How Fluent Are The Filipinos In English? (Language Challenge) | ASIAN BOSS
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Get them drunk and english conversation will be amplified.
LFMAO HAHAHAHHA
HHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
THIS IS SO TRUE
So true😂
Hahahahaha
Filipinos are fluent in english but lack of confidence when having conversation.
Oh, that's so true i can speak in it well but i stutter in conversations
Syempre, mahihiya ka talaga magsalita ng english dito sa pinas e masyadong "perfect" yung iba sa pag correct ng grammar e.
@@norvyneczonnfetalino9820 Indeed.
Or the expectations were to high. Kasi parang tinitingala pa sa Pinas ang mga taong nagsasalita ng ingles
@@hisakiasakura480 Yeah man. Karamihan di alam yung quote na "English is a language, not a measurement of intelligence"
For me 90% of Filipinos are fluent in English but only 30% has confidence
-Love from Mars
Wut
@@SwagsterPotatoGD yeah it's true we Martians exist and we even have an internet but it's called "tenretni". It's 1000000x faster than yours dude
@@thelmapalconit2686 jokes on you, our Neptune's internet is proved to be the fastest in the solar system, as proved by studies conducted by PeePeePooPoo university 69 years ago :)
@@SwagsterPotatoGD I didn't say that our internet on Mars is the fastest but faster than Earth
@@SwagsterPotatoGD but yeah I've been to Neptune for a vacation and there was some nice beaches and the internet is fast as you can imagine, even a 1000000000000gb can only take a second to download
In my middle school class most of us can speak fluent english but we choose to speak in a hard broken accent because it's funnier.
lots of Chinese students need Oral English teachers from Filipino. You don't need to work abroad. You only need a computer and work at home. welcome to contact me.
Omg same
@@heartclaros8192 lmao Ikr!!!
Same. I used to speak almost only in english when i was in elementary and in junior high, but I really opened up in college and started speaking in a my language with an accent so i can really talk to people who couldnt talk any english at all. Also its just fun to speak like that with my friends, so we shift from extremely fluent english to a really harsh local accent.
Relatable
Im fluent in english.
Only when talking to myself.
Same XD
Ohhh!!! Same here!!
Same
Same! 😂
Me too hahaha
I'm good at writing in english but when it comes to talking...
. . . I ' m d e a d i n s i d e . . .
I'm the opposite to you
@Ranem Shain what?
I feel you
..... What if I was good in both but now I don't? XD
..... Eat is pine beecost u lern.....
Me: Took 3 hours in making English essays
Also me: took 3 minutes in making English rants..........
😳😳😳
I see you in me lpl🤣
It took me 3 minutes to write a full ass paragraph arguing with people in the internet, making reviews and rants of a show, but when it comes to writing an essay in school, i'm just gonna sit there and rethink my whole existence of what should i write in the introduction part for 5 whole minutes
omfg i’ve never been so relate in my whole entire life, why is this so accurate😭
Bakit kasi d kayo nag aral mabuti para maging competitive din kayo sa kahit anong aspeto.
I just realized how similar indians and Filipinos are
1- their TAGLISH and our HINGLISH
2- English being 2nd most popular
3- a part of population not being able to fluently speak but definitely understand it
And we ( both countries)should also keep in mind that English is just a language not a badge of "class "
Love❤❤
fantastic!
In South part of India we know English we don't speak we keep priority to mother language.
Noice
@A J, I agree with you! Love from Philippines!
English is 1st most popular, not a lot of ppl know hinglish
100% english in mind
10% speaking in english
I relate hahaha
Oo nga ganyan ako
Accurate Sobra
Hahahaha trot
Lmao I can relate! 😂😂
Filipinos when happy: not fluent. Filipinos when mad: have an accent and really fluent at English. Like kung relate
Tulip Hat if
LMFAO WHY IS THIS SO ACCURATE?!?!?!
LMAO so yung pinakamatandang tita ko who's been an American for 40 years is obviously very fluent in English pero she has the strongest accent in my family and she hates it. (Most of my family lives in California.)
agree
@@ok-ym1qx kung means 'if' in English. Hence, what Sydney said is, "like if u can relate" lol
Taga mehiko ako and i use this video to learn ng kaunti ng tagalog !
Mahal na mahal kong Pilipinas!
❤🇵🇭❤
Mahal din kita💓
@@yourmarkie346 Salamat po ! ☺️
No hablo español pero I'm trying bro
From Phil
@@yohmi9291 🤜🤛
Tengo hambre
We Filipinos are fluent in English when mad especially on the internet when there's something to be mad about.
Yup, it's true some of my friends starting to get fluent in English when they're almost intoxicated
Yes this is totally accurate
It's like a damage bar that has to be filled to use the ultimate skill😂
TRUE LOL
True hahaha
Fact: not every Filipino can actually speak English fluently, however, most Filipinos can definitely understand English. So compared to some Asian countries the language barrier for tourists isn't much of a problem here.
