Hey guys, I was just wondering. Is Taglish something picked up g

@tadhana If you are a native English speaker, you will surely end up speaking in Taglish by default because your Filipino vocabulary or knowledge of grammar may not be sufficient to enable you to express correctly what you want to say.I would recommend though that you learn the standard form so that you will not have a problem when it comes to reading books or properly written articles in Filipino. Eventually you should be able to figure out which Filipino words are more often getting replaced by English words in daily conversations and in very informal writing. There is really no rule on word substitutions for Taglish though. Older people tend to speak less in Taglish compared to the younger generation.

I agree with Tagamanila here.I'm currently learning Tagalog, and I agree that it's important to learn Tagalog without a massive amount of Taglish in order to understand more complex literature and talk to people outside the largest Philippines cities (e.g. Manila) where Taglish seems to be used more. If you do this though, you can find that you may start finding words and learning words that are uncommon or obsolete now, like I have been. This is referred to as "deep Tagalog". Taglish is something that can be picked up naturally or you could make an effort to figure out the pattern to it, as there seems to be a natural but kinda hard to explain pattern to it (or at least for me it's hard to explain). At the start, I agree that you should be using Taglish to fill in the gaps so you don't feel too demotivated. It's one of the best things from the perspective of a Tagalog learner - if you don't know the word in Tagalog, just use the English one! In my opinion, you should try to figure it out if you're at the start, because it's a nice crutch to use in the beginning. However, when you become an intermediate learner, don't become too attached to it! You'll likely stall your progress if you do.

Using English word as a substitute for Tagalog word is generally acceptable in daily conversation. But if you’re serious about learning the language, you should learn the standard form of words which is used in books and in formal writing.

@Scrover @vcalfonso Just to add my two cents...
I found that Taglish and slang is really easy to pick up once you know the "proper" way to say something. I'd focus on more formal language skills to start, and you'll learn to pick up the other stuff pretty quickly...