Tagalog by Nemo 4+

I’m marrying a Filipina and we are planning a trip to meet her family in the spring. I downloaded 5 different apps to help learn Tagalog in preparation, hoping to impress my new in-laws. A couple of them were barely usable and another two are really little more than dictionaries. This app blew me away with the amount of features and was of use. A few I’ve found most useful are, a practice player which introduces new words on a daily basis at a pace I can set. Right now I have it set to 6 but you can choose the number you’re comfortable with. Prior words are reviewed with the English word, then an automatic recording me saying the words, followed by a Tagalog speaker allowing me to compare my pronunciation. The player cycles through the words continuously for as long as you want. There is a temperature feature that indicates frequency of practice for each word so I can select what to focus on. There’s a reminder feature to prompt me each day to practice and tracks my progress. There is a long list of voices to choose from. Speed settings for the pronunciation. Ability to focus on words related to specific topics (e.g. food, dating, transportation, etc.). Really this probably the best language learning app I have used. Better than Duo Lingo, Rosetta Stone, Babble, etc. My fiancé is amazed how well my pronunciation has developed and we are able after a month’s use to hold some full conversations in Tagalog. Can not recommend this enough!

I’m a non-Filipino who married a Filipina over 30 years ago. I learned to understand Tagalog over the course of many years through observing/listening to conversations and even bought a couple Tagalog dictionaries and textbooks along the way; however, mastering Tagalog in a world where Taglish and text shorthand prevails is practically impossible.

I found Nemo Tagalog as I was looking for a translator app for my Apple Watch and decided to give it a try without much expectation for success. After using it, though, I have been able to vastly improve my diction through the use of the record/replay feature to compare my spoken pronunciation against the apps’s voice (I chose Alex). In fact, my Filipino colleagues are very impressed by the precise pronunciation and inflections of Alex’s voice, so I feel completely confident that I’m speaking correctly now.

Maraming salamat po, Nemo!

If you’re looking to expand your Tagalog vocabulary, this app is a must!

As a second generation Filipina who didn’t learn how to speak Tagalog as a child, this app is helping me so much in my language journey! The app is easy to use and it includes many words and phrases that I know I will need to use on an everyday basis. I haven’t even unlocked the entire app, but I feel like my Tagalog vocabulary has vastly expanded. The app is designed to slowly introduce new words/phrases as you cycle through a stack of words. This repetition is especially helpful for memorization and familiarity.