Everyday Tagalog Verbs

When I first started to practice learning Tagalog several people told me "know the root". They were talking about verbs and knowing their root form. Trying to jump into a new language is hard; trying to do that while knowing each grammatical rule is even harder.

Imagine attempting to explain word conjugations to a foreign speaker. Think its easy? Look at "think" and "eat". They're two straightforward verbs. To conjugate them in the action of doing you just add the suffix "-ing": "thinking" and "eating". Simple enough. What about past tense? "Thought" and "Ate". How do you explain that? There is no simple rule. Its just having experience with language.

In an effort to keep things simple (the KISS principle) I decided to compile a list of everyday verbs and their root Tagalog translation.

• wake up - gising
• to shower/bathe - maligo (Thanks Mae!)
• to cook - luto
• to eat - kain
• to go - punta
• to wash - hugasan
• to walk - lakad
• to talk - usap
• to drink - inumin
• to sit - umupo
• to sleep - tulog
• to clean - linis
• to know - alam
• to leave - alis
• to wait - antay
• to go down - baba
• to read - basa
• to buy - bili
• to get up - bangon
• to carry - karga
• to knock - katok
• to get or take - kuha

Are there any daily verbs that I am missing? Let me know in the comments and I'll find their root translation. Also, if I'm wrong please let me know. I know my Mom will eventually read this and correct me but every little bit helps.