@@calvincastiel5663 Tagalog is a local language in certain regions like Bulacan (Northern Tagalog), Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon (Southern Tagalog). However, it is the basis of most Filipino words. Filipino, however is a langauge spoken everywhere in the country. It follows the same grammar, structure, diction and accent (Manileño Tagalog) as Tagalog but it is only about 70% Tagalog in terms of vocabulary. Example: Airplane. Filipino: Eroplano Tagalog: Salipawpaw Science Filipino: Siyensya Tagalog: Agham Something like that. Anyway, I'm sure a lot of people would argue me on this Filipino/Tagalog debacle. so Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution states that the national language of the Philippines is *Filipino*. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages Section 7 of the 1987 Constitution states: “For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are *Filipino*, and until otherwise provided by law, English.
@@calvincastiel5663 yes calvin try to ask them about safety in the philippines and you can see if you go to the malls or majority of places and you can see those security guard with high powered guns that you cant see that in other asian countries its so funny and awkward like you are in a warzone coz a lot of thieves etc.but ofcourse still philippine is a still safe to live most specially in metro manila
One you Interview Sir is Basketball Player Here Abu. He Lives more than a year is Considered Local Filipino Foreign. Thank you Approach Foreigner Visitors how the Philippines is Beautiful and Very Nice Person in the World. Mabuhay..
In Asia, the Philippines formerly held the distinction of being the sole English-speaking country. However, both Singapore and Malaysia have now begun adopting English as a secondary language, alongside Chinese and Bahasa respectively. Despite this development, the Philippines is still highly regarded for its proficiency in spoken English, as it follows an American variant unlike Singapore's version and Malaysia's version, as per my personal experience.
@@waterlily2839_chua The comment above said that Filipinos follow the American English whilst all the countries you mentioned followed the British English. The Number one and number 2 foreign tourists that visit Manila and Philippines in general are from USA. Why would you say HK is much better speaker than Filipinos. FYI English is not an official language of Malaysia. And singapore has 4 languages. That means not everybody can speak English fluently. They have to adhere to their own mother tongue . Philippines has 2 official languages which are English and Filipino. Spanish and arabic are optional. I speak spanish and portuguese. I was just in HK last march, and the amount of English use even in the airport is appalling and in decline. This is a far cry when it used to be a British crown. You're delusional.
I thought Singapore and Malaysia has always had English speakers? Although, I guess I know what you mean by them beginning their campaign of the growth towards English but I've spoken to a lot people from Singapore and Malaysia and all of, whom I've spoken to, knows how to speak English. Considering that their society consists of different cultures and not everyone can speak Malay, Hindi, Mandarin, or even Cantonese, the way that most of them would be able to communicate with each other is through English. Though to someone who hasn't spoken to someone that's from Singapore or Malaysia, they may think that they're not speaking English knowing that the Singlish or Singaporean English can be a bit hard to understand? The way they speak consists a lot of slangs, expressions, phrases and whatnot from different languages (Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, maybe even Hindi idk and more). Nevertheless, I think a lot of people from Malaysia and Singapore are capable of speaking English. Plus some are difficult to understand because of their accent :b
Here in the Philippines you dont need to worry about speaking English. Just wear your smile, learn the way of life of the Filipinos and speak a little bit english, then you could be friend with everyone. Adjusting is important and Adaptation to culture and people is what you also need here to survive.
Why you don't adapt when you come to our countries? You stay the same but we must adapt to be in Philippines and blah your weird ways and culture you don't own ph. don't think so I stay as I am when here
As a Filipino, I truly appreciates these kind of videos. We be able to see how foreigners sees our country and the people. And we also be able to know what are the good side and bad sides that needs to be changed. Thus, these kind of videos also showcases our country to people around the globe and therefore encourages more traffic of visitors from outside. I really appreciates your videos that I have watched for the first time now and so here I am SUBSCRIBING to you.❤ God Bless brother!!!
My take, it depends on which part of the country you're going to. Learning Filipino (which has majority of the words sourced from Tagalog) on a conversational level it can communicate enough. That said, pick up one of the other local languages like Cebuano, Hiligaynon (it depends on where you're traveling to), Chavacano, Waray and etc. especially if you're going to places that speak those languages. You'll definitely communicate better.
Not only by speaking English but the intent to help other people.. like if you ask a question, 10 out of 10 we will respond and assist you as best as we can. Going to Vietnam and South Korea, I think it's very hard over there not only communicating but the people/culture is not as warm as it is here. Having unintentional eye contact with a Korean in their country is very uncomfortable.. It's like you killed their relative or something lol but hey, it's culture - gotta respect that
We learn English as soon as kindergarten so we pretty much can understand and speak but, we don't have someone to speak in full english in daily basis so the consequences of that are, it became rusty and our pronounciation of words are hard with occasional broken grammar and speak delay like we know what we have to say but we cannot form it to words fast enough but overall, don't be afraid to speak to a Filipino with English because we can understand you clearly
In the whole SoutheastAsia, and include Korea, Japan, and China. The Philippines is the only country that who can really speaks english and understand English even without Education. Very approachable people. And helpful.
