If In Tagalog Novels & Stories

Johnny smiled again, finally relieved that she got his point. He let go of her to offer his hand again for a shake. “Let's just repeat the introduction, but let's make it better this time.” “I am Johnny Geronimo. Sixteen years old and a freshman Philosophy student from the city.” •|• Illinoisdewriter •|• DICTIONARY * Tatay — refers to father or grandfather in Filipino; as for this chapter, it pertained to father. * Baile — refers to the gathering of people in the plaza to dance or socialize.

He was surprised that he made his way out to the back door without any pursuers. "Bakit mo kasi ako kinuha hindi naman kita kilala! At bakit mo pinatay ang bantay ko!?" Why did you capture me? And why did you kill my guard? The woman still spoke in Tagalog. Keyller finally understood a few words, like, pinatay and kinuha, which mean, killed and capture. But the rest was blurry for him. He ignored the woman and continued walking while still carrying her and not letting his guard down in case of the enemy's sudden attack.

I learned some Tagalog phrases from my Filipino neighbours in Valencia, such as tang ina mo and ang baho ng pekpek mo which I don't have a single idea what those mean. It was a great life not until my mother died in a car accident in Barcelona while working. I was at my lowest that time. I had no idea how cruel life can be. Mentally, I was lifeless, but some Spanish friends and Filipino neighbours tried their best to help me out financially and emotionally with my mother's passing.

(this people are ability users) the boss introduced them one by one and the group turned loud when they saw Christian “tangina! May bata! Gagawin mob a yang pampataba sa lupa pag mamatay?” (Crap! A child! Will he be useful as a fertilizer when he died?) Christian flinched when he heard the statement. He knows that there will be a backlash when they find out that a child will tag along

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.

hindi niya napigilan ang sarili na tanungin ito. "Ang gwapo mo naman," nagniningning ang mga matang bati niya sa lalaki. "Ahm, yeah I am. Pero dito na ako lumaki so I speak tagalog. And you too, you're gorgeous." namula ang mukha niya sa pambobola nito. Sana mayaman ka, para ikaw na lang! Baka ikaw ang para sa akin. "T-thank you, ahm saan ka nakatira?" tanong niya. Siguro kung narito lang ang ina niya ay kanina pa siya nito kinurot dahil ang harot niya. Kinikilig ang bunbunan ko!

This is a confusing question. "Money. Here!" I said and took one hundred and twenty from my pocket. I showed it to him. "This thing you call money?" It's a raised eyebrow. "Yes, this is money. In Tagalog, we call this 'pera'. If you don't have this, you'll die of hunger." "P-era." He said money in Tagalog. "Wow! Cool! When I say 'money'." He spoke in English and was very happy when he said the money correctly.

she questioned when she noticed my background changed. “Yes, I’m outside. I am at the office of my hilaw na husband,” I replied in a sarcastic tone of my voice when I mentioned ‘my hilaw na husband’. I used tagalog word ‘hilaw na’ so, they won’t understand me even they can hear me. (Hilaw means fake) “I see. Is it beautiful there?” she asked again, and she took a look at my back. “Average,” I briefly answered, and I stood to go to the window to let her see the beautiful view since I am at the high floor.

I laughed again. "You're wrong again! Stop trying to speak in pure tagalog. What you just said means 'Is that the Right?'. Kanan in english is right, yes. I know what you wanted to say. But the kanan in tagalog is a direction, not the word 'right' you are referring to." [My bad. What's the correct translation of the word 'right' which is not the direction?] "It's 'right' (tama in tagalog)." I said.

If he doesn't want to eat, I don't care anymore. After a while he spoke, "Saan mo gustong pumunta?” (Where do you want to go?) "Can you speak Tagalog? I feel like I'm in the 18th century and you'll just speak English to me?" I said, annoyed. (Baka gusto mong magtagalog? Feel na feel kong para akong nasa 18th century tapos i-english-in mo lang ako?) He chuckled. “Kung ganoon ay saan mo ninanais pumunta, binibini? Maaari ko bang malaman?” (Where do you wish to go, my lady? May I know?) He even bowed in front of me which made me laugh.