Novel & Cerita Tula Para Sa Wikang Filipino

“Why did I felt like my speech went wrong? Dale, you already know that, open your heart for letting go and forgiveness. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have a genuine smile. You deserve the best. Happy Birthday, lalaki.” “Thank you, woman,” I answered, looking sincerely at her. Her words never failed to make my heart flutter. I badly wanted to hug her while she was speaking. “You, Cuego!” Ryle called my attention. I faced them. “Give your speech as well!” He added in a playful voice, eager to hear me talk. “Lola? Lolo” I began politely. “Thank you for the warm welcome for us here.” Lola and Lolo is a term widely used by Filipinos to address their grandmothers and grandfathers.

He was silent for a while, contemplating about life before angrily saying in response and ask at the same time. '... Ano ang iyong pinagsasasabi Maqua? Hindi ko maintindihan ang iyong sinasabi! Magsalita ka ng ating lengwahe Lapætiad'ià!' Its Maqua turn to be silent, nakalimutan niya, ayaw na ayaw pala ng kanyang kalahati na gumamit siya ng mga lengwaheng hindi niya maintindihan, because foreign words make him feel like an idiot who didn't understand anything. Feeling extremely helpless in this situation, Maqua can only say in response,

I winced at what he said. "I really have to, John. I want to learn so that I can understand you all," I promised him with a smile. "Don't worry about it, son. Most of the people there understand Tagalog," mom told me, making me widen my eyes. "WHAT? How did that happen?” I asked him. "Well, the Queen of Austrias implemented a new curriculum in education and that is to teach those children and also the people of Austrias to speak the Filipino language," John promised me, making my eyes widen even more.

) 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.

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-"

Zayne spoke seriously, and Phil nodded in agreement. “As expected, we must leave after they do.” “What? Can’t we just leave tomorrow—“ Zoey didn’t get to finish as her twin elbowed her. “He doesn’t understand you.” Zoey facepalmed at that. Sometimes, she really forgot the nationality of the people she was talking to. Her brain would scramble trying to figure out which language to use. “It’s okay, I can understand you guys. Francine and Tita Farrah taught me how to understand Filipino. I can even speak a little bit.” Phil added the last part in slang after switching to Tagalog.

She looked like she genuinely appreciated the attempt I made to communicate in Filipino, a language I had acquired through my mother's affection for films from the Philippines and our visits to Manila when I was in my teanage era. “Hindi po, tita, ang aking ina ay nag-e-enjoy sa mga pelikulang Filipino at ang kanyang pagmamahal sa mga pelikulang iyon ang nagtulak sa kanya na i-enroll kaming dalawa sa isang klase ng wikang banyaga kung saan kami natuto ng tagalog.” [No, auntie, my mother truly enjoys Filipino films, and her passion for those movies inspired her to enroll both of us in a foreign language class where we learned Tagalog.]

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.

Astonished I asked her. "Hija, I've been learning for a long time, and do you know that it took me a few more months just to learn to speak the Filipino language, at first my mouth was too slang when I spoke in the Filipino language but it didn't take long to get used to it." She said that's why I nodded.

I said. "Sir, I don't understand ahm... speak English." He replied, D*mn it! nalimutan ko wala pala ako sa pinas, P*nyet*ng! (I forgot I'm not in the Philippines, mother f*cker!)