Don’t forget Singapore, Malaysia, and India. They used to be British colonies and have since adopted English as a co-official or second language in their countries.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR LOVING OUR COUNTRY DESPITE SOME OBSTACLES DAILY SPECIALLY CONGESTED TRAFFIC IN THE CITIES BUT I"M PRETTY SURE YOU GONNA ENJOY THE NATURE, BEACHES, MOUNTAINS, FRESH TROPICAL FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEATS, SEAFOODS, and CITIES LIKE BGC, EASTWOOD, CLARK, as Pilipino living now abroad i miss lot of things in the Philippines.
Hi Calvin Castel, we are friendly to all foreigners and no problems with it. We have problems with our own Philippine different cultures. Example: Tagalog, Bisaya, Ilocano Illongo, maranao etc...we have different stereotypes that we don't like each other.
English is actually the language use for legal documents and business... So almost everyone knows how to speak it except in very rural areas where they probably only know basic words. But in big cities like Manila, Cebu, Davao and touristy areas like Bohol, Boracay and Palawan you should be fine with no Tagalog or any Philippine dialect.
We have 180+ language in the Philippines. So maybe 75-80 percent of the Filipino. Tagalog is just a second language for us. First is our native language/dailec then second is ofcourse Tagalog then english. So imagine how many language we speak as a filipino here in the Philippines. Me 3 dialect. My siblings they can speak 3-5. Except to those born and grow up in manila who can speak tagalog and english😅
@@calvincastiel5663 yeah. I am just sharing this. But There is still some island or province that they cannot speak straight Tagalog. But they are good in English. Like my relatives in part of surigao. It's hard for them to speak Tagalog. So we are just lucky we can speak basic English.🤣
Even Filipinos that can't speak English can still get a sense of what you're trying to say. Foreigners can pretty much get around anywhere in the Philippines.
Abu is a pro basketball player in Philippine Basketball League. He is also a college superstar back then, what he said about Philippines are all facts.
Actually in Asia we are the only country proficient in English language as this our second language in our country. It start our primary education in which we have an English subject in our school. Until we our student graduated from their college still English language is the prime spoken inside the school… That is why mostly of our new generation speak and understand English as well..
I did that for 3 days in Luzon. I never had a problem in urban areas! 😃 Province is a different story. That is mixed . I purposely spoke broken Tagalog. 🙄 Filipinos reacted by changing to English. Worked out for us. 😃
As long you can speak English it's easy to communicate to the Filipinos, because it is our second language. Tagalog is difficult to learn than English that's why majority of Filipinos they speak Taglish, tagalog mixed with English . Example "Goodmorning po sainyo" something like that,..
Hey Man your content is so good! not to put negatives in this one but it just shows how Filipinos values other Nationalities than their own. So for the foreigners Please take advantage of it. Speaking form a leader who's been a leader in Middle East and Philippines, who found it more difficult here in my own country because foreigners are treated more More than their own countrymen. Keep up the good contents Man!
Shout out to Abu Tratter who used to play for my alma matter (De La Salle University). I think he's half-Filipino since he was able to play as a local in college, then drafted to PBA as a Filipino (and not as an import).
Please keep in mind that Tagalog is strongly spoken only in Luzon, actually not even all parts of Luzon but in Greater Manila Area. Tagalog is our national language but we prefer to speak our Mother Tongues (in my case, is Bisaya/Cebuano). Although we can/may all understand Tagalog, not all of Filipinos can speak this. You also have to take note that there are more Bisaya native speakers compared to Tagalog.
that was originally before Filipino became the main focal language, from the recent statistics which is old now, currently there are more tagalog speakers than bisaya speakers as of now.
@@zword1122There are more native Bisaya language speaker than native Tagalog speakers. Yun ang sinasabi niya. By looking at the map, only the NCR and central Luzon are native speakers of Tagalog. Sa Bisaya you have Central Visayas and 70% of Mindanao. Since naging official ang Tagalog, so marami ng non-native speakers na Tagalog.
We have so many languages.. Out 180+ languages, I only know 5 as I have friends here and there and I somehow learned the language by talking to them constantly.. exposure is the best teacher.
"where it seems like it should be easy and right there, but it just takes forever" Filipino time in a nutshell. Even for someone like me who's been in the Philippines my whole life, this filipino delay thing still makes my blood boil.
@@calvincastiel5663 nope...just an example will be my car's official number plate. It's been 3 years and I still haven't gotten a hold of it and still using an unofficial number plate that I just bought for my car. Who in their right mind will get used to that delay? 3yrs?! Like really philippine government?!
What she's saying is that some provinces would prefer to speak their own language or english, other than tagalog. Some notable provinces are those from the ilocano region, and i believe Cebu in the visayas.
