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Tagalog or Filipino Tongue Twisters

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
www.tongue-twister.net/tl.htm © 1996-2018 by Mr.Twister

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1

Pugong bukid, pugong gubat

2

Kabilugan ng Buwan, Buwan ng Kabilugan

3

Butiki, bituka, butika

4

Buwan ng kabilugan, kabilugan ng buwan.

5

Palakang Kabkab, kumakalabukab, kaka-kalabukab pa lamang, kumakalabukab na naman.

6

Sinusi ni Susan ang sisidlan ng sisiw.

7

pitumput-pitong puting pating

8

Notebook at aklat, notebook at aklat, notebook at aklat, ...

9

Bababa ka Ba? Bababa din ako!

10

Kapapansiteria mo pa lang, magpapansiteria ka na naman.

11

Pinaputi ni Tepiterio ang pitong puting putong patong patong.

12

Ang relo ni Leroy ay rolex.

13

Bumili ako ng bituka ng butiki sa butika.

14

Minimikaniko ni Monico ang makina ng Minica ni Monica.

15

Ang lero ni Leroy ay nagka luray-luray.

16

Pasko, Paksiw, Pasko, Paksiw, Pasko, Paksiw, ...

17

Ako ay biik, ikaw ay baboy!

18

Aklat Pangkatagalugan

19

Minikaniko ni Monico ang makina ni Monica

20

Makati sa Makati, may pari sa Aparri, mahihilo sa Iloilo at may bagio sa Baguio.

21

Betong Tutong alyas "ketong" ang hari ng mga bulutong.

22

pitongput pitong butong puting patani

23

Ang bra ni Barbara ay nabara

24

Buwaya, Bayawak, ...

25

Sumuso ang sanggol na si Susie sa suso ni Susan na sumuso sa suso.

26

Pitong puting tupa

27

Usong usong isang isang salu-salong nagsisi-usyosohan ang mga aso sa asosasyon sa Ascuzena.

28

Kalabit ng kalabit si Alabit na may bitbit sa balikat ng kanyang kalapit-kabalikat kapitbahay.

29

Kakakanan lang sa kangkungan sa may kakahuyan si Ken Ken habang kumakain ng kakaibang kakanin kahapon.

30

Aba, bababa kaba Baba?

31

Mayamaya'y mamamanhikan si Aman sa mayamang si Maya malamang sa harap ng maraming mamamayan.

32

Ngipin ang nangangailangen ng ngubngob

33

Bababa ba? Oo, Bababa!

Rough Translations

  1. up Farm quail, forest quail
  2. up Full moon, moon full
  3. up Lizard, intestine, drug store
  4. up Month of fullmoon, fullmoon.
  5. up A Kabkab Frog, croaking, it was just croaking, now it's croaking again.
  6. up Susan locked the cage of the chicks.
  7. up 77 white sharks
  8. up Notebook and book
  9. up Are you going down? I am also going down.
  10. up You just came from the noodle shop and here you are going back again.
  11. up Tepiterio whitened the seven white piled pastries.
  12. up Leroy's watch is a Rolex.
  13. up I bought a gut of a lizard in a boutique.
  14. up Monico is fixing the engine of Monica's Minica (a small model Honda from the 1970s).
  15. up Leroy's watch broke into pieces.
  16. up Christmas, Paksiw (Filipino cooked fish with vinegar, onion, ginger, salt and seasoning)
  17. up I'm a pigglet, you're a pig! German: Ich bin Ferkel und Du bist Schwein!
  18. up Book of Tagalogs
  19. up Monico fixed Monica's sewing machine. Minikaniko = fixed, makina = sewing machine
  20. up It's itchy in Makati (city), there's a priest in Aparri (city), you'll get dizzy in Iloilo (city) and there's a storm in Baguio (city).
  21. up Betong Tutong, also known as 'The Leper', the king of blisters.
  22. up Seventy-seven (77) seeds of white lima beans
  23. up Barbara's bra got clogged
  24. up Crocodile, iguana, ...
  25. up Breastmilk is still best for babies.
  26. up Seven white sheep
  27. up The dogs are busy sharing and chatting at a dog association in Ascuzena.
  28. up Alabit constantly taps his nearby neighbour's shoulder.
  29. up Yesterday, Ken Ken just turned left to go to the swamp near the woods while eating a weird ricecake.
  30. up Hey, are you getting off Baba?
  31. up A little later, Aman will court wealthy Maya probably in front of many people.
  32. up Teeth are what are needed by (a) toothless (man).
  33. up Is it going down? Yes, going down!

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Eric Ang, Ralph Arias, Ann Brunning, Renato de Hitta, Jaime Delgado, King Dupaya, Patricia Elerud, Larry Eusebio, Anne Felipe, Anna Gumban, Ricardo Herrero, Christopher Hill, Owen Layugan, Leandro Leander, Kaitlyne Lorenzana, Ed Marso, Fatima Peña, Susan Penasas, Mark Ramos, Emmanuel Sagum, Bettina Serviano, Marcos Sulapas, Julius Elvin Toledo, Gen Verano, Baireddy Vijay, Ilse Wong

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