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It's alright (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 7 points 5 months ago

Tagalog is a lot closer, the only gendered words are Spanish loan words (except maybe mom/dad), because of course they are.

Pronouns:

he/she - siya
his/her - niya

Relations (add "na lalaki" for boys, or "na babae" for girls) :

son/daughter - anak
brother/sister - kapatid
grandson/granddaughter - apo

In English, I ask how many brothers and sisters someone has, but in Tagalog I just ask how many siblings they are. Ilan (how many) kayong (are you) magkakapatid (siblings as a group)? They can give a simple answer, or specify boys and girls, it's great! Asking about boys/girls takes too long, so nobody bothers.