Yo Calvin, you wanna know the embrassing thing here in Philippines? 98% of the filipinos cannot speak our own language fluently. They tend to speak TagLish Tagalog/English or vice versa. Thats a fact
@@calvincastiel5663 some provinces they have a different way to communicate which is a dialect, Like bisaya and waray etc. But most of the filipinos cannot speak tagalog fluently, without spanish portugese and english included. Give it a try man on your next video if filipinos can talk or speak tagalog fluently. I bet most of them won't :)
That's something to be embarrassed about? It's the crab mentality that's embarrassing. You know, when there is a good thing that's being said about the Philippines and its people, or a success one gets then another Pinoy will find any negative thing to be said about it. Just like what you did. 😂😂😂
@@KrisTinna41 We'll crab mentality is all known not just in the PH but all over the world. But not knowing how to speak your own language is quite filthy. Indo. thai, cambodia or even palau people might not be as known as filipinos. But atleast they still stick to their culture and 100% still know how to speak their own language. But i know what you mean. " Success, fame , money, " can definitely forget everyhthing. You got it.
@@RzYT664 Well, if not being able to speak 100% of your own language is already filthy and emabarrassing for you, then you live in a perfect world. Or you just find hate in the smallest things in this world. No one can speak perfect Filipino language because even Tagalog words have Spanish, Chinese, Malay, and Indo influences in it.
It's a bucket list of mine to have an english conversation with foreign tourists, english chats online such as this never satisfy me, that's why on our free time, my friends/classmates would just hang out on a nearby tourist spots and beaches and hopefully a tourist or even better a foreign vlogger would ask for information about some places here. Spanish foreigners should be wary tho, because some of their cuss words are actually the names of filipino desserts
I don’t think all other Asian countries look down on us. Perhaps some of them do, but there are those who “view” us as brothers/sisters such as the Indonesians and Malaysians. When I travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia, they were elated to find out that I was a Filo and they told me how popular and well-received Filipino dramas/movies are over there.
Man, the person you interviewed Abu, he's a Filipino American ( he's half Filipino ) Basketball player Abu Tratter who plays in the Philippine Basketball Association, he actually came from the same College as I did, De La salle University when I was there in the Philippines.
english is a major subject in the philippines and used a lot of the time in media as much and even more, some younger pinoys are better with english than filipino we pretty much have semi first language english majority of movies and shows we watch is english
To that Mexican guy who used to have a Spanish bilingual job. There are a lot more similar opportunities out there posted in PH jobs sites, just look online and you can even work remotely..
Just learn a few phrases like hello, goodbye, thank you etc as this will go down well with the people you meet but remember Tagalog is very different from Visayan so learn the Visayan version as well. OK lang.
FYI, Filipino is the nationalized and standardized version of Tagalog, which is spoken in and around the National Capital Region. That's why Filipino is Tagalog, because when they were choosing a language to become the Filipino language, they just chose the one already spoken in the Capital, Tagalog.
no need to worry if you don't speak the language specially in the urban areas.....most signs you see all over the country are in English....Most Filipinos speak english and we are very friendly and hospitable....
The biggest advantage most foreigners will have IF they are visiting here in PH is the cost of living is much more cheaper than their home countries especially if they are from EU or America. But If you plan on livng here and start earning local currency, it's gonna be a bit bad since most wages here are pretty low.
For spanish and portuguese speaking expats, they could also use some of their words to communicate. Tagalog has more than 7,000 spanish borrowed words. Bienvenido a nuestro pais!
“Tagalog” has 0 Spanish borrowed words. You are referring to the “Filipino” language. They are different, but the difference is that Filipino is the tagalog language mixed with other languages like english/spanish mostly.
Hi Calvin! Love your videos! Just curious do you live there? Besides vlogging what work do you do? That said m interested in you doing a video about the work foreigners do in the Philippines 🇵🇭.. thanks and pls keep making these videos!
that guy named “Abu” is actually Abu Tratter, a professional basketball player. He plays in the PBA, used to for Converge fiberxers and now he’s in Magnolia i think
The one you interviewed the name Abu Tratter is active professional basketball player and haft Filipino and former Gilas Pilipinas member if you don't know just saying.😊
English is one of the two official languages in the Philippines and been a part of the educational system since the US colonization. Government transactions and conversations has been in English as well.
you can explore mindanao places here are very slow pacing and simple. your safety is our priority. all ethnic groups are very welcome to the philippines
We Filipinos are great speakers when it comes to English. In elementary, English is already there as early as that. Basics in English was taught unlike from the other countries in Asia.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE 4TH PERSON YOU INTERVIEW? HE IS ABU TRATTER A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE PHILIPPINES (PBA). i'm ur new subscribersand i really loved ur videos
You can see the literacy rate of the Philippines, from the kindergarten children ages from 3to 5 years old are already taught English as a second language.😊And untill grade 12 to college still have English subject , and the medium language used for teaching was English ❤.
