Whether you are a full Filipino half Filipino or 1/4 whatever ,what is Filipino culture to you? I have been reading a lot lately that some Filipino people, that don’t know the language or they haven’t been to the Philippines or their parents have not taught them anything about the Philippines feel as if they do not have an identity etc, I’m curious , what is ur perception of Filipino culture?

Hello! I am 19 y/o and my dad was adopted from Subic, Manila when he was a baby. That being said I have been raised American without any Filipino culture. I never thought about it much growing up, but now that I am getting older I feel curious to explore that part of my ethnicity. I suppose I feel like an imposter or that I’m not Filipino enough to learn and be apart of the culture. I’m not coming on here looking for validation necessarily, just thoughts and opinions!

there’s a guy i like im just wondering if this is acceptable as a way of flirty teasing or not 🥹✌️

Looking for a Filipino movie from the late 80s or early 90s. A police officer gives an old beggar/hitchhiker lady a ride. She leaves behind a white windbreaker. He wears it later during a shootout, and the jacket magically protects him from bullets. The old woman disappears and is implied to have been an angel or supernatural being. I watched it on VHS or Filipino TV in the early 1990s.

I couldn't find a category (i forgot the name, was it subreddit?) for my question that I REALLY wanted to share.

Drawers, thy art worth of glint, please make art of Simoun playing billiard. I suddenly thought of that one Kim Dokja art illustration where he was playing billiard while reading the book El Fili. My brain won't stop thinking about the possibilities. Thee humble civilian asks.

If so why do you say lola and lolo not grandma or grandpa

I've been trying to get into Filipino songs and I'd love to get to know some other than the usual OPM pop and softer/yearning music genre. I think I'd love some hip hop, rock, dance/electric pop! ❤️

I've always called my lola "wowa" since I was a child. As I grew, I thought that I was strange because my friends and neighbors didn't call their grandmothers "wowa" too. My parents used "lola" for their grandmothers, so I couldn't have gotten it from them..

I thought that I was the only person in this world who called her lola, "wowa", and I felt embarrassed.

Then, I saw a movie. An actress had called her on-screen grandmother "wowa"! It was the first time that I heard another person say it, so I was definitely shocked.

So my question is:

"Is "wowa" an actual title (from any region) or have I been using "wowa" because I mispronounced "lola" as a baby and I just went with the flow as I grew older?"

I can't find sources for this specific word for some reason. Help a student out? 🥲

im curious. the language seems to meet requirements to be included as a dub option in terms of population, speakers, etc, but it is never an option?

i know pride is a huge factor, but i feel if indonesian and thai can be included as options, surely tagalog can too? i'd also just like more practice/immersion and hearing "just use english" to me never made sense... like imagine if you told a thai player that he should just use english if wants to play a video game.... idk

Genuinely curious as to why those who are born in the Philippines and currently living there preferably speak English rather than their native dialect? Is it because you grew up speaking it, because you want to feel some type of way, or because you want to feel bougie, etc?

From my experience, they speak their native language when I’ve hung out with them, but their captions are in English when I see their posts. What’s the reason for this?

Hi I’m trying to learn bisayan, my mother tried to teach it to me when I was a little kid but at the same time she would teach me tagalog and we would watch a lot of tagalog movies together, at some point she stopped teaching me because I started to get confused.

Currently all I know now are some words, as well as some sentences/phrases my mother says to me, but I still get confused between tagalog and bisayan so it’s difficult. I also can’t seem to find many resources to help me learn, I’ve tried to ask my mother about grammar and certain words but she can’t really explain well, there are also some words that have no meaning which makes me even more confused. Tbh I don’t think my mother is very good at teaching which is why I need help.

I think it would probably be easier for me to learn tagalog since there are a lot of tagalog films and learning material, but I would rather learn bisayan since my mother and everyone from her side of the family speaks it. If anyone has any tips or suggestions on where to find resources, it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I’m French, married to a Filipina, and I’ve visited the Philippines a few times. But we don’t live there yet, so I know my perspective and experience are still limited.

