Example Of Tanka Tagalog Novels & Stories

he turned it into “Salubong sa Bagong Kabanata” Mulat ang siyang diwa ng bawat isa, Lahat ay may bakas ng ngiti sa mukha, Kapaligiran ay busog sa musika, Bata, matanda, handang-handa na sila, Sa pagsalubong sa bagong kabanata, Tuwa’t galak, bagong taon, parating na. I couldn’t help but to smile as I read the first stanza. I just know that he is good at creating Tagalog poems too. He is always using English as his medium.

Because of her stupidity, she was losing precious time she could have spent with Max if only she did not sulk and drink all those drinks. -=- Max ‘Sana’y di magmaliw ang dati kong araw Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni Nanay Nais kong maulit ang awit ni Inang mahal Awit nang pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan’ ‘I hope that the days of old won’t fade away When I was a baby in my mother’s arms I wish to hear her song again A song filled with love as she rocks my cradle’

I wonder how can he manage to say those word without getting attached and unaffected. "Lets get inside" tango lang ang naisagot ko at naglakad na kami papasok sa loob. The huge door open by itself slowly as we enter inside. I don't know what to say, umawang ang labi ko dahil sa sa ganda ng loob ng bahay. Kong ano pa ang gandang bumungad sa akin sa labas ay doble ang ganda dito sa loob.

In Vanessa’s case, mukhang hindi. Bakit selos ka? Hindi ah! sabi ng dalawang tinig na nag-uusap sa isip ng dalaga. Tala! Kuya dapat ang turing mo sa dalawang lalaki, so dapat walang issue sa iyo ang mga babae nito, paalala niya sa sarili. “…and you are?” kay Tala na nakatingin si Vanessa. “Tala,” maikling tugon niya. “Ow Tala means the biggest and brightest star…tama ba?”

Young Kai furrowed his brow at the girl's question. "Huh?" "Sabi ko, “Bakit ka umiiyak?” bingi ka ba? (I said, 'Why are you crying?' Are you deaf?)" the girl asked. "Sorry but I can’t understand you," he replied, still confused by what the girl meant to say. "Patay! Alien! (Shoot! Alien!)" the girl exclaimed, slapping her forehead. "What?" young Kai asked, confused. " Paano ba ‘to? Hmm… Ah! Why you cry? Teka tama ba? Basta ‘yon na ‘yon! (How do I do this? Hmm... Ah! Why you cry? Is that right? Well, close enough!)"

Babae “Nahulog ako sa mga bulaklaking mga bigkas, mala-langit na pangako na hindi ko napansin sa huli ay inuuod na tangkay at nabubulok na petalya na siya nang kumanlong sa akin habang buhay."

I slowly turned to look at him and swallowed hard when our eyes met. "I love your mom. Five years ago up to now, I love her." My heart skipped a beat as he said that directly into my eyes. "Mahal na mahal . . ." he added in Tagalog. (I love her too much)

This is helplessness in its simplest term. At around nine o’clock in the evening, while waiting for matters to somehow improve, I remembered the kid next to our apartment saying, “Ma, mababa na ang tubig, kita na yung plate number ng kotse.” (Ma, the water is finally subsiding. I can already see the plate number of the car)

Tumango-tango naman sila na tila na-gets ako. Uminom muna ako ng tubig bago ko sila tanungin. "Eh kayo, kumusta?" Balik tanong ko. "Ang hirap talaga ng Math, huhu..." sagot ni Alex na tila naiiyak. Ewan ko ba dito, ang talino din naman, pero pagdating sa Math, nevermind na lang.

“Get rid of that There’s-no-forever whining voice in your head. You know what the perfect battle cry would be?” “What?” “I’m going to teach you a new word: Laumlayag.” “Laun… Is that a Visayan word?” “Nope. It’s an encanto word. Mathias taught it to me.” Kate’s eyes widened. “It’s one of their common greetings, sort of like farewell. First, they touch their forehead lightly and then wave like this.” As mother and daughter lay on their backs staring up at the ceiling, at the glow-in-the-dark star stickers, Mrs. Lapuz demonstrated the greeting.