English to Tagalog Translator
Generate Tagalog that a Filipino speaker would actually use. This direction prioritizes correct focus and aspect, natural word order, and the register that fits your reader.
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The hard part of English → Tagalog is choosing how to say it
Understanding an English sentence is easy. Producing Tagalog that sounds like a person wrote it is not. The verb has to agree with the thing being talked about, the particles have to sit in the right order, and the level of respect has to match the relationship. This page is built around those decisions rather than around a bilingual word list.
Choose the register before you choose the words
The same English sentence can become several different Tagalog sentences. None of them is universally “correct”; the right one depends on who is listening.
Respectful (po / opo)
For elders, supervisors, customers, and strangers. Uses po, opo, and plural pronouns like kayo and inyo where appropriate.
Kumain na po ba kayo?
Have you eaten yet, sir/ma’am?
Formal written Filipino
For official messages, documents, speeches, and academic contexts. Prefers standard written vocabulary over chat shorthand.
Isusumite ko po ang ulat bago mag-Biyernes.
I will submit the report before Friday.
Casual / barkada
For close friends and peers. Shorter, looser, and more idiomatic; not appropriate for a first message to a stranger.
Kain muna tayo bago umuwi.
Let’s eat first before going home.
Taglish
Natural urban code-switching. English loanwords and phrases appear where a Filipino speaker would actually use them, with Tagalog grammar around them.
Nag-meeting kami kanina, ang haba ng discussion.
We had a meeting earlier; the discussion was long.
What literal translation gets wrong
Word-for-word pronoun mapping
Ako ay pagod na pagod na sa trabaho ko.
Pagod na pagod na ako sa trabaho ko.
The predicate-first version is the natural spoken form. “Ako ay …” is not wrong, but it is formal or emphatic.
Wrong object focus
Kumain ko ang mangga.
Kinain ko ang mangga.
When “ang mangga” is the topic, the verb must be object-focus: kinain, not the actor-focus kumain.
Misplaced enclitics
Kumain na ba ikaw?
Kumain ka na ba?
The pronoun ka comes before the particles na and ba. Enclitic order is not decorative; it is part of the grammar.
Correct grammar
Verb focus, case markers, and enclitic order explained with examples.
Sentences & paragraphs
Keep context across sentences instead of translating each line alone.
Words & roots
Root words, affixes, and multiple meanings for a single English word.
A note on accuracy
This translator is useful for messages, drafts, study, and understanding. It is not a certified interpreter and should not be the final authority for legal, medical, or safety-critical communication. When a sentence is short or ambiguous, add context in the “Audience / situation” field — it materially improves register and pronoun choices.