Ngayong Journal Entry

Hello, kumusta kayo? :) May bakasyon ako sa California sa Disyembre, pero nasa bahay sa Berlin ako ngayon. Inaantok ako ngayon, *do not put comma dahil may jetlag pa ako pa. Gumising ako ng alas ocho. *do not put period, this should be one sentence. tatlong oras nang nakararaan. Dumating ako sa Berlin noong Miyerkules, limang araw nang nakararaan. Walang akong klase ako sa weekend, pero may klase at trabaho ako mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes. Hindi pa ako handa na ako pumunta sa paaralan. Dapat pa akong magbasa ng libro. pero pwede naman akong magbasa sa tren. Masyadong malayo ang unibersidad ako. Isang oras ang tren. Wala akong kotse, kaya naglalakad o nagti-tren ako parati. pero mabuti siya, dahil may resolution ako ngayong ng bagong taon. Ngayong taon, gusto kong maglakad ng sampung libong hakbang sa isang araw. Nag-umpisa na ako, pero naglakad lang ako ng walong libong hakbang.

Ngayong Journal Entry

Hello, kumusta kayo? :) May bakasyon ako sa California sa Disyembre, pero nasa bahay sa Berlin ako ngayon. Inaantok ako ngayon, dahil may jetlag pa ako. Gumising ako ng alas ocho. Tatlong oras nang nakaraan. Dumating ako sa Berlin noong Miyerkules. Limang araw nang nakaraan. Wala akong klase tuwing weekend, pero may klase at trabaho ako mula Lunes hanggang Biyernes. Hindi pa ako handang pumunta sa paaralan. Dapat akong magbasa ng libro. Pero pwede akong magbasa sa tren. Masyadong malayo ang unibersidad ako. Isang oras ang tren. Wala akong kotse, kaya naglalakad o sumasakay ako ng tren parati. Pero mabuti ito, dahil may resolution ako sa bagong taon. Ngayong taon, gusto kong maglakad ng sampung libong hakbang sa isang araw. Nag-umpisa na ako, pero naglakad lang ako ng walong libong hakbang.

Over-all, this entry's good. :)

Part 3

“Dapat akong/Kailangan kong magbasa ng libro, pero pwede (pa) akong magbasa sa tren.” = I should/I need to read a book, but I can (still) read in the train.

“Masyadong malayo ang unibersidad ako”. = Quite far is the university I.

“Masyadong malayo ang unibersidad ko”. = My university is quite far.

“Isang oras ang tren”. = The train is one hour.

“Isang oras sa (in the) tren”. = One hour by train.

“Wala akong kotse, kaya naglalakad o mag tren ako parati”. → “Wala akong kotse(,) kaya naglalakad at nagte-tren ako parati/palagi/lagi”. = I don't have a car, that's why I always walk and take the train. - I would write that as “nagte-tren” because the standard rule would be to repeat the sound of the succeeding syllable. I changed your “o” (or) to “at” (and), but you may retain the “o” if you really meant that walking all the way to school is a viable option.

I think you meant “but it's good” when you wrote “pero mabuti siya”. However, we would usually say something like that if we are referring to a person's attribute. In this case of walking, it would be more correct for you to say “pero makakabuti siya” (but it would be beneficial).

“dahil may resolution ng bagong taon ako” (because I have a resolution of the new year) → “dahil/kasi may resolution ako para sa Bagong Taon/ako ngayong Bagong Taon” = because I have a resolution for the New Year/for this New Year.

“Ngayong taon, gusto kong maglakad ng sampung libong hakbang sa isang araw.” = This year, I want to walk ten thousand steps (in) a day.

“Ngayong taon, gusto kong makapaglakad ng sampung libong hakbang sa isang araw.” = This year, I would like to be able to walk ten thousand steps (in) a day.

Nag-umpisa na ako, pero naglakad lang ako ng walong libong hakbang. = I already started, but I just walked eight thousand steps.

Nag-umpisa na ako, pero nakapaglakad lang ako ng walong libong hakbang. = I already started, but I was only able to walk eight thousand steps.

