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Peter Clark wrote:

What niggles me is when you meet a friend of your wife's or a shop assistant that only speaks Tagalog to your wife and asks her personal questions about the relationship, almost like taking your dog for a walk and have some one meetup and ask does it eat tin meat and fish? After 12 years here my wife says "ask him yourself" ....but then its "Nose bleed" excuse.

When someone wants to have a conversation in Tagalog while I'm with my American husband, I respond in English because I do know how it feels when people around just decide to converse in another language I don't understand, like when my workers from Mindanao start talking in Bisaya while I'm still there. It's so annoying. What was once relaxing conversation becomes mired with a feeling of suspicion. I can't help but think, "Are they talking about me?"

So when my family is at a department store, and a sales person asks me,
"Ma'am, mga anak mo sila?" I answer back, "Yes, they're my kids."
"Dito na kayo nakatira?" "Yes, we've been living here for over 10 years. My little girl, who's 7 years old, was born here."

You should tell your friends or significant other that you feel uncomfortable when they start talking in a language you don't understand.

My husband took Tagalog classes years ago. He does understand a bit. But he does need to practice. So I and my parents have him answer simple questions in Tagalog which he understands more or less. Like when my parents ask, "Pupunta kami sa Batangas. Meron pa ba kayong itlog? Gusto mo magpabili ng itlog?" My husband can answer, "Konti na. Sige.. Maybe one tray of itlog. Salamat po." My parents will answer back, "Ok. Isang ³Ù°ù²¹²â."Ìý

"We are going to Batangas. Do you still have eggs? Would you like us to buy you some [from Batangas]?"
"We have a little left. Ok. Maybe one tray of eggs. Thank you."
"Ok. One tray."

zizumer wrote:

I learned a few words from the Tagalog during my visit to the Philippines was a wonderful experience

Yes I recall it well, the first few words spoken and understood by my fellow workers that was greeted with a smile,,,,,,,,,,, sometimes the proverbial perplexed look, most of my dialogue was "hindi"  or pulutin  or simply ihinto and then some, all understood and looked at me in aw, My translator then took over, a good man that mostly understood English to get the point across from me,,,,, "Do it like this" or "gawin mo ito katulad nito".

As a retiree to PH. I do have a lot to learn and then some and though my Tagalog stinks my grasp on Ilocano with family grows. As family they are important and know my focus lies with the locals, Tagalog though widely spoken, english errs on the educated side. I watch TV in PH and mostly it is Taglish and understood by all including the likes of me, uneducated with limited grasp of a national language. no different to my grasp of french but hey, I can still go there and communicate because I have some French (from high school) and the French people have some English (from High school) no different to Filipino people learning the english language as we should learn theirs if indoctrinating to this wonderful country and people.

Sorry for the rant.

Cheers, Steve.