Taglish Romane & Geschichten

singhal nito. "That is one of the beke language na ang ibig sabihin ay tomboy or lesbian." Paliwanag ko sa kanya. "Hoy, umayos ka huh! Don't tell me na namamakla ka na!" "Tsk...pasmado na naman 'yang bibig mo. Narinig ko lang 'yan huh!" Natawa na lang ito at kapagkuwa'y biglang nalungkot.

Young Kai furrowed his brow at the girl's question. "Huh?" "Sabi ko, “Bakit ka umiiyak?” bingi ka ba? (I said, 'Why are you crying?' Are you deaf?)" the girl asked. "Sorry but I can’t understand you," he replied, still confused by what the girl meant to say. "Patay! Alien! (Shoot! Alien!)" the girl exclaimed, slapping her forehead. "What?" young Kai asked, confused. " Paano ba ‘to? Hmm… Ah! Why you cry? Teka tama ba? Basta ‘yon na ‘yon! (How do I do this? Hmm... Ah! Why you cry? Is that right? Well, close enough!)"

"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."

siguro dahil na rin sa na adapt nya na yun sa accent ng U.S "Josephine?" pag sisigurado ko pa kung sya nga ba talaga ang kausap ko "sino pa ba hays.. kung hindi pa dahil kay mom hindi ko pa malalaman na ikakasal ka na pala at ako pa talaga yung nilihiman mo ha"

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.”

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.

sigaw n'ya "Ready ka na ba?" dugtong pa n'ya na hindi man lang kinakabahan. "Go!" maikli kong sagot. Sinimulan n'ya ng mag drive. Nung una ay medyo may pa gewang gewang pa kami pero kalaunan ay nagamay n'ya na ang pagmamaneho. Mabagal lang s'yang mag-drive dahil sinasanay n'ya pa ang sarili n'ya pero matapos ang ilang minuto ay pabilis na s'ya ng pabilis.

) Lorey said and Christian laugh at the word ‘navigator’ The boss scratched his head “sabi mo diba nakaka usap at nakakakita ka ng mga multo? Puno ng ganon ang isla kaya naisip naming ikaw ang maghahanap sa mga bata” (you told us that you can see and talk to the ghosts, the island is full of those things. We planned that you will locate the missing children) Christian can understand and speak tagalog so he understand what the boss said “this face of missings” they give them the missing posters and Lina recognized them. I should have ripped this poster earlier if I know that they’ll need it

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.)”

Nang mahimasmasan kami’y sinimulan na niyang magturo at kagyat nakinig ang mga kaklase ko. “Ano nga ba ang Baybayin?” pang-unang salita niya. Ni isa sa amin ay walang nagsalita kaya’t ipinagpatuloy na niya ang buong buhay na pagtuturo. “Sa Korea ay may Hangul. Sa Japan ay may Kanji, Katakana at Hiragana na bilang sa panulat. Siyempre, sa ating inang bansa ay mayroon ding sariling bersiyon ng pagsusulat at ito ang tinatawag na Baybayin.” Isinusulat niya ang itsura ng mga ito sa blackboard.