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"Everything was wrong!" "Huh? What are you saying?" "That wasn't how you say I love you in Filipino; we say "mahal kita." Aish! Don't listen to anyone but me, okay?" I asked before starting the engine again. "O-Okay. Mahar kita?" "It's Ma-hal, not Ma-har; say it again," I commanded. Oh, my gosh. Who the fuck taught my younger brother that word? Do they want to die? "Mahal kita."

Isa iyon sa hindi ko gustong mangyari, lalo na’t natatakot akong malayo ang loob nila sa akin. “Lola is that me-meryen–What is it po, momma?” Busangot na nakatingin sa akin si Zevria. Hirap na hirap, kahit naman kinakausap ko sila ng Filipino na language. Ang lagi pa rin naman nilang kalaro ay mga taga rito, kaya laging nasasapawan ang tinuturo ko. “Mer…yen…da.” Dahan-dahan kong bigkas. “Meryenda.”

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.

) 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.

I was rather amused by his sentences. Just a few months ago, we had started discussing more intellectual topics whenever we were together. Sometimes, he booked my services just so I could talk to him in English. Since English is the Philippines’ second language, his business associates spoke to him in that language, and he admitted he couldn’t always keep up. Other times, I taught him my mother tongue, Bisaya, while he attempted to teach me Mandarin.

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!)

I asked, or more likely yelled. He cupped his ears, "I can't hear you." "I said, Mahal kita!" I yelled in frustration towards his ear. He smirked. "Good." So it's Mahal Kita...I love you...Wait, don't tell me the meaning of it was what he wanted to hear... He messed my hair up, ruffling it. "Remember, although most Filipinos can speak English, not all of them can. Bear that in mind." He reminded me. "You have to be understanding and use common sense."

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.)”

[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]

Tumikhim ako at naka isip agad ng idadahilan. "Nasa Pilipinas ako, sa sarili ko pang bansa hindi ba kabastusan naman kung mag i english pa ako kahit na alam ko naman kung paano mag salita ng tagalog?" "Phew! Makabansa ka pala, hindi ako na inform." "Bakit?" "Wala naman, sasabihin ko lang sana sa'yong bukas mag papagawa ako ng tarpaulin na may nakalagay na suportahan ang sariling atin."