When i was in Iloilo i met a filippino from Manila. He complained he could not understand the people here because they did not speak filippino. He was a stranger to them, just like me.
FILIPINO. THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS FILIPINO, NOT TAGALOG.
Hamm really? What about Tagalog? 😅 I’m confused now 😅
@@calvincastiel5663it's just semantics don't worry.
its dialect@@calvincastiel5663
@@MatsuikoAkira no it’s not. You are a Pinoy and yet you dont know the difference between Tagalog and Filipino? That’s taught in school.
@@calvincastiel5663 Tagalog is a local language in certain regions like Bulacan (Northern Tagalog), Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon (Southern Tagalog). However, it is the basis of most Filipino words. Filipino, however is a langauge spoken everywhere in the country. It follows the same grammar, structure, diction and accent (Manileño Tagalog) as Tagalog but it is only about 70% Tagalog in terms of vocabulary.
Example:
Airplane.
Filipino: Eroplano
Tagalog: Salipawpaw
Science
Filipino: Siyensya
Tagalog: Agham
Something like that.
Anyway, I'm sure a lot of people would argue me on this Filipino/Tagalog debacle. so
Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution states that the national language of the Philippines is *Filipino*. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages
Section 7 of the 1987 Constitution states: “For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are *Filipino*, and until otherwise provided by law, English.
Vietnam Thailand Taiwan korea Indonesia south east asia country really hard to communicate. Except Philippines English is a second language
Yeah one guy said that too! Glad to be share this kind of information with everyone ❤️😍 Fiba is on the Conner and I hope many foreigners come here.
Even they are good in english but still the crime rate or people can take advantage more here than in taiwan or thailand,korea or even indonesia
@@waterlily2839_chua really? According to my research Malaysia Myanmar high crime rate in Asia
@@waterlily2839_chua really? I guess I need to do an interview regarding the safety in the Philippines
@@calvincastiel5663 yes calvin try to ask them about safety in the philippines and you can see if you go to the malls or majority of places and you can see those security guard with high powered guns that you cant see that in other asian countries its so funny and awkward like you are in a warzone coz a lot of thieves etc.but ofcourse still philippine is a still safe to live most specially in metro manila
One you Interview Sir is Basketball Player Here Abu. He Lives more than a year is Considered Local Filipino Foreign. Thank you Approach Foreigner Visitors how the Philippines is Beautiful and Very Nice Person in the World. Mabuhay..
In Asia, the Philippines formerly held the distinction of being the sole English-speaking country. However, both Singapore and Malaysia have now begun adopting English as a secondary language, alongside Chinese and Bahasa respectively. Despite this development, the Philippines is still highly regarded for its proficiency in spoken English, as it follows an American variant unlike Singapore's version and Malaysia's version, as per my personal experience.
Thank you for comment teacher ❤️😍
Its seems you didnt live in singapore and malaysia and even brunei coz they are more speak good english than the philippines and india and hong kong
@@waterlily2839_chua The comment above said that Filipinos follow the American English whilst all the countries you mentioned followed the British English. The Number one and number 2 foreign tourists that visit Manila and Philippines in general are from USA. Why would you say HK is much better speaker than Filipinos. FYI English is not an official language of Malaysia. And singapore has 4 languages. That means not everybody can speak English fluently. They have to adhere to their own mother tongue . Philippines has 2 official languages which are English and Filipino. Spanish and arabic are optional. I speak spanish and portuguese. I was just in HK last march, and the amount of English use even in the airport is appalling and in decline. This is a far cry when it used to be a British crown. You're delusional.
I thought Singapore and Malaysia has always had English speakers? Although, I guess I know what you mean by them beginning their campaign of the growth towards English but I've spoken to a lot people from Singapore and Malaysia and all of, whom I've spoken to, knows how to speak English. Considering that their society consists of different cultures and not everyone can speak Malay, Hindi, Mandarin, or even Cantonese, the way that most of them would be able to communicate with each other is through English. Though to someone who hasn't spoken to someone that's from Singapore or Malaysia, they may think that they're not speaking English knowing that the Singlish or Singaporean English can be a bit hard to understand? The way they speak consists a lot of slangs, expressions, phrases and whatnot from different languages (Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, maybe even Hindi idk and more). Nevertheless, I think a lot of people from Malaysia and Singapore are capable of speaking English.
Plus some are difficult to understand because of their accent :b
@@sebbss Malaysia dont have English as an official language, it is Malay. While Singapore has 4 official languages. English is one of them.
*we need more street interviews like this* 🤩
That makes me happy! We will have for sure! Thank you so much 😊😍
Here in the Philippines you dont need to worry about speaking English. Just wear your smile, learn the way of life of the Filipinos and speak a little bit english, then you could be friend with everyone. Adjusting is important and Adaptation to culture and people is what you also need here to survive.