Facts.
up
Spittin facts right there.
i think entire south east asia youngster nowday can understand english language not only Filipino, for exception for ones who lives in more rural area. Internet make us easier to access foreign culture.
yep...same over here in India, elderly people struggle to speak in English although they understand everything.
I think they failed to speak and gather their thoughts because of the unfamiliar topic, like FIFA.
💚🐥
@@FarahAbdurajan22 hello fellow Ahgase.
Hiiiii~~💚🐥
I totally agree.
Oo nga what is FIFA🤣
I can't really speak English well. There's a time that I cried when I was writing a poem as an assignment and I'm not even confident when I'm typing this
but ur english is good! and I'm also a chou tzuyu stan!
Ify
it's okay onceu, you can practice and still learn, there's no limited time for that, okay? and also i'm not that good at english as well =))
lol english was my first language but i struggled in filipino, significantly in essay type of activities because my parents judged my vocabulary and compared it to a first grader
but now I'd learned so much and i enjoyed it, im able to write better and articulate literature and loved the challenge
we can overcome this
Try reading english books like novels and the likes and when there's a time that you don't understand words in it try searching it and looking for its meaning and its thesaurus. Just read and read at di mo na lang alam matututo ka na at lalawak yung mga words na malalaman mo base on my experience 😊
As a Filipino, yes I do notice that we lack the communication skills when speaking in English. We know it pretty well but we are too shy to speak it. That’s why it’s been my goal to practice my speaking skills while using English. That way, what we have learned wouldn’t be a waste.
Me: *A Filipino*
Also me: *Reads Subtitles*
Same...aaf🤣
Pakshet ahahahah
It happens when you watch a lot of animes
Relatable 😂
@@fer-dk6gg and dramas
Sometimes when filipinos speak in English, other filipinos that aren't that fluent in English would tease them and call them "maarte" it's annoying
true :
That’s bc Filipinos think Smart shaming is okay, even if fluency in English isnt even a standard of knowledge
Sadly this is true , and why do tagalog speakers think that the only language used in the philippines is tagalog. Assuming tagalog is the only language in the philippines now thats just being ignorant.
I was on a Filipino FB group and I was the only Filipina who spoke English fluently (as it's technically my first language, as I was born in Canada). People just assumed I was being a smartass and that was annoying.
mga inggit lang yun mga yun coz they can't communicate in english fluently
I'm an Indonesian but I'm very interested in learning Tagalog because I think it's very unique! and also some of the words are almost similar to sentences in Indonesia Language 😊 Love from Indonesia 🇲🇨
Those of us who know Philippine history consider Indonesians as part of our early ancestors.
@@cynthiabianzon5408 wow, no wonder they're kinda look a like ☺️
@@uwucioo8932 south east asian people is very look alike 😁
I lost confidence in speaking English because I am shamed for being fluent at a young age. Crab-mentality is a serious unaddressed issue.
Dude same, i can barely memorize our native words for numbers and telling the time so I just say it in english. Sometimes i just speak less to avoid getting judged at.
You should never lose confidence! It's something that we should be proud of. F*ck what people think, we are who we are!
And I agree with you, crab mentality has been so common, it has been normalized here in the Philippines and I think this is why we never grow into a better society because people are always pulling other people down instead of helping them up.
This is the problem about Filipinos. My little cousin went to kindergarten and he speaks in English. He told us that the kids don't want to play with him because he speaks in English.
Well, how would you feel if someone fluent in French tried to speak to you in French ? You'll surely feel awkward.There is nothing wrong with speaking english; if you are talking to english speaking people, but speak Tagalog when you are with people who don't feel comfortable in speaking english. In Israel,Sweden and Norway for instance, almost everbody speaks english fluently, but they only speak Hebrew/norwegian/ swedish to each other. Fluency in any langauge is meant for communication and understanding, not to be brag about.
when we go to other countries, we learn their language, when you go here, especially when your a Filipino, learn our language and please adjust.. It's not mainly crab mentality, but atleast try.. Don't you find it fun when foreigner try to speak in our language. . but you my fellow Filipino can't even adjust... Same with Filipinos who speak Tagalog only in areas with local dialect like Ilocano . . They are not trying enough to learn the Language.. I'm Ilocano and went to Bicol, I speak Bicol + Tagalog even if they speak tagalog for me to understand.. and they find it interesting.. I was never bullied for it. and I am also ugly so don't think they are bias.
I think one reason why Filipinos can't really speak English that fluently is because of lack of confidence, since a lot of us are very conscious with our grammar. 😁
true :(((
Also because some people are told that they are "maarte" or things like that and it's degrading in a way
It sounds pretty good to me
@@beatricealesna1738 ikr? I am a filipino and I can understand english very fluently and although I speak english fluently I still don't have the guts to speak straight english since there's a lot of people saying rude things like 'maarte' basically it's crab mentality.
