Taglish Novels & Stories

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

Mara laughed; this kid is really smart. "Yes, sort of, Quil. But it’s Tagalog, a language from the Philippines. You know the Philippines, right?" Quil nodded. "Yes, mother superior said it’s a tropical group of islands near the Pacific Ocean, and I learned that the Philippines has three main parts: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. I wonder what the Philippines looks like," they added. "Don't worry, Quil, we will visit the Philippines soon," Mara said to them.

"By the way, thank you for your compliment earlier but babe?...I just noticed that you are so talented, you can read even if it's facing the ot Salamat sa compliment pero ngayon ko lang napansin...ang talented mo pala, nakakapagbasa ka kahit baliktad." tumawa ako at umiiling iling na lumabas kaya hindi ko na nakita ang reaksiyon nito.

[147] As a lingua franca or creole language of Filipinos, major languages of the country like Chavacano, Cebuano, Tagalog, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Bikol, Hiligaynon, and Ilocano assimilated many different words and expressions from Castilian Spanish. Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole language in Asia. Its vocabulary is 90 percent Spanish, and the remaining 10 percent is a mixture of predominantly Portuguese, Nahuatl (Mexican Indian), Hiligaynon, and some English. Chavacano is considered by the Instituto Cervantes to be a Spanish-based language.[148][failed verification]

It seemed like she wasn't the only one who was curious about this as even Aiden was staring at her as he waited for her reply. Malisa felt a little uncomfortable under their intense gazes but she still managed to answer the question, " Well, I also know, German, Italian, and Tagalog ( the language of the Philippines. ) " Oh my, Sis! You are amazing! How many years did it take you to learn all that? " " About 11 years in total. " Malisa Replied after a moment of thought. " Wow! " Aiden couldn't help but exclaim. Malisa who couldn't bear with their intense gazes anymore bowed her head and began staring at her feet.

aniya subalit hindi ko nagawang i-rehistro sa sistema ko ang mga sinabi niya bagkus, mas ibinaling ko ang atensyon sa itinawag niya sa akin. Rosas.. isang tao lamang ang tumatawag sa akin nang pangalang iyon. It's been a year na rin mula nang marinig ko iyon. But then again, part na lang siya ng memory para sa akin kaya siguro, dapat na akong masanay kapag naririnig ko ang salitang 'yon. Besides, that's just a Tagalog translation for rose. "'Wag mo nang alalahanin pa 'yon. Masyado ka nang nasaktan sa kaniya. Don't worry. Ngayon, hindi mo na ulit mararamdaman na hindi ka mahalaga."

tanong ko sa kaniya at tumango naman siya. "Mali ang spelling. T-H-O-U-G-H-T-S dapat. Maging maingat ka diyan kasi isang letra lang ang mawala sa salita, mag-iiba na ang meaning niyan. Walang salitang "taughts" pero ang "taught" ay past participle ng "teach" while "thoughts" is past participle naman ng "think". Ito ding "lose" ay dapat past participle which is "lost". Kapag sinabi namang "you're" ang ibig sabihin ay "you are". Dapat "your" ang gagamitin kasi sayo ang tinutukoy." pagtatama ko. Marami pa akong itinama sa grammar at spelling niya. Pinalitan ko din ang ibang terms na ginamit niya sa essay para mas magmukha itong presentable at pinaghandaan.

I answered then I just feel that she's caressing my back. "It's okay, I feel you Kate." She said and I looked at her. "Katie." I corrected my name. "Sorry, I wanna call you Kate than Katie e, Kate is cuter." She said then clapped her hands with me. Looks like a kid. "Salamat." That means thank you in English, I wanna try speaking Tagalog sometimes though it's a little bit hard for me. "You are so natural Katie, your not that maarte thingy that your bashers are talking about." Oh? She know the things that my bashers always told me?

) Saad nito sabay turo sa malaking bundok na'to. Everytime na maaalala ko ang sinabing 'yon ng ali kanina, di ko mapigilang mapailing-iling na lamang. Still unable to understand that alien language one bit. But one thing is for sure, Bisaya ang mga katagang 'yon. The dialect that Mindanaoan uses here. Good thing the bastard del Fuero had able to understand them so we were able to get this direction. This goddamn direction. Again, a loud exhausted sigh escaped from my mouth when I thought about it.

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.