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"you don't need to worry about speaking english. Speak a little bit english". Nice!
Why you don't adapt when you come to our countries? You stay the same but we must adapt to be in Philippines and blah your weird ways and culture you don't own ph. don't think so I stay as I am when here
@@russ5764 filipinos are very good at adapting. that is why so many overseas workers in thephilippines. same as india
For those who don't know, there are two official language of the Philippines, Filipino (mostly Tagalog words, and English (mostly American English).
As a Filipino, I truly appreciates these kind of videos. We be able to see how foreigners sees our country and the people. And we also be able to know what are the good side and bad sides that needs to be changed. Thus, these kind of videos also showcases our country to people around the globe and therefore encourages more traffic of visitors from outside. I really appreciates your videos that I have watched for the first time now and so here I am SUBSCRIBING to you.❤ God Bless brother!!!
My take, it depends on which part of the country you're going to. Learning Filipino (which has majority of the words sourced from Tagalog) on a conversational level it can communicate enough. That said, pick up one of the other local languages like Cebuano, Hiligaynon (it depends on where you're traveling to), Chavacano, Waray and etc. especially if you're going to places that speak those languages. You'll definitely communicate better.
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Not only by speaking English but the intent to help other people.. like if you ask a question, 10 out of 10 we will respond and assist you as best as we can. Going to Vietnam and South Korea, I think it's very hard over there not only communicating but the people/culture is not as warm as it is here.
Having unintentional eye contact with a Korean in their country is very uncomfortable.. It's like you killed their relative or something lol but hey, it's culture - gotta respect that
PINOY PRIDE: A Filipino delusion about how their race is the most powerful in the world. They would brag about it whenever they want.
We learn English as soon as kindergarten so we pretty much can understand and speak but, we don't have someone to speak in full english in daily basis so the consequences of that are, it became rusty and our pronounciation of words are hard with occasional broken grammar and speak delay like we know what we have to say but we cannot form it to words fast enough but overall, don't be afraid to speak to a Filipino with English because we can understand you clearly
Well said ;)
Mr Calvin should be made honorary Philippine Ambassador
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In the whole SoutheastAsia, and include Korea, Japan, and China. The Philippines is the only country that who can really speaks english and understand English even without Education. Very approachable people. And helpful.
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How about Singapore
Singapore too
Singaporeans speak English in their daily lives. English is the official language of that country.
Don’t forget Singapore, Malaysia, and India. They used to be British colonies and have since adopted English as a co-official or second language in their countries.
I LOVE ALL THEIR ANSWERS
ABOUT HOW THEY FELT
ABOUT PHILIPPINES
BECAUSE THAT IS THE
FACT. " Mabuhay "
THANK YOU GUYS FOR LOVING OUR COUNTRY DESPITE SOME OBSTACLES DAILY SPECIALLY CONGESTED TRAFFIC IN THE CITIES BUT I"M PRETTY SURE YOU GONNA ENJOY THE NATURE, BEACHES, MOUNTAINS, FRESH TROPICAL FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEATS, SEAFOODS, and CITIES LIKE BGC, EASTWOOD, CLARK, as Pilipino living now abroad i miss lot of things in the Philippines.
Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏿
Thank you guys for loving our country....❤🇵🇭❤
Thank you so much 😊❤️😍
Hi Calvin Castel, we are friendly to all foreigners and no problems with it. We have problems with our own Philippine different cultures. Example: Tagalog, Bisaya, Ilocano Illongo, maranao etc...we have different stereotypes that we don't like each other.
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but when push comes to shove we all love each other its more of teasing trolling.
English is actually the language use for legal documents and business... So almost everyone knows how to speak it except in very rural areas where they probably only know basic words. But in big cities like Manila, Cebu, Davao and touristy areas like Bohol, Boracay and Palawan you should be fine with no Tagalog or any Philippine dialect.
Not really. Most people in rural areas in the Cordilleras speak English better than most
Exactly right I have been going to the Philippinea since 2001
We have 180+ language in the Philippines. So maybe 75-80 percent of the Filipino. Tagalog is just a second language for us.
First is our native language/dailec then second is ofcourse Tagalog then english. So imagine how many language we speak as a filipino here in the Philippines. Me 3 dialect. My siblings they can speak 3-5. Except to those born and grow up in manila who can speak tagalog and english😅
😂😂😂 thank you for sharing ❤️😍
@@calvincastiel5663 yeah. I am just sharing this. But There is still some island or province that they cannot speak straight Tagalog. But they are good in English. Like my relatives in part of surigao. It's hard for them to speak Tagalog. So we are just lucky we can speak basic English.🤣
likewise,can speak tagalog,bisaya,chavacano,a little waray and our own dialect HILIGAYNON(ilonggo)
You mean Filipino language, not tagalog.
Dialects yan be. The language is Filipino.
Even Filipinos that can't speak English can still get a sense of what you're trying to say. Foreigners can pretty much get around anywhere in the Philippines.