Not true! It’s because they’re shy
I love how cute they are, they are little bit flustered before camera and that makes them super Adorable.
Love From India.
Kamusta... Filipino, love from 🇮🇳
Kamusta aking kaibigan 😊 mula sa pinas
Maraming salamat indiana 💖
Kamusta? Hope to meet you here in the Philippines!
Huwag mokong engli englishin sa bayan ko punyeta!!😂
-Heneral Antonio Luna
Katatawa un. Lalo na nong sa train scene hahaha ang sungit nya non.
English speaking naman ang bayan mo.
ano yung engli?
Racism were really high on filipinos back when Heneral luna is still alive so I will give him a pass to be racist on americans😂
Naalala ko tong part na to HAHAHAHA
I want to go to the Philippines and learn tagalog! Lately, I have been watching Filipino movies on netflix hehe; I love how they speak and I love the places they show. One day maybe I will be able to visit. Much love from Mexico!
Thank you for appreciating the beauty of the Philippines. When you come here try to visit boracay and palawan, it is a very beautiful island. 😊
Thanks so much! Ur gonna love the Philippines! I’ve always wanted to go to Mexico too since I have lots of latinas and hispanic friends and we’ve shared cultures!!
Well you're a Mexican so it would be easier for you to understand Tagalog because most of the people here mix English and Tagalog and also have lots of Spanish vocabulary.
Mexico pampanga
TAGA MEXICO PAMPANGA PALA NO HAHAHA
Not all Filipinos are fluent in English but we could assure you even vendors, pedicab drivers, farmers and Filipinos who did not finish school can still understand English. You will never be lost in the Philippines.
Actually my grandparents generation is actually good at speaking English compared to us. Well mostly, not all.
If I am from a different South Asian country and we speak our Local South Asian version of British English, what is the rate of success of communication with a filipino speaking Taglish 😅
Will i be able to understand Taglish as a tourist from another south asian country 🤔 pls tell
@@chatgpt4135 I cannot give you figures on the rate of success of communication for sure. What I was saying was, Filipino can 'understand' but not necessarily speak English fluently. Since they can understand simple direction question they could give you directions correctly. Let me emphasize that i was referring to direction only and not to any form of conversation. As to the rate of communication of a foreigner like you to a Filipino whether Taglish or English, that is subjective and needs further assessment and research to yield a result.
@@16SamB What Basic Taglish Words or phrases should a person learn before going to Philippines on tour
When writing, it isn’t really a challenge for us to be consistent in English.
But I think it’s due to the amount of syllables that the Filipino language has that makes us often speak in “taglish”
Some Filipinos can honestly speak English fluently. Not all are like these in the video.
I agree
Do you know what "some" is?
Me and my siblings
Lol some
IKR!!
Make them write in English and you'll be blown away on how actually good Filipinos are in English. Just like most of the guys in this video, I struggle with English when speaking it. hehe
then they're not good in english at all my friend.
How does one write good English but speak bad English? Isn't that more of an excuse?
Keahi Venus
That is still an excuse. Of course, a very crafty excuse since it is hard to dismiss but still, if one wants to be proficient, they should really polish up their conversation skills. We live in a world where you speak, not write letters in front of one another.
Sadly, it's hard to find someone who has that kind of enthusiasm to learn.
Philip Gabriel Alcantara Mercado You have to put in mind that not all of us speak English on daily basis, it is not an excuse but more of a struggle. We are not like you unfortunately...
As a Filipino-Japanese who was born in a Middle Eastern country, I really got used to speaking English; which makes my English skills really fluent. Even if I mostly speak English now, my Tagalog and Tokyo dialect are still really fluent. So I guess that makes it a bit challenging, but getting used to your particular language will make you really fluent.
it's so cute! they definitely can speak english but they need a little bit confidence. also who cares they should be proud speaking in tagaog as they are! love from india!
"Someone speaks fluent english"
Filipinos: *ＮＯＳＥＢＬＥＥＤ*
oh yeah yeah lol
Memes of yore!
All my friends are low iq, they keep saying "SANA ALL English" and I'm the only one Speak American and friends foreign.
🤣
So many times I heard this term nosebleeding whenever I try to communicate with any Philippines players in games .I always wondered they are pretty good in talking but still says that ..
Should've asked about basketball or boxing. We Filipinos aren't very interested in football
Yeah.They should've ask NBA.
kaso di yun yung point haha, ina-assess lang nila kung gano ka-fluent sa english mga pinoy
Only Europe and south americans care about football. Might as well asked about cricket that is basically as unpopular to us as football or soccer, which a wierd word, is.
Jeremy Benson Lastrollo di din yan yung point. pano nila masasagot yung tanong in english if sa tagalog pa lang di na nila masagot? masyado irrelevant yung mga questions sa mga filipinos kase di tayo gano ka interesado sa football.