Part 2

“Inaantok ako ngayon, dahil may jetlag ako pa”. → “Inaantok ako ngayon dahil/kasi may jetlag pa ako”. (I am sleepy now because I still have jetlag). “Dahil” is OK, but “kasi” is more colloquial and so is more commonly used. When you use “pa” to mean “still”, you place it immediately after the word it is modifying. Hence, think of it as saying, “I have jetlag still” (Ako ay may jetlag pa/May jetlag pa ako) and NOT as “I still have jetlag” (Ako pa ay may jetlag/May jetlag ako pa).

“Gumising ako ng alas otso. Tatlong oras na ang nakaraan” = I woke up at 8. Three hours ago. - This would be all right in English, but would sound jerky in Tagalog. We would say that instead as something like this: “Gumising ako kaninang alas otso, may tatlong oras na ang nakararaan/nakakaraan” = I woke up (earlier) at 8, (it has been) 3 hours ago. “Nakararaan” would be the grammatically correct conjugation, but many would say it also as “nakakaraan”. Maybe because it's easier to repeat the “k” than the “r” sound. “Nakaraan” is not really wrong, but when describing something that happened relatively recent, we tend to use the continuous concepet of time time. So we would more often say, “nakararaan/nakakaraan” (to have passed, so far) instead of simply “nakaraan” (to have passed). Also, it is really “na ang nakararaan” (already have passed, so far), although when we say it, "na ang" may sound like “nang”. “Nang nakararaan” would mean something like “when something/s was/were still able to pass”.

“Dumating ako sa Berlin noong Miyerkules. Limang araw na ang nakaraan.” → “Dumating ako dito sa Berlin noong Miyerkules/Miyerkoles, may limang araw na ang nakararaan/nakakaraan.” - I would add “dito” (here in Berlin) in there to make it clear that you were in Berlin, not elsewhere, as you were writing the entry. I would also be linking the 2 sentences with just a comma and add “may”, as was done in the preceding paragraph.

“Walang klase ako sa weekend” → “Wala akong klase sa weekend” = I don't have class this weekend.

“Wala akong klase kapag/pag (when) weekend” = I don't have class on weekends.

“Hindi handa na ako pumunta sa paaralan” = I am not already ready to go to school

“Hindi pa ako handa na/handang pumunta sa paaralan” = I am not yet ready to go to school

{ Part 1 of long correction  :-) }

Ngayong Journal Entry → Journal Entry Para Ngayon = Journal Entry For Today/Today's Journal Entry - “Ngayong” is really “ngayon + na”, which would translate to “now/today, which is”. Therefore, it may only be used to modify words that indicate time and in those cases, it translates to “this”. For example: ngayong umaga = this morning; ngayong gabi = tonight/this evening; ngayong taong 2016 = this year of 2016; ngayong Sabado = this (coming) Saturday. Since “journal entry” is not a time indicator, you can't use “ngayong” with it.

“May bakasyon ako sa California sa Disyembre” = I will have a vacation in California in December

“Nagbakasyon ako sa California nitong/noong Disyembre” = I went to California for vacation this/last December

“pero nasa bahay sa Berlin ako ngayon” - this would sound more like, “but I am at a house in Berlin now”. Better to say it as, “pero ngayon, nasa bahay ako sa Berlin” (but now, I am at the house in Berlin).  Maybe you really meant “home” by saying “bahay”. It could work that way if Berlin were indeed your “home”, but I believe that such is not the case. My suggestion instead would be for you to say, “pero ngayon nakabalik na ako sa Berlin” (but now I am already back in/have already gone back to Berlin).

“Inaantok ako ngayon, dahil may jetlag ako pa”. → “Inaantok ako ngayon dahil/kasi may jetlag pa ako”. (I am sleepy now because I still have jetlag). “Dahil” is OK, but “kasi” is more colloquial and so is more commonly used. When you use “pa” to mean “still”, you place it immediately after the word it is modifying. Hence, think of it as saying, “I have jetlag still” (Ako ay may jetlag pa/May jetlag pa ako) and NOT as “I still have jetlag” (Ako pa ay may jetlag/May jetlag ako pa).