Thank you 😊❤️
Thank you for loving Philippines. Enjoy and have fun.
Thank you so much 😍❤️
Abu is a pro basketball player in Philippine Basketball League. He is also a college superstar back then, what he said about Philippines are all facts.
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The mexican guy really knows about mexico and Philippines history ❤
Truee ❤️😍
Very true!
100K, let's go!
Amen 🙏🏾❤️😍
Actually in Asia we are the only country proficient in English language as this our second language in our country. It start our primary education in which we have an English subject in our school. Until we our student graduated from their college still English language is the prime spoken inside the school… That is why mostly of our new generation speak and understand English as well..
Thank you for your comment 🙏🏿❤️
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Is that Abu Tratter at 4:40 ?
He's a PBA player.
Not really. India and Pakistan are also proficient in English.
@@wynncruz1467 True. Singapore and Malaysia too
Wrong... Singapore uses English as their official language.
I did that for 3 days in Luzon. I never had a problem in urban areas! 😃 Province is a different story. That is mixed .
I purposely spoke broken Tagalog. 🙄 Filipinos reacted by changing to English. Worked out for us. 😃
Wow really! Thank you for sharing your story ❤️😍
Filipino subscriber here mabuhay and God bless...
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Thank you so much
Bro you interviewed a Professional Basketball player Abu Tratter from Magnolia Hotshots. He's partly Filipino
Really? Bro I swear that I didn’t even know 😍😍😍😍 life is amazing ❤️❤️❤️😍😍
Abu is a FIL AM professional Basketball player here in PH (PBA) also studied here in college, a varsity player, he's good basketball player,
thank you sir vloger for exploring our country ❤❤
As long you can speak English it's easy to communicate to the Filipinos, because it is our second language. Tagalog is difficult to learn than English that's why majority of Filipinos they speak Taglish, tagalog mixed with English . Example "Goodmorning po sainyo" something like that,..
Oh Taglish ❤️ Ano problem 😂😂
Hey Man your content is so good! not to put negatives in this one but it just shows how Filipinos values other Nationalities than their own. So for the foreigners Please take advantage of it. Speaking form a leader who's been a leader in Middle East and Philippines, who found it more difficult here in my own country because foreigners are treated more More than their own countrymen. Keep up the good contents Man!
Shout out to Abu Tratter who used to play for my alma matter (De La Salle University). I think he's half-Filipino since he was able to play as a local in college, then drafted to PBA as a Filipino (and not as an import).
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Good interview Calvin ..God bless you bro.
Please keep in mind that Tagalog is strongly spoken only in Luzon, actually not even all parts of Luzon but in Greater Manila Area. Tagalog is our national language but we prefer to speak our Mother Tongues (in my case, is Bisaya/Cebuano). Although we can/may all understand Tagalog, not all of Filipinos can speak this. You also have to take note that there are more Bisaya native speakers compared to Tagalog.
Thank you so much 😊
Correction. Filipino is our National Language.
Bisaya lang nakakaintindi ng bisaya, Tagalog buong Pinas.
that was originally before Filipino became the main focal language, from the recent statistics which is old now, currently there are more tagalog speakers than bisaya speakers as of now.
@@zword1122There are more native Bisaya language speaker than native Tagalog speakers. Yun ang sinasabi niya. By looking at the map, only the NCR and central Luzon are native speakers of Tagalog. Sa Bisaya you have Central Visayas and 70% of Mindanao. Since naging official ang Tagalog, so marami ng non-native speakers na Tagalog.
Thank you Calvin! God bless you more!
Thank you so much 😊
12:31 first time you land in the Phillipines we say "Mabuhay"..we greet you all with equality no matter where you from.
Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏿😍
Philippines is diverse country can speak multiple languages thats why some foreign country love to lived in the philippiness❤
its very interesting to find out that many foreigners appreciate the Philippines more than most of my fellow filipino friends and family 😂
I know right!😂
We have so many languages.. Out 180+ languages, I only know 5 as I have friends here and there and I somehow learned the language by talking to them constantly.. exposure is the best teacher.
"where it seems like it should be easy and right there, but it just takes forever" Filipino time in a nutshell. Even for someone like me who's been in the Philippines my whole life, this filipino delay thing still makes my blood boil.
😂😂😂😂 until now you didn’t get used to it?
@@calvincastiel5663 nope...just an example will be my car's official number plate. It's been 3 years and I still haven't gotten a hold of it and still using an unofficial number plate that I just bought for my car. Who in their right mind will get used to that delay? 3yrs?! Like really philippine government?!
I am a filipino, but that delay/late attitude really pissed me off all the time.
I'm Filipino and I hate it as well. Lol
@@calvincastiel5663we will never get use to it. As a filipino too i still find some things here are really backwards compared to other countries.