@@domzdome9723 Africa is a football continent mind you. Most Asian countries are football nations too, just look at Middle East, most of SEA especially Indonesia
Filipino: Tanglish
Indians: Hinglish
Me: slshsbsjavsodvwsjs language
Filipino confidence in speaking English.
In Normal state: 10%
When drunk: 101%
Red horse lang 🐴
Most Filipinos are actually better in written English than spoken English, my English teacher even told my class once that he had American students and their written grammar is worse than Filipinos. I think its more along the fact that there are not much opportunities for the average Filipinos to be in a full English conversation so the practice isn't there.
Exactly
........ Probably, however. It is dependent on ones interest if possible to nurture one self to literature, it cannot be denied that we filipinos have the advantage in terms of international spoken language due to our constitutional claims. Therefore, in particular on our education, that is to be manifest......
Your writings are grammatically wrong. I guess you are a Pilipino.
Alyana Drua what if you’re Filipino but born and raised in America 🤯🤯🧐🧐
well, it depends on what environment that person is.
I’ve been to the Philippines several times and have never ever had an issue communicating with people there! Very friendly and happy people!
Same! They are very nice and friendly and I’m Filipino 🇵🇭❤️
Do you think it is a good idea to go to the Philippines to learn English?
No need to feel embarrassed about it coz it wasn't the first language we spoke from birth, its just a part of our life . Many of us are of same kind . love from india
When someone answered you opo they treat you with respect like how they speak or treat their elders, parents and elder siblings ❤️just want to share
A hi to my Filipino brothers from your best friend India!🇮🇳
Hello indian brothers!
hello!
Hello
Kamusta
Hello!!!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤
Minsan nga mas okay pa kausap mga foreigner in english kasi kahit wrong grammar ka hindi ka nila iinsultuhin. Unlike other Filipinos, they will criticize and make fun of you. That's the reason why some people are stuttering and nervous when they speak English in front of their fellow Filipino. We should instead respect and help each other to grow hindi puro criticism. BOOM!
Is this what you guys call smart-shaming? Honestly I came to know about that from a friend over there... And it's really terrible
Totally agree!👏
I agree it really is smart shaming but it is also because of what is being taught to us. As what others have said nga dba we are very good in writing in english kasi grammar ang tinuturo satin kaya we tend to be afraid in speaking in english kasi nga ung ibang bibo kala mo maka puna masyado.
Kahit naman tayong mga filipino, sarili nating wika pero na ro-wrong grammar tayo, and so westerns. Masyadong mapapuna ang mga filipino maybe because of the fact that english is our 2nd official language kaya mapagpuna. Pero di natin alam na sarili nating wika(filipino) nagkakamali rin tayo ng grammar. It's how one can understand the way we're talking. Ang mga westerns, ang mapupuna lang nila is yung accent natin which is pretty normal. Unlike us which are pretty judgemental.
Putangna
The major problem is syntax and usage. English syntax is 90% Subject-Verb-Predicate. Common spoken Tagalog (from what I understand being a native English speaker) is Verb-Object-Predicate. So you have to "think" in a different way in order to make sense of each language. Trying to learn Tagalog over the last 35 years its still difficult for me. But I am not giving up.
I meet lots of pinoy in ome tv and they speak English pretty well although sometimes they stop for a while and say "ohh my English is bad, wait, my words are gone, or I don't know what to say. Love from Indonesia for my pinoy friends!❤️
Filipino here. I'm fluent in both written and conversational English, with effortless accent and all. I hate it when people say, "Oh maybe that's because you're feeling rich." No, I belong to an average family and I never attended a private school. It's just because I watched Disney movies. :3
Update: I have a foreign partner and before he visited the Philippines I told him that there's almost no language barrier because most Filipinos speak and understand English. Boy, was I wrong. We were both shocked at how low the comprehension is, even in those who seem to be "fluent" in English. I have to translate 95% of the time or paraphrase to VERY simple words.
And practice makes perfect.
Haahaha IFY sasabihan ka ng teacher mong bakit ang fluent mo sa english, diko masabi sa panonood lang ng English entertainment channels.
I picked up English partly because of the reading materials I had when I was very young and partly because my preschool education was mainly done in English (I only picked up Tagalog [my ethnic language] in first grade).
Same! Disney made me 😂
Same. I had to adjust my accent for the sake of avoiding criticisms from my fellow compañeros de clase.
Do not ask FIFA to a random filipino coz we are not a football nation hence some of the interviewees couldnt answer.
jason flores The interviewer is stupid. She doesn't have brain.
jason flores irrelevant yung question hanep
they should have asked them about basketball or boxing instead and results will be better
hahahaha LOL
exactly
I absolutely love how they all have innocent and beautiful smile on their face love from India guys ✌️
Thanks Bhai?
