The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Tagalog language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Tagalog |
| I | ako |
| you (singular) | ikaw, ka; kayo *(formal)* |
| he | siya |
| we | tayo *(inclusive)*, kami *(exclusive)* |
| you (plural) | kayo |
| they | sila |
| this | ito |
| that | iyan *(far from speaker but close to person spoken to)*; iyon *(far from both speaker and person spoken to)* |
| here | dito |
| there | diyan *(far from speaker but close to person spoken to)*; doon *(far from both speaker and person spoken to)* |
| who | sino *(interrogative)* |
| what | ano *(interrogative)* |
| where | saan, nasaan *(interrogative)* |
| when | kailan, kelan *(interrogative)* |
| how | paano *(interrogative)* |
| not | hindi |
| all | lahat |
| many | marami |
| some | ilan, iilan |
| few | kaunti |
| other | iba, otro |
| one | isa, uno |
| two | dalawa, dos |
| three | tatlo, tres |
| four | apat, kwatro |
| five | lima, singko |
| big | malaki |
| long | mahaba |
| wide | malapad |
| thick | makapal, ispiso |
| heavy | mabigat |
| small | maliit, munti, pandak *(person)* |
| short | maikli, maigsî |
| narrow | makitid |
| thin | manipis |
| woman | babae |
| man (adult male) | lalaki |
| man (human being) | tao |
| child | anak, bata(kid) |
| wife | asawa |
| husband | asawa |
| mother | ina, nanay, mama |
| father | ama, tatay |
| animal | hayop |
| fish | isda |
| bird | ibon |
| dog | aso |
| louse | kuto |
| snake | ahas, sawa |
| worm | uod, bulati |
| tree | puno, punung-kahoy |
| forest | gubat |
| stick | patpat |
| fruit | prutas, bungang-kahoy, bunga |
| seed | binhi |
| leaf | dahon |
| root | ugat |
| bark (of a tree) | balat, bakbák |
| flower | bulaklak, suchil |
| grass | damo |
| rope | lubid, tali |
| skin | balat |
| meat | karne, laman, lamang loob |
| blood | dugo |
| bone | buto |
| fat (noun) | taba |
| egg | itlog |
| horn | sungay |
| tail | buntot |
| feather | balahibo |
| hair | buhok |
| head | ulo, kabesa |
| ear | tenga, tainga |
| eye | mata |
| nose | ilong |
| mouth | bibig |
| tooth | ngipin |
| tongue (organ) | dila |
| fingernail | kuko |
| foot | paa |
| leg | binti |
| knee | tuhod |
| hand | kamay |
| wing | pakpak |
| belly | tiyan |
| guts | bituka (intestines), laman-loob (innards) |
| neck | leeg |
| back | likod, likuran |
| breast | suso, dibdíb (suso is mammary gland) |
| heart | puso |
| liver | atay, igado |
| to drink | uminom, inumin |
| to eat | kumain, kainin, lumamon, lamunin |
| to bite | kumagát, kagatin |
| to suck | sumipsip, sipsipin |
| to spit | dumura |
| to vomit | sumuka |
| to blow | umihip, gulpi |
| to breathe | huminga |
| to laugh | tumawa |
| to see | makita |
| to hear | márinig, (makinig, dinggin = to listen) |
| to know | umalam, alamin, malaman |
| to think | mag-isip, isipin |
| to smell | amuyin |
| to fear | takot *(noun)*, matakot (to be afraid) |
| to sleep | matulog |
| to live | mabuhay |
| to die | mamatay, pumanaw, mapaslang |
| to kill | pumatay, patayin, pumaslang |
| to fight | lumaban |
| to hunt | mangaso |
| to hit | tamaan, tumbukin |
| to cut | putulin, hiwain (to slice) |
| to split | magbiyak, biyakin |
| to stab | manaksak, saksakin |
| to scratch | kamutin |
| to dig | maghukay, hukayin |
| to swim | lumangoy, languyin |
| to fly | lumipad, liparin |
| to walk | maglakad, lumakad |
| to come | dumating, datingan/datnan |
| to lie (as in a bed) | humiga |
| to sit | umupo *(state)* |
| to stand | tumayo *(state)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | lumiko, bumilíng (to turn own body) |
| to fall | bumagsak |
| to give | magbigay, ibigay |
| to hold | humawak, hawakan, tanganan, tangnán |
| to squeeze | pisilin, pigas |
| to rub | magkuskos, kuskusin |
| to wash | maghugas, hugasan |
| to wipe | magpunas, punasan |
| to pull | bumatak, batakin, humila, hilahin |
| to push | magtulak, itulak |
| to throw | maghagis, ihagis |
| to tie | magtali, itali |
| to sew | tahiin |
| to count | bumilang |
| to say | sabihin |
| to sing | umawit, awitin |
| to play | maglaro, laruin |
| to float | lumutang |
| to flow | umagos, iagos |
| to freeze | maging yelo, mabuô (to become solid), manigas (to become hard) |
| to swell | mamaga |
| sun | araw |
| moon | buwan |
| star | bituin |
| water | tubig |
| rain | ulan |
| river | ilog |
| lake | lawa |
| sea | dagat |
| salt | asin |
| stone | bato |
| sand | buhangin |
| dust | alikabok |
| earth | lupa |
| cloud | ulap |
| fog | ulap na hamog |
| sky | langit, kalangitan |
| wind | hangin |
| snow | niyebe |
| ice | yelo |
| smoke | aso, usok |
| fire | apoy |
| ash | abo |
| to burn | magsunog, masunog, sunugin |
| road | daan, kalsada, lansangan |
| mountain | bundok |
| red | pula |
| green | lunti(an), berde |
| yellow | dilaw |
| white | puti |
| black | itim |
| night | gabi |
| day | araw |
| year | taon |
| warm | mainit (=hot), maligamgám (lukewarm) |
| cold | malamig, magináw (cold, e.g., weather) |
| full | puno |
| new | bago |
| old | luma *(non-living things)*, matanda *(living things)* |
| good | mabuti |
| bad | masama, maldito/a |
| rotten | bulok, panis |
| dirty | marumi |
| straight | tuwid |
| round | bilog |
| sharp (as a knife) | matalim |
| dull (as a knife) | pudpod (=stubby), mapuról |
| smooth | makinis |
| wet | basa |
| dry | tuyo |
| correct | tama, tumpak |
| near | malapit |
| far | malayo |
| right | kanan |