Watashi In Tagalog Novels & Stories

I nodded slowly, trying to piece everything together. “Yeah. That’s why I don’t look like you guys,” he added with a smirk. So… you understand Tagalog?” I asked, curiosity creeping in. “Yeah. Fluently. Even Ilocano—my mom’s from Baguio.” “Aayatin kita,” he said smoothly, switching to another accent mid-sentence. I blinked. “Uh… what was that?” As a pure Tagalog speaker, I was clueless. He laughed, warm and teasing. “It means ‘I like you’ in Ilocano.”

“Miss byutipol, ‘wag ka maniwala ha iya. Ay sa kanya.” Natawa ‘ko nang mahina sa broken Tagalog nito. Ginugulo ko ang buhok nito nang maramdamang may isang butlto ang tumabi sa ’kin. I know it's him without even sparing him a glance. The tingle on my arms and the butterflies on my stomach are the giveaways. “Boys, hala. Pag liwan na kamo. Stop na hit pang-gagarbo. Bata pa kamo ngan dire ini hiya available, intiende?”

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?

nakatitig lang ito sa akin Ano kaya ang ibig sabihin nito. Hindi ko maintindihan ang sarili ko, I am suppose to be walking away or at least interfering him pero bakit ito ako nakatayo lang habang tinitingnan siya. Sapphire do something. “Its okay naman, you don’t need to worry that much saka magaling na rin ang sugat ko oh” saway ko dito habang tinuturo ang aking sugat.

Only one person could answer our questions now. “N-Ninang?!” Note: Ninang is the tagalog word of ‘Godmother’

Could he be a scammer? : Kakaiba ka, hindi ako makapaniwala na makakaramdam ako ng ganito. (You're different, I couldn't believe I could feel this way.) I am shocked that he can speak Tagalog. I didn't think I could talk to anyone else who was good at Tagalog except Fritz, Ev, and my parents. : Are you Filipino? You can speak Tagalog... A few minutes passed without anyone replying so I just put my phone down again and closed my eyes.

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?”

"What?" "You look sexy when you speak tagalog. I mean ang hot, I mean, ang c-cute l-lang," nauutal kong sabi rito na ikinangiti niya. "Thanks for that. You look cute also. I luv it when I see you stuttering. I hope because of my hotness at kagwapuhan ko." "I think so," wala sa sarili kong sabi saka tumingala sa langit para tignan ang mga bituin. Nabigla na lang ako ng hapitin ako nito.

sagot ko Kumalas ako sa yakap at tinignan sila isa isa. Sa ganitong sitwasyon talaga, dito masusukat kung talagang mahalaga sa inyo ang pagkakaibigan. Yung taong pinangakuan ako na nasa tabi ko lang daw parati, ay ayun, tinalikuran ako "Kumain na ba kayo?" Tanong ko Tumango si Chia, "Yezzer. Kanina pa bago umalis"

(Who are you! “Tell your commander that I'am Agatha. Do you understand what I'm saying?” matapang na wika niya rito. Kumunot lang ang noo nung sundalo at pero mukha namang naiintindihan niya ang mga sinabi ni Euphie pero medyo hindi rin. Naparolyo lang ang mata ni Euphie sakaniya saka sinabing.. “Wa-ta-shi- wa- A-ga-tha- de-su!”