I find Filipino to be a lot more expressive than English in the sense that the words themselves, as they are constructed, heavily imply to the word's subjective meaning. So I have been educating a diligent American pupil to the beauty of this form of expression, with 1-2 phrases a week. Observe:
Lessons #72 - Mukha kang puwet (trans. you look like a butt)
Student has been very receptive to tutoring. Lesson plan for next week:
Lesson #73 - Amoy kang kilikili (trans. you smell like an armpit)
Lesson #74 - Amoy kang kilikili ng bumbay (trans. you smel like an indian armpit)
Review of Lesson #71 - TAE! (trans. feces!)
1 comment:
You forgot "Isa kang kilikili" or "You are an armpit" like some person we would fondly refer to during the good old days.
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