Spoken Poetry Tungkol Sa Wikang Filipino Novels & Stories

Good thing that I studied tagalog language, my accent will do. “For all of our Filipino audiences here, this song is dedicated to you.” I smiled sweetly as the crowd went wild once again. (This song "Sila" is translated from Filipino to English) He also lost his appetite for a long time Watching the passerby He was always stubborn Eager to feel something 'You are not new in sight You are secretly in my tender embrace In every hiding The expression of emotion is uncontrollable There is no answer to the question Why you matter There is no one like you

Pero paano? “You can speak tagalog too?” naitanong na lang ni Euphie upang hindi magduda sakaniya ang dalawa. “Well. I've been living here in the Philippines with Leonard for three years. I always think that I'm obliged to learn since it's their own language and Besides, I also think that speaking tagalog is the only way to communicate with others. So yes. I do speak tagalog. Pero kaunti lang..” sabay kindat niya.

Dinner was loud. Filipino-loud. Grant-family-loud. Chaos-loud. My titas sat at one side of the long table speaking rapid Filipino, mixing English every two seconds. “Tyler, ang gwapo mo nung nag-propose si Mason. (Tyler, you were so handsome when Mason proposed.)” “Umiyak ka pa nga! (You even cried!)” “Pareho kayo umiyak! (You both cried!)” “Ang cheesy n’yo. (You’re both so cheesy.)”

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.

“Hmm… you speak Welsh, Gabe Clifford.” “You don’t know everything about me…” He grabbed my ass, and I jumped onto him, wrapping my legs around his hips. “Now say you’re going to fuck me… in a language I don’t know…” “Susuyuin kita.” “What the hell kind of language is that?” I burst out laughing as he carried me toward the bed. “Filipino.” “You speak Filipino?” “Just a few words.” He laughed. “Inħobbok għal dejjem!”

I was hoping it might be a clue and I could find someone na gaya ko. A stranger in this world. But my search was futile dahil nalaman kong that language was steam from the south and it is called Feysac. Bago pa ako makapag salita ay napadako ang paningin ko sa dalawang maliit na kuneho. It shivered and stared to run off towards it cage. Heh. Asan ngayon ang angas nyo? I smirked. Thinking on how I could cook them.

panimula niyang wika at nagsimulang ilipat ang slide. Agad namang nagtaas ng kamay si Celise upang mapansin s’ya ng aming guro. “Yes, Celise?” “Bakit hindi po natin simulan magsalita ng Filipino sa inyong oras para po masanay namin at mapaunlad ang pagsasalita nito?” Marahan na naupo si Celise nang matapos ang kanyang suhestiyon. Biglaan naman itong nag-isip at nagsalita, “Pumapayag ako. May katanungan pa ba kayo?”

He asked the vendor of Silk. "Itinakbo ng kawatang babae ang aking panundang tela. (A woman had stolen yards of my silk)," says the Filipino vendor. The elite and some Filipinos had learned to understand Spanish but they find it difficult to speak the language. "Una mujer había robado yardas de mi seda (A woman had stolen yards of my silk)" says the neighboring vendor. One of the Filipino folks who knows a little to speak the language had translated it for Estefan.

SpellingI pummeled to misspell Astrosphinxas statuesque as May I sing with me? Words whiplashed on fire ice jeepneying with Saint Lazarus—the emperor of English over grasslilt parsing poison into ice creampoetry and screaming grammar noir.The narrative of tradition, beer-fellowedby cultural madness to digressand mull over a foamof savory crab fat alongsideour pickled come-what-mays. For this,‘Ikaw’ and ‘Ako’ separately are You and Me in Filipino, that by accident try to understand Taglish as nomadology