I'm a new subscriber thanks Calvin for loving and supporting our country Philippines 👍❤️
We all know Abu trotter, he is Pro Basketball Player here in Philippines
I didn’t know! But now I know ❤️😍
He's half filipino
One to describe Philippines and the guy said “happy”, i love it.
Calvin, most of us speak more English than Tagalog 😂😂😂.
Try to go to mountain province , they do not really understand Tagalog 😂😂😂
Oh really? Which mountains? 😍😍
@@calvincastiel5663Mountain Province is the name of the province.
No
What she's saying is that some provinces would prefer to speak their own language or english, other than tagalog.
Some notable provinces are those from the ilocano region, and i believe Cebu in the visayas.
@@paulvicentevcurimao5596oh I see thank you so much ❤
Wow!Man,I realy love your content💪🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much 😊
Yo Calvin, you wanna know the embrassing thing here in Philippines? 98% of the filipinos cannot speak our own language fluently. They tend to speak TagLish Tagalog/English or vice versa. Thats a fact
Wow I didn’t even know about that! 98% that a lot 😱😱
@@calvincastiel5663 some provinces they have a different way to communicate which is a dialect, Like bisaya and waray etc. But most of the filipinos cannot speak tagalog fluently, without spanish portugese and english included. Give it a try man on your next video if filipinos can talk or speak tagalog fluently. I bet most of them won't :)
That's something to be embarrassed about? It's the crab mentality that's embarrassing. You know, when there is a good thing that's being said about the Philippines and its people, or a success one gets then another Pinoy will find any negative thing to be said about it. Just like what you did. 😂😂😂
@@KrisTinna41 We'll crab mentality is all known not just in the PH but all over the world. But not knowing how to speak your own language is quite filthy. Indo. thai, cambodia or even palau people might not be as known as filipinos. But atleast they still stick to their culture and 100% still know how to speak their own language. But i know what you mean. " Success, fame , money, " can definitely forget everyhthing. You got it.
@@RzYT664 Well, if not being able to speak 100% of your own language is already filthy and emabarrassing for you, then you live in a perfect world. Or you just find hate in the smallest things in this world. No one can speak perfect Filipino language because even Tagalog words have Spanish, Chinese, Malay, and Indo influences in it.
It's a bucket list of mine to have an english conversation with foreign tourists, english chats online such as this never satisfy me, that's why on our free time, my friends/classmates would just hang out on a nearby tourist spots and beaches and hopefully a tourist or even better a foreign vlogger would ask for information about some places here.
Spanish foreigners should be wary tho, because some of their cuss words are actually the names of filipino desserts
Wow, this vid made me happy... Knowing that all other asian countries are looking down on us or being racist about it... Thank you...
Thank you so much Ryan ❤️😍
I don’t think all other Asian countries look down on us. Perhaps some of them do, but there are those who “view” us as brothers/sisters such as the Indonesians and Malaysians. When I travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia, they were elated to find out that I was a Filo and they told me how popular and well-received Filipino dramas/movies are over there.
Man, the person you interviewed Abu, he's a Filipino American ( he's half Filipino ) Basketball player Abu Tratter who plays in the Philippine Basketball Association, he actually came from the same College as I did, De La salle University when I was there in the Philippines.
🥰🥰🥰Wow yeah
4:43 9:52 that's Abu Tratter brother, he's a filipino-american playing in the PBA for Magnolia Hotshots
Yeah bro! I didn’t know at first 😍😊🥰
Veryyy nice content ive really enjoy it brother🎉🎉
I appreciate for the feedback brother! ❤️🙏🏿😍
Thank you for supporting the Philippines idol injoy vlogging ❤❤
Thank you for this! Great content. Subbed
Thank you so much 😊
Bro I’ve seen you on tiktok so I have to follow you aswell in youtube 😁
Wow thank you so much brother ❤️😍
Thanks bro i appreciate your eport to promote our country more videos
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english is a major subject in the philippines and used a lot of the time in media as much and even more,
some younger pinoys are better with english than filipino
we pretty much have semi first language english
majority of movies and shows we watch is english
5:03 that's Abu Tratter one of the professional basketball player here in Philippines
@4:40 Abu Tratter, he's a professional basketball player in PBA (Philippine Basketball Association).
A wise Brazillian homie once told me, "Filipinos are the South Americans of South East Asia", and he's not wrong. We've been homies ever since.
new subs here. mabuhay. thank you for loving our beautiful country.
Thank you so much 😊❤️
new subscriber from the Philippines, enjoy your stay 🏝️
Thank you so much 😊
To that Mexican guy who used to have a Spanish bilingual job. There are a lot more similar opportunities out there posted in PH jobs sites, just look online and you can even work remotely..
He will probably see this comment ❤️😍 Thank you so much 😊
Just learn a few phrases like hello, goodbye, thank you etc as this will go down well with the people you meet but remember Tagalog is very different from Visayan so learn the Visayan version as well. OK lang.
