do you philippine speak native language to natives instead of english

I am a Filipino and I usually speak English whenever I would want to explain something, because at times I'm more comfortable speaking English than Filipino. But when people talk to me in my native language, I would also respond them in the same way. When people talk to me in English, I would answer them back in English:-) hahahah In my school, we are all required to speak in English and as a student teacher, I am also required to speak in that language that's why I usually speak English more at school and less at home. Also, there is a growing appeal of "Taglish" or Englog as Time Magazine calls them and it has become a fad nowadays in the Philippines. But in our school, which is a state university, "Taglish" is said to be transforming English as the official language that is why we are not required to speak in such language. Only pure English, or pure Filipino during our Filipino subject. I believe the reason why many other countries are more successful than the Philippines is not because they know how to speak English, but because they actually love their native language first before the universal language (English) or any other languages. I'm not saying that speaking English lessens your nationalism, in fact learning it is the way to globalization, however, what I'm trying to say is that as Filipinos (or a citizen of your country for that matter), we should always take pride and practice what is our own before others' ---- How does God talk to you? Find out at http://rightfulliving.blogspot.com

I speak tagalog (native language) most of the times. I grew up in a middle class family and we prefer to speak using our own language. I only speak english to foreigners. But when it comes into writing, English is prefer by my superior when I make my regular reports. I hope this helps you in understanding our culture. How about you? what is your nationality and what is your native language?

I speak mostly Tagalog, but always have English in my sentences. I think it's always been a part of me. Since I used to be an ESL Teacher (English as Secondary Language). At work I speak both languages, at home it's mostly Tagalog.. I like both, and I'm comfortable using them for communication..

English is our household language but whenever I see Filipinos around here I speak Tagalog to them every time. I mean why speak english with your fellow kababayan? Whenever I see some of them around here at the mall or anywhere else I could tell that they're Filipinos because of their obvious accent but why still speak English to me? Maybe because I look like Chinese? LOL That's right...I get that all the time. Well so I respond in Tagalog to them. I'm tired of speaking in English at home cause my whole family don't speak Tagalog so I really don't care. I like speaking in Tagalog eventhough they say that my Tagalog is kind of "barok". LOL My native language is part of my identity so what if I speak barok tagalog? I've met about 3 Filipinas here who always respond in English to me. I'm a blunt person so I just go: "Don't you speak Tagalog"? I mean I've been away from Philippines for about 19 yrs already and they're just here for about 1-3 yrs and they wouldn't speak Tagalog to me? That's a bit bizzare but whatever. Great post. Thanks. I feel like getting halo halo now with ube ice cream on top....yummy! :D

I prefer speaking in our native tongue as much as possible. When I am at home, I use Kankanaey and Ilocano when talking with my siblings, nieces and nephews. I also use Cebuano to talk with a nephew and a niece who have a Visayan father. When I am with friends who can speak in Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a, I encourage them to talk to me in those languages. That way, I can practice my tongue and not forget Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a. I only use English when talking with foreigners or when sharing with a group with a foreigner in it. But when it comes to written communication, I write more in English than in Filipino. I don't use native languages when writing for it is hard to spell the native words.

No, I don't speak english at home. I don't know, but I find it annoying hearing two Filipinos speaking in english while having their normal conversation.

We've somehow incorporated our native language with English. It's sort of like a fusion of languages. We call it Taglish and most of my friends speak it. It's so famous that it evolved, with slangs and such. Some even can't understand us because of this evolution of fused languages.

Hello from the Philippines I speak my native language as much as possible either at home or in public. I speak English when I am at work because my employer is a foreigner and my current boyfriend is also a foreigner. My bf doesn't live here, he is in Europe but he is coming back this Saturday night. My bf also wants to learn my native language so I will be teaching him.

Well, it depends on whom I am speaking with, right?

Well, I am living in the Philippines therefore I speak in my own language. There are times that we have English language at home so that the kids can practice the English language they learned from school but it is always awkward to me keep on speaking English while most of us in the house can really understand our language. Though we can speak and understand the English language, we are still comfortable to use our own language.

In our house, we do not speak English because in the province, we prefer to speak with our native dialect. But I do speak English when making an official business transaction because in the Philippines we always use English in all official transactions. If I will get married, I will make it a practice at home to speak English because it is very necessary, it is a language of competition, sometimes children and adult developed an inferiority complex at school when they have a less capacity to speak English fluently.

hello; I am a filipino but i speak english at home. all myhouse members do speak english cause its already in our lifestyle and also been raised like that. we also speak our native language to the people who speak the native language to us. i think it depends on the family and their environment. happy mylotting!

Hello! :) i think it's best to speak the native language to natives, because it's really important to use our own language as much as we can. But of course, to be successful and have an advantage, the English language is important too. That's why in the Philippines, children as early as in kindergarten are taught how to speak, write, and understand the English language. There are also some parents who opt to have their children learn the language and use it for everyday conversations. But if you ask me, i only speak English when it's really necessary, like in school, and in important events that require its usage. I speak English at home, but only a little. For me, it's better to speak in Filipino at home, because I am at home, aren't I? And to be a Filipino is to speak Filipino. :) If i were to have children, I'd have them learn Filipino and use it for casual conversations, and learn English for the conversations that require it. :)

No we don't speak english at home I think that's why I'm not confident and fluent to speak english. I know that now english is really needed in different areas of life and businesses. For you to be able to be fit in the corporate world you need to be an english speaker. If I going to have a kids in the future I'm going to teach them english.

We speak our native language at home but we don't mind talking in English if necessary. He in our city, we speak Chavacano. It's something like Spanish. It's one of the hundreds or thousands dialect we have here in our country. Filipio is our main native language. English has been thought to us as early as the first grade so i guess it comes natural for us as we grow old to speak English and it could very well pass as our secondary language.

We only speak English at home while talking to my grandbaby who's turning 3 yrs old this July. We just want to familiarize her with English words and terms but other that we speak Tagalog. We do speak Bicol also everytime we go home at our hometown in Bicol, or if we meet people from our place, while we're hee in Manila. We speak English also in talking of course with our online friends. We speak English when there are people talking to us in English.

We speak in English in school, work and mixed English and Filipino at home