like this "I will point you to that house because an elder lives there and she is the most likely to know what you are looking for". If the someone is shy they would just point you to the place where you [have to] ask the direction again because they think that is the best they can do to help you.
Stating the obvi... Atasha is really attractive.
I was thinking po and opo are comparable to sir/maam and yes sir/maam.
Ex: Did you order? Yes sir.
Nag order ka? Opo.
I'm pissed Evan going on those wild goose chases in the PH supermarket LOL
Great video Evan a lot of work well done doing this video.
If you want to speak direct and not offend anyone just prefix this phrase. "Prangkahan lang po". If you don't want to not hear beating around the bush and not offend anyone just prefix this phrase "Prankahin mo na po ako".
Formal Tagalog still remains in formal settings. Last year, I saw an engineering contract. It had more Tagalog than in typical Filipino conversations! 🤯 The only foreign words were in Latin (c/o Spain 🇪🇸) and English, loan words and technical words.
As for learning Tagalog for Western men who do not look Filipino but are in The Philippines 🇵🇭, better for them to keep that hidden. Many Filipinos prefer speaking in English, for practice and also because they like to impress their friends, some snobbery involved. I heard a few Filipinos just insult me in Tagalog, thinking I, an American, would not understand. But, I did, and I demonstrated my displeasure, in spades ♠️. When they put the pieces together, they were too late because they were slow 🐌. L 🤣L
Western men need to keep that secret weapon, knowing the official language,in their back pockets. They will win in the long run 🏃♂️.
My boss was interested to learn our language so I taught him all Tagalog bad words and it’s so funny when he’ll be saying bad words to our office mates and they’ll asked me what’s the meaning but I never tell them and we both cracked up!
Tagalog really doesn't exist anymore. It's Taglish😂 I'm a fluent foreigner that lived two years in the Philippines and whenever I spoke "pure" Tagalog with people and they thought it was weird or couldn't really understand😅.
That's a great point brother. Taglish is used 99% of the time here.
Pure Tagalog may still be used in the rural areas of Bulacan and Batangas. But within Metro Manila, pure Tagalog is long gone.
@@wavemaker2077 yes and older folk as well
Tagalog is actually a language and not a dialect. The dialects are Batangas Tagalog and Bulacan Tagalog. They are both Tagalogs but with some differences. They can understand each other easily. Cebuano and Ilocano are languages. They are not going to understand each other if they talk to each other in their native tongue.
Yea I'm not sure why only when talking about the Philippines they refer to languages as dialects
Nope, Tagalog is a dialect. We only have one language which is Filipino.
@@pinoytunes7707 Filipino is a culture, genetic group, and nationality. Nothing to do with language at all
@@pinoytunes7707 look up the definition of a language versus a dialect. Languages are distinct and people that know two different languages will not understand each other. Dialects are forms of a language typically spoken in smaller groups and they share a lot of common things with the parent language.
Things like cebuano and ilonggo are distinct languages
@@wanderingdoc5075 "Filipino" is not just a term for our nationality and culture, it is also the term for our National Language. That's why we have a subject called "Filipino," which is a standardized version of Tagalog.
Another great video Evan! And that girl is hot!
Thanks for watching Phillip!
Nobody speaks straight Tagalog nowadays except those people in southern Tagalog provinces. Filipinos speak taglish. A combination of English And Tagalog. There's always English words inserted in every conversation.
The Samsung S24 does the same thing.
Aren’t Makin’ It Happen vlog also a Filipino citizens now?
Not that I know of
@@TheSavvyExpat yeah that’s the reason they live there now. You should try to connect with them and do an interview. I think a lot of people would love it.
I was born in 90s so I think I'm confident w/ my pure Tagalog only skill, its just new Gen Z youngsters nowadays Taglish is very common. I understood its difficult, but pure Tagalog for me is so beautiful and nostalgic that takes me back to study "Noli Me Tangere" and "El Filisbusterismo" where they have deep tagalog meanings and words.
You miss the "Mano Po".. especially to the elders..
The accent use of that device is illongo for sure
it's a misconception that MOST FILIPINOS SPEAK ENGLISH we Filipinos don't SPEAK Much English rather MOST FILIPINOS UNDERSTAND BASIC ENGLISH.
Many younger Filipino are good at reading or writing it from school lessons but shy to speak it, no one to practice with. Just as we are shy trying to say tag words, nobody wants to be wrong and hopefully understood. For as many Filipino friends as I have in the states, no one has time to teach me. It’s our lifestyle here. No time really for anything. The translator is great at not only interaction but you can say something in English, see the written translation and try to read it back in Filipino. If it understands you and it comes back as what you said, you nailed it. Or you can get a laugh at what it thought you said. 😂
nahh.. kulas only gets by with shallow conversation.. he's the fake it til you make it guy.
atasha's filipino is soooo slang 😂😂
Being Canadian, I'm usually considered polite. However, respect is a commodity that can be bought, sold, stolen, or lost.
One thing the saving face issue has crippled Asia with is the inability to accept change.
I'm hoping the coming generation will realize you can't just throw stuff in the river as your grandparents did and have your garbage not magically disappear.
On the other hand, some jungle born recipes work like Papaya leaves for treating dengue.
Society is evolving here, hopefully for the good.
PH is not the ideal country for foreigners to settle Foreigners in PH can't even own small portions of lands & have very limited rights they should consider South America Italians there got rich & were poor farmers in Italy PH is heaven on earth for rich Filipinos only
😜Phigga pls, maybe I've never said it to the parents directly, but my most common comment has been: "That is an ugly baby."
You talk a lot and don´t come to the Point
Apologies for that, noticed that was one of the pitfalls on this specific video. Will improve it on the next one 👍
That only applies to the whites homie. If you’re a balikbayan, better speak English or security guards will discriminate on you.
What a hottie
She’s hot bro 😢
Need to sell something? Break out the model girlfriend. I'm ready to buy and don't even need them, lol
That's not his girlfriend lol
It does not matter if one country can speak english or not. PH is just one of the several destination in SE Asia. There are more foreignerz in nearby singapore, thailand, malaysia and Indonesia. Where most local can only speak a word or two. Tge main reason why PH initiated a visa upon arrival. You can literally visit PH without visa. Because competition is tough and westerners want more exotic experience they will go elsewhere than PH.
That is an over-generalization and may not apply to a large portion of the foreign travelers in Asia. There are many different reasons they could be traveling to or staying in different countries so your observation or generalization may not apply to many tourists or business travelers.
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