Taglish Novels & Stories

) 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

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.)”

Nang mahimasmasan kami’y sinimulan na niyang magturo at kagyat nakinig ang mga kaklase ko. “Ano nga ba ang Baybayin?” pang-unang salita niya. Ni isa sa amin ay walang nagsalita kaya’t ipinagpatuloy na niya ang buong buhay na pagtuturo. “Sa Korea ay may Hangul. Sa Japan ay may Kanji, Katakana at Hiragana na bilang sa panulat. Siyempre, sa ating inang bansa ay mayroon ding sariling bersiyon ng pagsusulat at ito ang tinatawag na Baybayin.” Isinusulat niya ang itsura ng mga ito sa blackboard.

I’m going to use Tagalog instead. Nag-iisang pag-ibig ang nais makamit yun ay ikaw Nag-iisang pangako na di magbabago para sayo San ka man sana'y maalala mo Kailan man asahan di mag kalayo Tanging ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin Walang ibang hiling kundi ang yakap mo't halik I looked at him and he did the same but I turned my sight to others. Hindi malilimutan mga araw natin kay sarap balikan

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

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.

Tanong ni aling Dalia ng mapansin niya na mataas na ang buhok ko. "Magpaputol ko ug buhok unya teh. Sige, adto sa ko, (Magpapagupit po ako mamaya ale. Sige po, aalis na po ako)," sabi ko at bumalik na sa loob ng bahay. Agad ako nagtungo sa banyo para maligo. Sa tagal ko na rito sa Mindanao medyo magaling na ako magsalita ng bisaya. Sa unang araw pa lang ng pag-aaral ko ng bisaya ay sobrang nahirapan ako pero mabuti na lang ay marunong mag tagalog ang mga tao rito at naiintindihan nila ako kapag napapatagalog ako.

thanks to her for saving me that day. ********** A/N: 'Tangina' is a curse word usually used by Filipinos to express anger or any other emotion. A common term nowadays and is used to sound punk and cool in the Philippines. It originally meant "a bitch mother" if translated verbally. The male lead of the story here is a mafioso or gangster, so the word suits him as an expression. It is a vulgar cuss word in the Philippines that could be associated with words like fuck, shit, bitch, and other curse words.

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.

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-"