Common mistakes pinoys do when speaking or translating into English.

This usually happens when you try to directly translate Filipino words into English.

• I couldn’t care a damn!
• What’s your next class before this?

• Nothing in this world is perfect except the word “change”.
  *Nothing in this world is constant…

• Can you repeat that for the second time around once more from the top?
• My dad brought home a lot of hand-me-downs.
  *pinoy: Daming pasalubong ng tatay ko.
• Standard and Chartered Bank
• I’m very iterated!
  *pinoy: Galit ako!
• I’m sorry, my boss just passed away.
  *pinoy: Kakadaan lang ng boss ko., …just passed by
• Hello, my boss is out of town. Would you like to wait?
• What happened after the erection of Mayon Volcano?
  *eruption not erection
• Don’t touch me not!
• (on the phone)Hello?… For a while, please hang yourself…
  *hang on…
• It’s spilled milk under the bridge.
• Don’t change anything! Keep it at ease.
• Hello McDo? Mag-i-inquire lang ako kung magkano ang kidney meal?
  *It’s kiddie meal.
• You! You’re not a boy anymore! You’re a man anymore!
• Out of fit ako these days eh.
  *pinoy: Hindi ako nakakapag-exercise.
• Come, let’s join us.
• Bring down the house down.
• I’m the world champion of the world.

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