Welcome to Tagalog Learning
This site is built on one core idea: understanding comes from exposure.
Inspired by input-based methods like Antimoon, AJATT, and the ALG method, this free course helps you learn Tagalog by reading and listening to natural conversations, not by memorizing grammar or drilling vocabulary.
There's no speaking requirement, no grammar explanations, and no need to search for materials. Each lesson will be a short conversation for one day, with its English translation, audio and a ready-made Anki deck to review what you've learned, so you can learn Tagalog naturally and for free.
The conversations sound like Tagalog as people really speak it in the Philippines: families and neighbors, friends and coworkers, shopkeepers and customers, grandparents and grandchildren, each with the po and opo of respect where it belongs.
Just follow the lessons, day by day, and let your understanding grow.
Getting Started
- Before anything else, read the How to Use page. It explains how to get the most from this course.
- Start with Day 1 as soon as it's up: just listen, without worrying about understanding everything right away.
- Revisit lessons whenever you like. Repetition is natural and helpful.
- Use the Anki decks to review the sentences you've already met in context.
- You learn best through input: by reading, listening, and absorbing language in context.
- You want to build understanding before worrying about speaking.
- You use or are open to using tools like Anki for long-term memory.
For more details on how to get the most out of the course, see the How to Use page.
If this free course has helped you in your Tagalog journey, please consider supporting the project. It's a one-person effort, and even small contributions help keep it running and free for everyone.