I’d genuinely like to understand Filipino culture better — not only through my wife’s perspective, but also through the experiences of other Filipinos.

It could be a stereotype, a habit, a value, or something people often interpret incorrectly. I would like to avoid being unintentionally rude or making cultural mistakes when meeting Filipinos for the first time.

For example, the first time I met my mother-in-law, I didn’t do the '' mano po '' and only learned about it afterward ...

It made me realise there may be other things I could miss without meaning to.

Please feel free to be honest and specific. I’m genuinely here to learn.

Salamat po!

When you celebrate too much, it takes away your focus on the ultimate goal. Federer and all the other greats kept their focus until they won their finals matches. Celebrating too much in early rounds can give you an andrenaline high where you feel elated too much -- and that high can take away your focus on the ultimate goal.

Here is one key takeaway from one study: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8022896/

“When people feel ahead of schedule, they often coast. That’s why over-celebrating a small win can be risky: it can make the athlete feel satisfied before the bigger goal is finished.”

Case in point: Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks admitted to not looking at the NBA trophy on display for anyone to see while he was on his run to the NBA championship, while Wemby of the San Antonio Spurs celebrated too much, even crying, at winning the Western Conference Finals, not the big one. Brunson prevailed over Wemby and won the Knicks its first NBA championship in 53 years.

I'm part of the Ilocano diaspora from Mindanao western Sarangani province, maybe other Filipinos may find this useful when comparing differences from their own language, sociolect or dialect.

Head: Ulo

Hair: Buok

Eyes: Mata

Nose: Agung

Forehead: Muging

Mouth: Ngiwat

Tongue: Dila

Throat:

Face: Rupa

Eyebrows: Kiray

Cheeks: Ping-ping

Ears: Lapayag or Dengdeng

Lips: Bibig

Teeth: Ngipen

Neck: Tengnged

Brain: Utek

Body: Bagi

Shoulders: Abaga

Chest: Barukong

Breasts: Suso

Lungs: Bara

Heart: Puso

Spine: Duri

Back: Likud

Stomach or Belly: Tiyan

Belly Button: Puseg

Waist: Siket

Intenstines: Bagis

Skin: Kudel

Bone: Tulang

Arm: Ima or Takkiag

Elbow: Siko

Hand: Kammet or Ima

Fingers: Ramay

Nails: Kuko

Thigh: Luppo

Knees: Tumeng

Foot: Saka

Sole: Dapan

Heel: Mukod

Toes: Ramay

If I missed some things just ask.

Hello guys, Im watching a youtube video, and the host said, "kailangan namin kumain muna." Then I found out another way of saying it is, "kailangan muna naming kumain. " Now my question is which one that native always or often used, or let's say the most natural way on saying it? Also, which one is the correct way of saying it? Thank you!

A lot of people here have mentioned wanting to learn Tagalog but not having enough time to study consistently.

Hypothetically, if there were a way to gradually learn while doing things you're already doing online, would that actually interest you?

Or do you think learning a language still requires dedicated study?

I'm curious what people think.

on top of my speaking to my kids only in tagalog, i know growing up, watching animated shows in tagalog dub helped A LOT.

struggling to find anything dubbed though. i know airbender was dubbed in 2016, same with disney films but the actual streaming services don’t have it as an option on their audio settings.

does anyone know where to watch / find / download filipino dubbed shows and movies?

Hi again everyone,

My last post got a lot more responses than I expected, and one theme kept coming up: many Filipino-Americans were never taught Tagalog by their parents growing up.

That got me wondering about something else.

Did not speaking Tagalog ever lead to awkward, frustrating, or even painful experiences for you?

Maybe not being able to understand relatives.

Not being able to join family conversations.

Being called a "fake Filipino."

Feeling disconnected from Filipino culture.

Or maybe it never affected you at all.

Looking back, how has not speaking Tagalog impacted your life, if at all?