Ok lang po! Walang problems 😂😂
FYI, Filipino is the nationalized and standardized version of Tagalog, which is spoken in and around the National Capital Region. That's why Filipino is Tagalog, because when they were choosing a language to become the Filipino language, they just chose the one already spoken in the Capital, Tagalog.
very good content, raising awareness about the racial and cultural diversity here in the Philippines.
no need to worry if you don't speak the language specially in the urban areas.....most signs you see all over the country are in English....Most Filipinos speak english and we are very friendly and hospitable....
God bless you🙏 thank you for promoting Philippines👏👏👏
Thank you so much po ❤️
You did interviewed Abu Tratter he is a pro basketball player in the PBA. Currently playing on Converge Team
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4:46 | This guy is a former DLSU and Gilas basketball player, he's Abu Tratter.
You know what, WE filipinos are good at english especially when drunk... 😅😅😅
Thank you for visiting the Philippines.... enjoy.. ❤🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
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The biggest advantage most foreigners will have IF they are visiting here in PH is the cost of living is much more cheaper than their home countries especially if they are from EU or America. But If you plan on livng here and start earning local currency, it's gonna be a bit bad since most wages here are pretty low.
For spanish and portuguese speaking expats, they could also use some of their words to communicate. Tagalog has more than 7,000 spanish borrowed words.
Bienvenido a nuestro pais!
Muito obrigado ❤️😍
“Tagalog” has 0 Spanish borrowed words. You are referring to the “Filipino” language. They are different, but the difference is that Filipino is the tagalog language mixed with other languages like english/spanish mostly.
@@thinkpctive8078 hope you understand that i was talking to foreigners. Filipino for them is the people, not the language.
@@mmchannel8056tagalog is a dialect. Filipino is the language.
still dont get it huh
Hi Calvin! Love your videos! Just curious do you live there? Besides vlogging what work do you do? That said m interested in you doing a video about the work foreigners do in the Philippines 🇵🇭.. thanks and pls keep making these videos!
Wow I mean as a Filipino who only learned the language when I was in high school, speaking in English is not going to be a problem anywhere
that guy named “Abu” is actually Abu Tratter, a professional basketball player. He plays in the PBA, used to for Converge fiberxers and now he’s in Magnolia i think
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new subscriber so fun with this content love lots calvin
Thank you so much Ann ❤️😍
Hello sir im your new subscriber, ghank you for vlogging the phils
Thanks for subbing!😍😊🥰
Luv yah bro 🧡🤗
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The one you interviewed the name Abu Tratter is active professional basketball player and haft Filipino and former Gilas Pilipinas member if you don't know just saying.😊
Yeah I didn’t know but now I know 😍😍🙏🏿
8:18- “sometimes in the restaurant you ask for ‘altercation’”……no wonder he encountered a couple of challenges.
Hey! Calvin the one that youve interviewed is Abu and he is a Professional Basketball player here in the Philippines 😅
I didn’t know 😂😂😍
If you're going to Cebu or Visayan-speaking areas, you want to learn to speak Bisaya, especially out in the province.
English is one of the two official languages in the Philippines and been a part of the educational system since the US colonization. Government transactions and conversations has been in English as well.
I had no idea it was hard to get by in Brazil because most people don't speak english. will plan accordingly for this
Please hehe
Happy to share this information with you! 😍😊
Nice interview, bro.
you can explore mindanao places here are very slow pacing and simple. your safety is our priority. all ethnic groups are very welcome to the philippines
Nice content Calvin ❤
Thank you so much Lily ❤️🥰
I guess the 3rd guy that's Abu Thrater who played for DLSU in men's basketball team before. Just a wild guess!
We Filipinos are great speakers when it comes to English. In elementary, English is already there as early as that. Basics in English was taught unlike from the other countries in Asia.
Great speakers 😂 but RIP grammar 😬
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE 4TH PERSON YOU INTERVIEW? HE IS ABU TRATTER A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE PHILIPPINES (PBA). i'm ur new subscribersand i really loved ur videos
I didn’t know Jaycee! Until I uploaded the video 😍😍
I'm shock you didn't know Abu, he is basketball player here in the PH. He is playing in the PBA.
You can see the literacy rate of the Philippines, from the kindergarten children ages from 3to 5 years old are already taught English as a second language.😊And untill grade 12 to college still have English subject , and the medium language used for teaching was English ❤.
You just interviewed Abu Tratter. A Filipino American professional basketball player.😊
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man is that Abu Tratter? a professional basketball player. so nice u ran into him.
Wow, you interviewed professional basketball player Abu Tratter 🔥🔥🔥 nice video, watching from London 🇬🇧
Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏿
When i was in Iloilo i met a filippino from Manila. He complained he could not understand the people here because they did not speak filippino. He was a stranger to them, just like me.
that's Abu Tratter he's a half filpino, playing basketball professionally in the Philippines..
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Thank you so much for visited here in Philippines
Thank you too❤️😍
4:44 Abu is Filipino American.. player in Philippine basketball association