Hi Emily! Nice to know you know a bit of Tagalog. :) Though Tagalog is heavily Spanish-influenced it, along with numerous Philippine languages already existed way before Europeans arrived to the islands. Tagalog had its own written script, the Baybayin (erroneously referred to as alibata before) that was thoroughly documented by the friars. It eventually fell into disuse in favor of the Latin alphabet, but there are some places in the Philippines like Mindoro where they use the pre-colonial writing script (in Mindoro, they use Surat Mangyan) to this day. 

[TAGALOG] Nag-aral ako ang mga saltia para "actor" at "object" focus verbs paki-translate po :)

Note: Object-focused verbs are used is the object is specific

Nagbigay siya ng relos sa kanya - He gave him a watch

Binigay niya ang relos sa kanya - He gave him the watch

Object focus:
- Gugustuhin ni Homer ang donut mamaya - Homer is going to want a the doughnut later
- Ginusto niya ang mga karbon - He wants the coal
- Ginusto ko ang aso kanina, Pero ayaw ko na - I wanted a the dog earlier, But I don't want now
- Ibibigay mo kay Homer ang dahon - Your going to give Homer the leaf
- Binigay niya ang kahon sa kanya - He gave the box to her
- Binibigay niya ang regalo sa iyo - He is giving you a gift
- Ginawa niya ba ito sa sayo sa 'yo? - She did this to you?
- Anong ginagawa ka ba? - Ano'ng ginagawa mo?  What are you doing? - take note: anong and ano'ng are different
- Anong gagawin ka ba mamaya - Ano'ng gagawin mo mamaya? What are you going to do later?