Tula Para Sa Wika Novels & Stories

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?”

I said to Tanya, “I’ll hold the glass Isla is going to drink from and I’ll whisper the words, ‘revelare veritatem.’” She blinked, confused. “That’s Latin.” I nodded. “Really? I don’t know what language it is. The words just came into my head. I only know it means ‘reveal the truth.’” Tanya looked at me like I was walking on thin ice. “And you think that’s going to work?”

In Vanessa’s case, mukhang hindi. Bakit selos ka? Hindi ah! sabi ng dalawang tinig na nag-uusap sa isip ng dalaga. Tala! Kuya dapat ang turing mo sa dalawang lalaki, so dapat walang issue sa iyo ang mga babae nito, paalala niya sa sarili. “…and you are?” kay Tala na nakatingin si Vanessa. “Tala,” maikling tugon niya. “Ow Tala means the biggest and brightest star…tama ba?”

But because she couldn't talk loudly, afraid that the bosses would overhear them, Doctor Lacsamana spoke as softly as he could until he was mouthing his words. "Masaya ako kung saan ako ngayon. Marami rin akong natutunan doon. Isa pa, gaganda ang buhay ko kapag naibenta na ako sa kliyente ni boss." I am happy where I was. And I learned a lot there. One more thing, my life will be better when I get sold to my boss's clients, she answered enthusiastically. The Lots were only taught in the Tagalog language and not others, so they couldn't make contact when they were outside.

Tiana asked, utterly confused. "She responded to the word because they already recognized it as they had heard it many times before it like it in their DNA. It just like a child who will know Mama and papa. When they hear those words, they'll immediately respond but unlike Yalck, they don't understand other words yet as the phoenix language had disappeared from usage long before they were even hatched from their eggs." Yael explained to Tiana.

They had learned the basic of the oral language from their time with Father Karnamis in the wild but had never known it by name. Father Ulaka called it Vrail. "Some of you can read and write," Ulaka told them. "Those of you that can, will continue to write, while those of you who cannot, will learn." Ulaka began with the language of the realm and, when he was convinced they were capable of writing it fluently, only then did he begin vrail. Vrail proved a confusing language and even Soartin showed difficulty in its mastery.