Like with any languages, start with the basics: greetings / useful prases / numbers ...
learn how to build basic sentences... memorize the patterns of how to conjugate the verbs in the different tenses...
tagalog is a pretty tricky language, but if you really want to learn it, it's not impossible :]
kung may mga tanong ka, puwede mo sa akin itanong kung gusto mo.
(if you have any questions, you can ask me if you want)
-madie