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🇵🇭 Quarterspeak Manila
The Tagalog you’ll actually hear in Manila.
Everyday Tagalog for jeepneys, sari-sari stores and group chats — built for life in Metro Manila.
Joining tells us you want Manila next — and gets you one email the day it opens.
Already in Saigon, or heading there? Learn Vietnamese: Saigon is open now →
Preview · Quarterspeak Manila is in development
Try Manila Tagalog right here.
Real examples from the edition we’re building, with its own audio. Sound on — details may change before launch.
Hear it the Manila way.
The words, and when people use them.
- bathroom
In Manila, CR is a common public-place term for the toilet facilities; it stands for comfort room.
Borrowed sorry is common in Manila's everyday apologies; add po when speaking respectfully.
- I’ll head off now
Use Sige, una na ako when taking your leave of people you are with; it means roughly okay, I'll head off now. With elders or people you don’t know, say Mauna na po ako.
Start from hello.
The first lessons in the edition — short, with examples and a quiz.
- 01Hello, and see you tomorrow
- 02Thanks, yes, and excuse me
- 03A little slower, please
- 04What's your name?
- 05I'm fine, just tired
- 06Where are you from?
- …and more, up to real conversations
City guide
Places worth the trip.
A few picks from the Manila guide in the edition.
- Filipino dishes and where to eat themSisigManam at the Triangle · Makati
Manam's house crispy sisig gives chopped pork a crunchy finish; order rice alongside it.
- Breakfast & meriendaCafé Adriatico · Malate
Start a Malate morning with Lola Ising's adobo flakes and rice, or a cup of thick tsokolate-eh.
- Neighborhood walksIntramuros · a first history walk
Start at Plaza Roma, walk to Fort Santiago, then choose San Agustin or Casa Manila for an indoor stop.
- Evenings, music & showssaGuijo Café + Bar
Check the gig poster and come for live Filipino bands in an intimate room.
Want Quarterspeak Manila sooner? Join the waitlist — sign-ups decide which city we open next, and you’ll get one email the day it launches.
Quarterspeak departures
Speak Saigon. Speak Manila. Speak Lisbon.
Every Quarterspeak edition is built for one city — its accent, its slang, its streets. Saigon is boarding now. Join a waitlist to vote for the next city.
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Good to know
When does Quarterspeak Manila launch?
There’s no date yet. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, the day Manila opens — waitlist sign-ups also help us decide which city comes next.
Which Tagalog will it teach?
Everyday Tagalog as Metro Manila speaks it, English mix (Taglish) included. Filipino, the national language, is based on Tagalog, so you’ll hear both names.
What will the app include?
Everyday words with local audio and usage notes, real sentences explained word by word, lessons from your first hello up to real conversations, and a Manila city guide. The preview on this page is taken from it.
Will it work like the Saigon app?
That’s the plan: local audio and usage notes, real sentences explained word by word, lessons, texting practice and a city guide, built for one city.
Can I use Quarterspeak today?
Yes — Learn Vietnamese: Saigon is open now on iPhone and iPad, and Android is coming soon.
Coming next
Manila is on the way.
Be first in line.
Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, the day Quarterspeak Manila opens.
Learning Vietnamese meanwhile? Learn Vietnamese: Saigon is open now.