Mastering the vowel sounds of Tagalog is the key to having your pronunciation understood by Filipinos!
Examples of Tagalog words where the initial letter is one of the five vowels:
Listen to the pronunciation.
a – atin (ours)
e – ekis (the letter x)
i – ibon (bird)
o – oras (time)
u – uod (worm)
Define the syllables when pronouncing the words.
When there are multiple vowels in a row, THE VOWELS MUST BE PRONOUNCED SEPARATELY, NOT BLENDED.
abaniko
a handheld fan
empleyado
employee
inodoro
toilet bowl
ospital
hospital
umaapaw
overflowing
The Tagalog word for ‘vowel’ is patinig.
