'Matilda' actress Mara Wilson is learning how to speak Filipino

Former child star Mara Wilson stunned her fans on July 12 after tweeting a question to her fans to ask, “Ano meaning ang 'naman?' Salamat.”

“It does not seem to mean, 'yes.'

“Also I realized I've been continually mixing up 'ang' and 'ng'” followed by a facepalming emoji.

As it turns out, the actress-turned-author is learning Filipino as a way to understand the culture of her stepmother's roots who is a Filipino.

When former Buzzfeed content producer Ashly Perez, who is also Filipino, tried to ask if she speaks Tagalog, Mara replied, “I'm like a week into learning it!”

Mara Wilson reveals she's learning the Filipino language / Source: MaraWilson (Twitter)

Since then, Mara has been posting her progress on Twitter.

For example, on Sunday, she nonchalantly asked her Filipino fans to give light on adjectives that start with the prefix “ma.”

“Kamusta Tagalog speakers -- I've noticed a lot of adjectives start with 'ma' but that ends up getting dropped, especially if they're getting repeated, e.g. galing-galing, ganda-ganda.

“Bakit? Does 'ma' mean something specific?” she wrote.

When a netizen explained its use as a modifier to a word to make it an adjective, she replied, “Right! Salamat po!

This is not the first time the Hollywood actress shared her penchant for things Filipino.

In an article for LifeHacker.com, Mara said she loves Filipino food and desserts thanks to her stepmom.

She said, “With my stepmother, I've had a lot more exposure to Filipino food and desserts.

“It's why I have an affinity for Jollibee, the fast-food restaurant. Jollibee fried chicken is the best fried chicken --- it's the best fast-food fried chicken.

“I had a picnic birthday a couple of years ago and one of my friends brought a bucket of Jollibee chicken… I was freaking out.

“This was in New York and I was like, 'Oh my god, Jollibee! Where did you find Jollibee? I thought that was only in California!'”

Mara Wilson first rose to fame as a child for playing Natalie Hillard in “Mrs. Doubtfire” and Matilda Wormwood in the 1996 flick “Matilda.”