You can see when she asked what percentage do they think speak english fluently, the answers deferred from being around 30% to 70%-80%. The ones that said 80% could likely be in school or university where you're encouraged to speak english and of course most of their social circles where they speak a mix of english and Tagalog (Taglish is mostly used by younger people). While the ones who chose around 30% are because of their social circles and most likely also the area they live
“Financially, we can’t afford to register for the FIFA World Cup.” 😭😂
lol
LMAO
*cries in Filipino*
Filipino always think we can't afford anything
The best they could come up with
Some cannot speak English fluently but they understand English very well.
This is true. We have English from Kindergarten to College.
The sad thing about this is that we are afraid to speak English because we don't like to make mistake (and being laughed at). And if others make mistake in English, Filipinos will laugh at the person who makes that mistake. Which is an awful attitude in learning languages.
If attitude change, we'll learn better.
NotAnother Account wtf do you meannnnnn filipinos are afraid?
Basically they are afraid to get laughed at or ridiculed when committing mistakes on trying to speak in English.
NotAnother Account well im not afraid because i have an american accent and can speak english.
Chief Mike sml?
I guess I was lucky to have a really amazing English grammar teacher. We also had Reading subjects in elementary school which honed our English comprehension. Reading short stories in English and testing our understanding with questions about what we read afterwards. It’s a good exercise to do in our free time. Another is learning a new English word everyday😊
Mapapa “proud to be pinoy🇵🇭” ka talaga daii😌💅🏻
as a filipino this was painful to watch lol
Not all Filipinos are good in English especially in speaking.
Miski ako ilang taon ang inabot s pagkatuto ng English. 😂
Anti-Filipino does and also me.
ang hirap tapusin
Cringy pa haha
😂😂😂
Filipinos when they encountered a native English speaker: not fluent or barely open their mouth
When they speak through call and chat: 80-99% fluent
This is so legit
it probably has to do with confidence
Superrooper Rall kailangan pa bang sabihin ng idiot?!! Crab Mentality...
When there in front of an actual English speakers if they probably get nervous or lowers there confidence
A lot of non native english speakers (generally around the world) arent confident when they talk with a native/natives
Im a fluent english speaker but when i talked to my cousins father (who is from pakistan) i could barely talk to him lmao.
Filippinos are such warm and welcoming people. You can see it in the video they are smiling throughout the inteview.
Love them all. From India❤
we love you too 💖 😊
Omg.... Their skin is clear and smooth.. I'm jealous
We use English for two significant reasons:
1. We are a country of more than 170 languages and dialects. We need a unifying language that everyone will understand.
2. Tagalog is inconvenient and too long when used. For example, "disturbing" is "nakakapagpabagabag" in Tagalog. Also, Tagalog is missing a lot of words.
If you delve into Filipino culture, you'll see that practicality and resourcefulness are big parts of it.
one hundred and fifty six= isang daan at limampu't anim
that's why people here in manila never uses the tagalog form of numbers
you forget no.3 we used english in our daily works call center business,ofw
3. Is for formal talks and business talks.
Well, I am married to a Filipina. She is a college graduate and the English that she speaks is very different from the one spoken in America in terms of meaning. In many occasions, we have misunderstanding. I believe that Filipinos should only speak one language at the time.
Jan Suing Nakakabagabag/nakababagabag* hindi nakakapagpabagabag
1:12 is the perfect example for Taglish 😂
English: In the middle of the sentence
Tagalog: pwede kang magTagalog
English: and then switch to English
It's like it was scripted lol
Not at all. It was Taglish as natural as it sounds.
Pwede ring may halong espanyol
Nosotros hablos Enspañol.
But a lot of us ain't fluent. (From Manila)
@@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 *hablamos
@@markjosephbacho5652 whoops. Thanks. Guess my autocorrect worked against me on this one. Thanks ❤️
DON'T LOSE YOUR LANGUAGE!
Learn to define each, I speak my Native language fluently as well as English. To me, English is a foreign language, I am Native American.
Mabuhay! Great video! Salamat for sharing and keep safe, all.
Event fluent speakers would stutter when a foreign concept is thrown on them like that. You should have asked them about something more famliar. About family, for example. Tingnan mo yung isang kuya kanina, di sya makapagsalita ng maayos nung tinanong tungkol sa FIFA pero nung nagkwento na sya experience nya with his American cousin sa Starbuck's tuloy tuloy naman English ni kuya.
Tama
Napansin mo din pala..we are more comfortable speaking the language if we knew the topic that's a friggin fact.
agree
Kung fluent speakers ang pag uusapan eh nasa 10% to 20% lang. Pero kung ang pag uusapan ay marunong mag english ay nasa 60 to 80%.
My point exactly.
