Tagalog Kami and Tayo

kami

we (excluding the listener)

tayo

we (including the listener)

Examples:

Teacher kami.

We (e.g. my wife and I) are teachers.

Teacher tayo.

We (e.g. you, my wife and I) are teachers.

We (e.g. you and I) are teachers.

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From Essential Tagalog Grammar by Fiona De Vos
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