Swallow Tagalog Novels & Stories

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!)"

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) Lorey said and Christian laugh at the word ‘navigator’ The boss scratched his head “sabi mo diba nakaka usap at nakakakita ka ng mga multo? Puno ng ganon ang isla kaya naisip naming ikaw ang maghahanap sa mga bata” (you told us that you can see and talk to the ghosts, the island is full of those things. We planned that you will locate the missing children) Christian can understand and speak tagalog so he understand what the boss said “this face of missings” they give them the missing posters and Lina recognized them. I should have ripped this poster earlier if I know that they’ll need it

However, I suddenly stopped from making another step away when I felt her chair moved as she said the words… “I lied.” _________________________ ¹Nilagang baka or beef nilaga is literally translated as ‘tender boiled beef.’ This is a Filipino soup dish best served during rainy and cold weather.

Mandy uttered while staring at the sun rising above the horizon. Andrew sat down beside Mandy and gazed at her beautiful bare face. "Mas maganda ka. (You're more beautiful)." He said with obvious difficulty in pronouncing the foreign words. Staying in the Philippines for more than a year, he learned a few Tagalog words from his Filipino friends. Although it seemed that his tongue was being twisted every time he speaks Tagalog. "What did you just say?" Mandy asked as she looked at Andrew. She didn't understand the foreign language.

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.

But she also doesn’t want to expect anything. NOTES: (1) Tagu taguan, maliwanag ang buwan... - is a traditional Filipino game also known as hide and seek. (2) Matthew 19:6

"mahal na mahal kita." "Mahal na mahal din kita, sige na namimiss tuloy kita eh," natatawang wika niya rito. " i miss you more, Baby, Sige na tatapusin ko na muna itong trabaho ko. See you soon, Baby Ru!" "okay, see you soon! May naiwan pa akong misyon, ipinasa ko lang muna kasi kay shane dahil nagkaroon nga ng emergency dito sa bahay." paliwanag niya.

How could he look so delicious even if he looked so messy? "Wanna keep on staring? I know I'm gorgeous. Ang swerte mo!" he remarked. "Oh, shut up!" I retorted, exasperated. My head was spinning, and his words didn't make sense. I understood Tagalog but needed to be more fluent and needed help to grasp some exact meaning. 'Swerte' means luck, if I am not mistaken. Was he calling me lucky because he was gorgeous? Oh, gee! What was he saying?

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)