12 Golden Sentences in Tagalog (From Tim Ferriss)

This is a language hacking concept from life hacker extraordinaire Tim Ferriss.  The idea is simple: take a set of sentences that will expose a lot of common grammar rules and study the translations in your target language.

I had these translated to Tagalog by a professional instructor in Manila.  Of course there are variations on possible translations, especially in terms of verb conjugations (actor or object focused), but this should be a great reference anyway.

English	Tagalog
The apple is red.	Pula yung mansanas.
It is John's apple.	Kay John yung mansanas.
I gave John the apple.	Binigay ko kay John yung mansanas.
We gave him the apple.	Binigay namin sa kanya yung mansanas.
He gives it to John.	Binibigay nya kay John.
She gives it to him	Binibigay nya sa kanya.
Is the apple red?	Pula ba yung mansanas.
The apples are red.	Pula yung mga mansanas.
I must give it to him.	Kailangan ko ibigay sa kanya.
I want to give it to her.	Gusto ko ibigay sa kanya.
I'm going to know tomorrow.	Malalaman ko bukas.
I can't eat the apple.	Hindi ko pwede kaiinin yung mansanas.

Read more about the general concept on his blog here or in "The 4-Hour Chef".