Meet Ali Puti, an Emirati who speaks Filipino language fluently.
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00:00If you think about it, little by little, you will lose your reason.
00:05If you are like a bird, little by little, you will fly away.
00:10My name is Ali Yusuf Ahmad Al-Sulaiti, UAE nationality.
00:17I am from Tagarito.
00:19In Tagalog, my name is Ali Buti.
00:22The first time I met the Filipinos, I thought they were mistaken.
00:26I asked them, why do they call me Ali Buti?
00:33They said, because you are beautiful, and in Tagalog, Buti means white.
00:39Their life is open.
00:45I am happy to be with them.
00:47A lot of people ask me, why do you only speak Tagalog?
00:54I feel that they are friendly, like a family.
00:59That is why I want to be with them.
01:02I was born in 1986.
01:07I had a Filipino friend.
01:10I asked them, what does that mean?
01:18I thought about it.
01:22If they ask me again, I will answer them.
01:29Sometimes, I write so that I won't forget.
01:32I force myself.
01:38I force myself to speak Tagalog.
01:41In 2000, I was happy.
01:44I knew that I could speak Tagalog.
01:49I really liked it.
01:51It's like driving a car.
01:54At first, you don't know how to handle it.
01:59Gradually, you learn.