English fluency is so overrated. Japanese people struggle to communicate in English and yet they're one of the most powerful and successful country. It's sad that some people use the language as a basis of one's competence and intelligence.
louder for the people in the back
It doesn't define intelligence, sure, but it does help communications between two people. Plus if you come from a country that doesn't speak English, it means that you're open to learning (usually)
Plus it prevents you from having misinterpretations between people and the need for a translator
I'd rather choose to learn how to speak Japanese so I can watch my favorite anime without subtitles and also I want to go there... 😂😂
Still atleast be grateful because it's the universal language. With English you can talk to anybody around the world with no problem.
This is actually funny because my Filipino friends are funny
Their accent is crazy and the way they say okay is funny but yeah I'm now trying to learn their language.
It’s cool to see other places also mix with English! In miami most of us are Hispanic , so we speak Spanglish, Singapore they speaks Singlish , and now I’m finding about Taglish haha :)
Imagine if they interviewed the students from University of la salle or Ateneo
Uhmm so like...
I cant even...
OhMygHad...
Hehe kwek kwek = waffle egg
you would hear people starting to be conyo
@@leonesperanza3672 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You won't believe me, but here in Mexico we also have those names in high school and college and the same expressions "sooo" "omg" and those kinds of expressions, haha, we are the same on different continents
@@damiangonzalez7352 I mean, you're our cousin after all
Why ask about FIFA World Cup? Most Filipinos don't care about football. There was no World Cup fever in PH.
RN The interviewer is not smart to ask question. Filipinos don't care FIFA.
The point is not about the question but the ability of filipinos in this video to speak only in english
Question doesn't matter if u can speak fluent English.
Why does it matter? What's stopping them from saying they don't know much about the subject?
RN Shouldve Changed the question to NBA or PBA😂
Philippines accent is so cheerful. It is simultaneously so jolly with fluency. Love from 🇮🇳
I am glad that in my young age im already fluent in speaking english and despite i watch tutorials about standard american accent so yeah i have a decent accent
They are bilingual, incredibly smart and at the same time, humble and friendly
Don't forget that we Visayan speaking people spoke 3 languages.
yeah, madalas talaga may mga taong nag sasalita ng more than 3 languages sa pinas, since maraming ethnic groups na pianng gagalingan and tagalog ang main language.
@@vinmaru2856 it's not a language it's a dialect
@@michellecapacio3056 oh yea mb
Hindi nman. Humble, maybe. Smart? ehh. Friendly, sometimes.
I lived in the Philippines for two years. I only met one person who didn’t speak some English. Philipinos are the nicest people in the world.
1:12 I love how the way she explained it is how the way she said it.
True I noticed it too hahaha
they all seem so nice😍😍 wow this is really cool haha I also always wanna mix german and english
As an American married to a born and raised filipina, I was blown away at the English in the Philippines the few times I've been there. It was great! I really had slim to no issues there conversing there, maybe even less problems in the provinces. I did notice that most females are WAAAAAAAAAAAY more likely to speak to me than men there. Their English as a whole was much better than men's also. I'm trying to learn a little Tagalog and MASSIVELY butchering it! 😂 Hopefully I'll get it down okay, then I'll start on Bicol, her local dialect. As a whole, I was very surprised at the English there, in a good way.
On an outsider's perspective, I agree with the striped shirt guy. That it's very very very important that you all keep up with pure Tagalog and all of your culture for that matter. Philippine culture seems to be getting very watered down with other cultures, and that's very sad to see. The Philippines is an amazing place and even more AMAZING people. I hope that never changes...
Thank for such kind words and being well informed. The mainland filipino's don't know it, but they continue to kiss the feet of western culture. I'm not saying it's wrong to idolize and stuff, but it's getting to a point where I feel the culture die out. There's so much pride in the nation, but very little for the language and culture. They continue to devalue dialects and even tagalog by teaching classes in only english and punishing students who speak their local dialects. Again, thank you sir
because those females maybe likes you that's why they love to have long conversation with you unlike men who doesn't really care
I was told Visaya is easier to learn for Americans than Tagalog. I've yet to confirm it though.
You're white and American, of course the females are way more likely to speak to you.
Just a correction to a misconception that most Filipinos usually spread to foreigners coming in: local languages aren't dialects. Bicolano is a language, Tagalog is a language, Bisaya is a language, etc. Filipino, for example, *is* a dialect. It's a dialect of Tagalog. Specifically, it's the standardized version, kinda like the how there's a formal-ish American English used in American News shows or Government.
Filipinos write in English pretty well. They can converse in English but we lack the confidence that we are able to relate what we are feeling or trying to say. Patience and encouragement goes a long way and before you know it, they are yakking away in pure English and the conversation truly becomes entertaining and wonderful! Mabuhay mga kababayan ko!!
Your point of view should be constant, it gives confusion in a way.
The guy in the black Tshirt said it accurately. It just comes off naturally to mix the two languages. There are words or thoughts better expressed in English and same with Tagalog. I for one speak other dialects too like Ilocano and Igorot so when me and my sister have conversation, we speak all four dialects and languages at the same time. Imagine that.
