Tagalog Greetings: Saying Good Morning, Afternoon, and Evening

To help you on your way to learning the Filipino language, let's start with the Filipino greetings to warm you up. Well, it is one of the must know that I think one should start with since it is used in a daily basis, specially if you're going to converse with native speakers.

Let's start with Filipino greetings, so you know how to say "Good morning" or whatever, in Filipino. It could be a good conversation starter you know, and don't worry about the pronunciation, practice makes perfect. Read on or go straight on my video lesson down below. Yes, there's a video lesson of Tagalog greetings I have on YouTube.

Let's start with good morning shall we?

English
"Good morning!"
"Magandang umaga!"
-and it sounds like: ma-gan-dang um-mah-ga

English
"Good afternoon!"
"Magandang hapon!"
-and it sounds like: ma-gan-dang ha-phoon

English
"Good evening!"
"Magandang gabi!"
-and it sounds like: ma-gan-dang gah-bi (with bi, it is pronounce as "bee")

And there's a Tagalog greeting too at noon. Say for example you went and visited a Filipino friend at her home at 12 noon, or around 12 noon. You don't say good morning, good afternoon, or good evening. But you say:

"Magandang tanghali!"
- and it sounds like: ma-gan-dang tang-ha-li

Of course it is way better hearing the right pronunciation, right? Hear the correct pronunciation of these must know Tagalog greetings on my YouTube video lesson.

Filipino Word -Takipsilim

So you are having a vacation in the Philippines and it is getting late, and your auntie, or cousin said "Let's all hurry up and get back home, mag tatakipsilim na."

Or you could have heard it on television while watching the Filipino channel (TFC.)

So what is takipsilim? Or what does takipsilim means?

Takipsilim means it is getting dark. Dusk, sundown, or nightfall is the English word for takipsilim.