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“... at aking kasintahan ay Filipina”  should be “... at ang aking kasintahan ay Filipina”.  Rarely is “kasintahan” used though nowadays.  You will almost always hear “boyfriend/girlfriend” instead.

I want to study speaking Filipino, because I like foreign languages and my girlfiend is Filipina. = “Gusto kong matutong magsalita ng Filipino kasi mahilig ako sa mga salitang banyaga at ang girlfriend ko ay Filipina”.

“Nagsasalita ako Ingles at Tsino!” translates to “I am speaking English and “Chinese”!” – Although we would understand that you meant “Chinese”, “Tsino” normally refers to the Chinese person.  “Intsik” is the Tagalog word that refers to both the language and the person. However, the term is not popularly used anymore these days as it tends to derogate more than to describe.  It would be better to just say “Chinese”.

“Nakapagsasalita ako ng Ingles/English at Chinese” = I am able to/can speak English and Chinese.

“Marunong akong mag-Ingles/English at Chinese” = I know how to speak English and Chinese = I speak English and Chinese.

I forgot to mention earlier that your heading, "Ipapakilala ko ang aking sarili", is also correct.

BTW, I hope the Filipina is a “girlfriend” and not what you described her to be.  ;-)   

Your translations of “Kumusta ka?”, “Liam ang pangalan ko”, and “Nag-aral ako sa Clark University” are perfect.

“Ikinagagalak kong makilala ka!” actually translates to “I am glad to know you!”, but we can take that to mean as “it’s nice to meet you” just as well.   That’s because “It’s nice to meet you” may not convey the same meaning as intended if translated to Tagalog.

“Economics at Asian Studies ang major ko” = My major IS Economics and Asian Studies.  – The tense is in the present, which conflicts with that of the preceding sentence.  Instead of “major”, we would say “minajor”, which would transform the noun into a verb in the past tense.  (“Minemajor” and “memajorin” would be the corresponding present and future tense forms.  Note that “major” retains its English pronunciation that’s why the preceding syllable uses the “e” vowel.)  We may also say it as, “Economics at Asian Studies ang kinuha ko” = “... is what I took up” or “...  ang natapos ko” = “... is what I finished with”.

“Nagtatrabaho ako sa isang ed-tech company” – The hyphen is used after the prefix “nag/mag/pag” only if the word that follows it begins with a vowel.   Thus, you need it in “nag-aral”, but not in “nagtatrabaho”.  You also need the “isang” (one) in there in the same way that you need the “an” before “ed-tech”.

“Account Specialist ako” is not really wrong, but it would come across more like “Account Specialist is what I am”.  It would sound more natural to say it as “Isa akong Account Specialist” or “Ako ay isang Account Specialist”.

“Gusto ko nag-aaral salitang Filipino” translates to “I want/would like studying Filipino word”.

“Gusto kong pag-aralan ang pagsalita/pagsasalita sa Filipino” = I want/would like to study how to speak in Filipino. – Some of us may say it as “ng Filipino” instead of “sa Filipino”.

“Gusto kong pag-aralan ang (wikang) Filipino” = I want/would like to study (the) Filipino (language). - object-focused

"Gusto kong mag-aral ng (wikang) Filipino". = I want/would like to study (the) Filipino (language). subject-focused

"Gusto kong mag-aral magsalita ng Filipino". = I want/would like to study speaking Filipino.

“Gusto kong matutong magsalita ng Filipino” = I want/would like to learn to speak Filipino.

"Gusto kong matuto ng Filipino" = I want/would like to learn Filipino.

“... kasi gusto banyagang lengwahe” translates to “... because (he/she) likes foreign language”.

“... kasi gusto ko ang mga banyagang lengwahe” = ... because I like foreign languages – Although this is OK, we would most likely use “mahilig” (fond of) instead of “gusto” to express “like” here.  That’s because using “gusto”, in this case, would suggest a “like to have” meaning.  With “mahilig”, the sentence would become “... kasi mahilig ako sa mga banyagang lengwahe”.

(You may say “foreign language” as either “banyagang lengwahe” or “lengwaheng banyaga”.  I tend to use the latter.)

Ipapakilala ko ang aking sarili

Kamusta? :)

My name is Liam.( Ako si Liam). I studied at Clark University. ( Sa Clark University ako nakapagtapos ng aking pag-aaral)My major was Economics and Asian Studies(Economics and Asian Studies ang major ko.) . I am working at an ed-tech company( sa isang ed-tech company ako nagtatrabaho). I am an Account Specialist ( isa akong account specialist).

I want to study speaking Filipino, because I like foreign languages and my girlfiend is Filipina( gusto kong mag-aral magsalita ng Filipino dahil gusto ko ang linggwaheng banyaga at dahil filipina ang kasintahan ko)  . I speak English and Chinese.( marunong ako magsalita ng English at Chinese.)