It was interesting and they have their unique language also . Great ❤
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A lot of Filipinos are actually really fluent in English, it's just that we're not confident enough because there are some people that judge us because we're really fluent with the language, so we're really shy about it
Oh really? Do people judge u for being fluent how so
@@raiden_187 its a crab mentality kinda thing, also they tend to treat fluent speakers being "fancy" and they oppose that for some reason
I wouldn't say fluent, but they can understand it I guess.
no , Filipinos aren't fluent in English 🤡
And they also call who speak it fluently “pasikat” 😔
Filipinos are more fluent in English when it comes to writing rather than speaking.
correct
Visayan people are more fluent in english than tagalog ( well majority actually) . For me pronunciation between bisaya and english is a lot similar compared to tagalog which involves a more flexible tongue.
I agree
agreed
Agree, Kinda XD
Ahh I'm half Filipino and watching these videos always makes me wish my mom taught me Tagalog 😭😭
Ooooooof
I think that it would be interesting to conduct the same interview in the Visayans, maybe in Cebu. Would things be different? I do give the interviewer a lot of credit as she actually recognized that there are people in Metro Manila who are older than age 30 and incorporated them into the interview.
It will be the same. There are Cebuanos who are fluent and there are those who aren't. It's 50/50.
Most of the people here can speak decent English or basic English. We use words that are easy to understand but not everyone can speak in a professional way.
Correct. Words like "discombobulated" or "trepidation" would have many scratching their heads.
Wiw! Signal number 5 for both of you!!!
Agree. Many can speak and/or understand English, but not a lot are exactly fluent in it.
That's why in the Philippines they got a saying if you try to force them to speak English they say they get "nosebleed."
Let me fix that for you.
Most of the people there only speak some English words. Most of them are not "Fluent". We called that fluent, not "can speak in a professional way".
Trying to speak in English.
Me : (Inventing words) ...I'm laundrying. 😂
@Superrooper Rall edgy Boi here
@Superrooper Rall It's a joke
i use video-ing lmao
@Superrooper Rall awts gege
@@hanjisung1534 it's ouching 🤧
It's alright to learn a foreign language but you shouldn't forget your own because that's part of being you.
Don't worry we have lots of languages here.
We’re nervous if some people interviewed us but if we speak with our parents/friends and we all know and more privately my English is gonna pop op😙
I'm From Mexico And my First language is Spanish and I'm Learning English ,I Admire you Filippines ,God bless .
_Philippones and Mexico are alnost cousins since they're both have a Latinized culture and most of them are Catholic._
Correction, its Philippines not Filippines but THANK YOU FOR ADMIRING US!
Nah, Philippines, Filippines, Pilipinas, they all mean the same thing.
In my opinion it would be great if our spanish is as good as our english also. Who else agree with me?
I'm honestly more interested learning Spanish than English.
You should try this video topic in Cebu. I think Cebuanos speak in straight English more often.
Had a Cebuano classmate back then. Believe it or not, she literally fails the English subject.
I don't get the Cebuano's pride for being proficient in English... It's not true for everyone.
Not everyone does.
But when a Cebuano becomes fluent, they'll sound and construct sentences rather well. Better grammar and word ennunciation too
@@fellymae2864 Do you have any stats to back it up?
I'm from Cebu and speak English as a first language. People actually say I have an accent when speaking in Cebuano, because my elementary school only allowed Tagalog and English to be used in class. Since most Cebuanos hate speaking in Tagalog, English was the language that I grew up using. Also, I'm a Chinese-Filipino so my relatives also speak pretty good English as well.
I think the way we incorporate certain English words in the Filipino language is a huge factor. Because other Asian countries like Thailand, Japan, and Korea, incorporate English words by changing how the word itself is pronounced and even how it's spelled. However, for Filipinos, we encourage the proper pronunciation of the English word and even receive praise if it sounds the way a native English speaker would say it.
Speaking and writing fluently in english gives one an advantage when it comes to corporate employment and rising in the corporate ladder. The test may have an entirely different result if the test was done among working professionals. It is understandable that people in the streets combine english and tagalog. We should love our own language but we must be able to be up to speed also in our international competitiveness by being fluent in the business language. That will always be a plus if one wants to advance in their career. The world is getting smaller and smaller, I hope our education system does not short-change the youth in teaching correct English grammar. Students should also embrace it and really do their best to be fluent and aim to speak in straight English for their advantage.
