Men who want to get married to Filipino women probably do not know the first thing on the Philippines and Filipino culture. Being Filipino myself, I think the first one, you should know is that the Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands, and after us since 1994, Miss Universe 7108 participants, we have the islands at low tide.
So what that means, you may ask. Well, this just means that "Filipino" really means "diversity," especially with regard to languages andSubculture,
Many Filipinos actually speak different languages, some Spanish-speaking Creole (locally known as Chavacano). The government is studying on the obligation for us, the national language, Filipino (Tagalog difficult language) and English. Really, how else could we communicate with us when we have about 150-170 languages, depending on the linguist you need to talk?
Living in different islands and speaking different languages means that Filipinos tend to"Regional" and are sensitive when it comes, is where they come from. Take, for example, the people of Cebu. (I'm from Cebu.)
If you are a Filipina from Cebu, will not ask to speak Tagalog or Filipino, or if you just met for some time. Why? Majority of Cebuanos do not feel comfortable speaking that language as their mother language is Cebuano. (And really, nobody wants a language that politicians had to speak inManila.)
In general, not women and men from Cebu to speak Tagalog well. If you really want to get to know them to speak English, or you could try to learn Cebuano.
Strange as it may seem, this is a fact about the Philippines, who know very few people, but in fact essential for them to see beyond the stereotypes.
But of course you can make generalizations about Filipinos in general.
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