Pagpapahalaga Sa Sariling Wika Novels & Stories

"By striving to become a little better every day." "Umu, that's my little boy. Do not compare yourself to anyone. Your goal shouldn't be to become better than someone. That kind of goal is just too sad. A power that can only be said to be strong when compared to someone else is meaningless. What you ought to strive for should be self-improvement. Do everything in your power so that the you of today is better than the you of yesterday." Finishing her monologue, she waved her hand and a decrepit book appeared in front of her. Like the door, the cover of the book was also illustrated by the motif of a snake eating its own tail.

He would say, “Your mother-tongues are your boats, and this language – English – is the oar. To sail through the river of your dreams, you’ll need both. The boat,as well as the oar.” Sometimes he would add, “Respect and love English as much as you love the language you were born to. When you grow up, it is this love and respect that will pay up. It is this language which will help you break the bars that society has thrust upon you – of poverty, disrespect and servitude.”

She looked like she genuinely appreciated the attempt I made to communicate in Filipino, a language I had acquired through my mother's affection for films from the Philippines and our visits to Manila when I was in my teanage era. “Hindi po, tita, ang aking ina ay nag-e-enjoy sa mga pelikulang Filipino at ang kanyang pagmamahal sa mga pelikulang iyon ang nagtulak sa kanya na i-enroll kaming dalawa sa isang klase ng wikang banyaga kung saan kami natuto ng tagalog.” [No, auntie, my mother truly enjoys Filipino films, and her passion for those movies inspired her to enroll both of us in a foreign language class where we learned Tagalog.]

A pause as Alpha Duc spoke. “Tôi thích nói ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ của bạn qua điện thoại để những người khác sẽ không thể biết tôi là gì (I prefer to speak your native language over the phone so others will not be able to know what I am saying).” “Tôi thích nói ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ của bạn qua điện thoại để những người khác sẽ không thể biết tôi là gì (no I just like to confuse people)”

dagdag pa nito, Hindi tuloy niya lalo nagawang umimik. "Kaya ko naman ang sarili ko. Nanggaling ako sa mahirap na pamilya kaya hindi na bago sa akin ito." "Hay, Ewan ko ba sa 'yo. Masyado mong pinapahirapan ang sarili mo. Masyado mong ginagantihan ang sarili mo. Hindi naman Ikaw ang dapat na parushan pero bakit hindi mo kayang mas mahalin ang sarili mo?" imbes na isipin ang mga sinasabi nito, mas pinili niyang ipagsawalang-bahala. "Aalagaan ko ang sarili ko kahit na anong mangyari." walang-gana niyang lintaya.

She took a sip of her cappuccino before continuing. "It won't be like the museum of words it would be very different from that, the plan is to get all languages into the hearts of people whether it be a well spoken language like English or it be the least spoken language which is actually the dumi language," we all smiled at her while she spoke with so much passion laced in her voice, I knew then that even if her parents were not supportive of her decision she would still be doing it any way without a care I the world and I love that about her.

sigaw ko dito "Syempre mag sasalita ako lalo nat hindi kita kilala malay ko bang mamamatay tao ka pala please lang pakawalan mo na ako wala akong alam na atraso sayo at mas lalong wala akong kaalam alam sayo ang gusto ko lang naman ay umuwi ng pilipinas para makita ko na si ate at makapagpahinga" agad kong pinunasan ang luha ko. "PLEASE-"

Esmeralda's POV There wasn't any reason in particular why I had linguistics on my list. The only thing I could say was that I loved learning things about people, from their culture to their languages and to their reasons for things and people had this thing about them where they leave pieces of themselves in things they used to own and people they used to be. They also showed their true selves in the actions they took. How they write, how they speak, the language they decide to speak if they are multilingual and how tightly they hug the ones close to them.

Napipiyok kung wika saka siya niyakap ng pagkahigpit higpit. “Kamahalan, patawarin mo akoat ngayon lamang ako nagbalik” Wika nito saka lumuhod sa aking harapan. “Wag niyo pong gawin iyan,” Naiiyak kong saad habang pinapatayo sitya. Malaki ang utang na loob ko sa kaniya, dahil kung hindi dahil sa kaniya ay hindi ako makakaligtas noon at posibling wala rin ako dito ngayon sa kahariang ito.