Meet the Home and Bahay Family and Learn Some Tagalog Words
Family Circle ENGLISH with TAGALOG Translation
Click on the link to hear the pronunciation for the Tagalog words.
English Tagalog English Tagalog
| Dad/Daddy | tatay-tatay
or |
Mom/Mommy |
or
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Older Brother or Male Sibling |
(KOO-ya) |
Older Sister or Female Sibling |
(uh-Teh) |
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Grandfather |
(Loh-lo) |
Grandmother |
(Loh-la) |
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Uncle |
(TEA-Toh) |
Auntie |
(TEA-Tah) |
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Cousin |
(peen-san) |
Great Uncle/ Great Aunt |
Lolo (name) Lola (name) -they are considered as grandparents |
Flash from the Past…
Here are my siblings and I. No tellin’ who‘s the skinny, short-haired kid clothed in aqua and pink…
by the way,
that short dude in the middle is at present towering over the girls/siblings.
And then East Meets West.
Home meets Bahay.
(…no tellin’ if this dress still fits?!)
Baby Meets the Home and Bahay family: Let’s put the Tagalog words to practice, shall we?
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You’ve probably met Great Aunt and her Salmon Cakes here, and her Patty Cakes here.
Last one…Who to call “Ate” and “Kuya”?
There you go!
Now go rest your eyes from looking at all these vibrant and beautiful people
(except no tellin’ who 
)
Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh by the way,
Come by next Friday if you want to know “The Things I Don’t Want You to Know About Me”
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I super like this post…. Hope Baby MJ meets tita rizza and tito ryan soon…
I’m sure she’ll have a great time with cuzins P and EJ someday….
Love the pictures
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Yes. You get the First Commenter Award: 100 hugs and kisses. Redeemable anytime we see each other again
And you get the Best older sister award.
That was so much fun!!! I loved learning some Tagalog words, I loved meeting the family (and you-know-who:) – I’d never seen the pic of you with hubby’s family, it’s beautiful – and I really love the pics of sweetness with each of her grandparents! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Hugs,
Mary
Yay! You never know, these Tagalog words might come in handy one day
What a sweet post! And, I love that I actually learned some Tagalog words (that I hope to remember) and more about your family!
You have such a beautiful family!
I am stopping by from a comment that you left on my blog and I’m here now returning the love. I am now subscribed and look forward to reading more about your journey!
Enjoy your weekend!
Super cool! I’m glad this is helpful
Thank you, Jessica!
That was interesting! I like the great ideas that you post and also the pictures!!!
Ay mameh. Next to Seth, you’re my number one (I guess number 2) fan!
<3 you!