Buti pa ang Japan di na kaylangan mag adjust to learn foreign language para umunlad ang mga tao. Pati economy at technology maunlad kahit na walang language barrier at hindi na nila kaylangang pahirapan sarili nila na mag adjust para matuto ng foreign language. Naol
It would be interesting if you try to do the same type of interview in other cities outside Manila, like Cebu, Iloilo and Davao.
tinood jud
👍Agree
agree
Specially in iloilo... 😊😊😊
agree, the title of the video is quite misleading because it says Filipinos while the interview was covered only in 1 area 🕵
One of the things I love about Philippines (in comparison to other Southeast Asian countries) is that movies shown in the cinemas don't have subtitles 👍
So true. As a Filipino born and raised here, I was actually surprised, for the first time, to see movies with subtitles when I went out to watch a movie outside PHL. :O
Horrible. By dubbing, you won't sense the cultural subtleties. Specially if the foreign movie is English.
NotAnother Account huh? So you dont like dubbing ? or did you think instead of having subtitles, movies (english language ones) shown in the philippines are dubbed? Because if you think they dubbed movies shown in cinemas then you are quite wrong on that one.
English movies are not dubbed nor subbed in Philippines.
In the Netherlands, they sub all foreign movies. I listen and read the subs even if the movie is in English. I learn both languages better.
All foreign movies in TV are dubbed in the Philippines. You are right that movies are not dubbed in the Cinema. But Cinema do not have greater reach as with the TV.
Basically, the TV stations are denying the population to learn English. Which is too bad.
The thing here is, we get conscious about grammar. So in our head we try to translate with correct grammar especially if we are being recorded and we know someone might be watching. Our own standard is hindering us from conversing in straight English or Filipino.
In India we have Hinglish. Really.
Hinglish and Benglish 😂 a lot of other things.
That's so cool to hear!
I speak in Hinglish all the time😂😂😂
Exactly 😂😂
@Yeah Whatever yess
Its sad because there are so many fluent english speakers here but they don't show it because speaking english here makes you look "smart" :/
Twice Is love so being an "idiot" is accepted, but not smart? Lol that's sounds ridiculous af!
@@user-is3yn7xr4c That's how it is.
@@user-is3yn7xr4c and if you look smart, people will use you, same here in Thailand
nobody wanna look smart. look smart could makes you exploited. aint good.
welcome to the society of stupid people, u might don't understand
You get that point
Stop it, continueing to increase the value of english in the Philippines, even though it's already high up there and we're world class english speakers, will subsequently devalue tagalog and the dialects
I Don't Care If My English is Broken Or Wrong Grammar
As Long As I Can Understand Them and they'll UnderStand me
Yes? or no?
yeah
It is okay to use broken English to communicate until it comes to some situations that need deep conversation. The subtle difference between the lines can not be easily read and understood by people who are not fluent in English. And that hurts.
Golden Butterfly I agree!
agree! some of my co worker are Mexican could not speak English..am glad we have Spanish subject during my junior years and college ..who cares if wrong grammar at may regional accent ..mga African American sa NC at SC nose bleed ako hindi ko talaga ma get salita nila..ya'll
That's right, as long as you can understand each other, it's fine.
Next video:How good are foreigners at speaking filipino
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Filipinos: Are fluent in English
Also filipinos: S E K O N F L O R
Some even do smart shaming just because you're fluent in english.
the wider your vocabulary, the more shame you get.
although it isn't anything that serious, filipinos are just unusual to speaking english fluently on a daily basis. you'll usually hear terms like 'nosebleed' etc.
@@mariel7475 I was born in the phillipines but only stayed their for like 2 years before my fam immigrated to the US. When we came back to visit when i was like 10, most conversations with my cousins ended up with them calling me nosebleed lmao. And since i was so young, I had no idea what that even meant. And everytime i would ask what it meant, they would just give me a chuckle lol. I don't get why they shame me for it when they knew that I moved to the US at a really young age, which didn't give me the opportunity to learn to speak it, but i surprisingly understood it. But i'm still confused of why some are ashamed of speaking fluent english. Like don't they take pride in having English as the 2nd main language?
@@jgsource552 Nosebleed is the term used when one wants to say a lot but cannot adequately express what is exactly in her mind.
@@mariel7475 it pisses me off but i understand how they feel when they say "ay, nosebleed". I feel the same way with tagalog.
It'll make you uncomfortable because you're not sure whether they are amused by your fluency or their reactions are pure sarcasm that's meant to mock you lol.
This is why a lot of my professors discourage the use of Taglish. It's either you speak in pure Filipino or in pure English.
ジュリーマネラ its more of like a conversational thing
ジュリーマネラ or it's either you both speak in Filipino and English, right?
If in the classroom, yeah
Now that's what I like. It's nice to hear that you've got decent people around you.
Andrew Maliberan You question is so vague man. Combining either and both, it doesn't make sense.
Kung ako sayo pre mag-Filipino ka na lang.
I know 3 languages and more than willing to learn a 4th language. Hope to visit the Philippines when flights open up next year! Salamat !
You're always welcome here
I love you... Philippines your very good in English also friendly and respectful when I'm in the Philippines....they very good in english..i swear