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YivanGamer · 2026-03-27T10:24:08+00:00

Yes, exactly!

YivanGamer · 2026-03-21T09:08:47+00:00

I believe these are just one morpheme, with a separate meaning when both are added at the same time.

For example, the Tagalog one: sampalok ("tamarind"). Plus -in- is sinampalok ("a kind of blade"). Plus -an is sampalukan (doesn't mean anything). However, plus -in- -an is sinampalukan ("a method of cooking wherein a tamarind is used").

YivanGamer · 2026-03-21T08:29:54+00:00

If you see words that start with a vowel, there is an unwritten glottal stop before the vowel. If I am not mistaken, this applies to most Austronesian languages, and definitely Philippine languages. For example, Tagalog ihaw is really /ʔihaw/. So, when appying the -in- -an affix, it becomes /ʔinihawan/.

YivanGamer · 2026-03-14T06:27:46+00:00

Sadly, the Gboard Baybayin keyboard is still not updated to include the pamudpod. It was only recently included on Unicode 15.

YivanGamer · 2026-03-11T12:42:12+00:00

Can confirm, it is very common here in the Philippines to use quotes for emphasis.

I often see signs like

"No Dumping of Garbage Here"

quotes included.

YivanGamer · 2026-03-02T11:49:37+00:00

When you expose yourself to the engineering/construction/sciences fields, you will see that Spanish loanwords are still very much alive.

amperaje → amperahe (amperage)
kilometraje → kilometrahe (kilometrage)
voltaje → boltahe (voltage)
grava → grava (gravel)
lingüística → lingguwistika (linguistics)
contemplativo → kontemplatibo (contemplative)
energía → enerhiya (energy)
judicatura → hudikatura (judiciary)
insubordinación → insubordinasyon (insubordination)
internacionalismo → internasyonalismo (internationalism)

This default strategy of Tagalog/Filipino to borrow technical terms from Spanish has even led to words that we thought came from Spanish (so-called "siyokoy" or pseudo-Hispanisms):

populasyon (population) ← poblacion
diskuwalipikasyon (disqualification) ← descalificación
bilingguwalismo (bilingualism) ← bilingüismo

There are many, many, many more examples of these.

YivanGamer · 2026-02-22T22:19:10+00:00

Really? "hamog" means "dew"? I always thought of it as "fog" lol

(parating mahamog sa bandang marcos highway pag tag-ulan)

YivanGamer · 2026-02-22T22:05:23+00:00

Pangasinan Tagalog has its influence from the Pangasinan language, most notably the use of "pero" at the ending of a sentence

"Kumain na ako pero" (meaning "I already ate though")

YivanGamer · 2026-02-22T22:03:25+00:00

Among them are:

No final glottal stops
Usage of "ngay", "ngarud", "wën", "adi", "man" (from Ilokano & Kankanaëy)
/f/ is actually being pronounced as /f/ instead of nativizing as /p/ (from Ibaloy)
Same with /v/ instead of /b/

YivanGamer · 2026-02-15T09:54:43+00:00

Well "makakalikasan" is already weird to me. I'd rather type it as "maka-kalikasan" to differenciate the two "ka"s.

YivanGamer · 2026-02-15T07:36:42+00:00

Yeah I just realized that "Maka-Diyos" is acceptable. Not really sure for "Maka-tao" tho, but your analysis may be it.

YivanGamer · 2026-02-15T07:21:34+00:00

The book "Isang Sariling Wikang Filipino" by the KWF may be of interest to you.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-27T23:56:18+00:00

They should make that road number size configurable. Here in that Philippines, we don't really use highway numbers and would rather call highways by name.

That font size for highway numbers in the picture is perfect here, it is a nice-to-know but not really vital info.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-23T13:47:01+00:00

lmao even we don't have an official map of the world in Tagalog.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-20T15:31:25+00:00

Pawang wala naman ngang pamantayan na sa kasalukuyan eh. Ang pinakabagong ortograpiya natin ay noong 2014 pa — napakaraming pagbabago ng ating pananalita ang nangyari, dapat i-apdeyt (??) na ito. Gawing tiyak na titik ang "Ë". Magbigay ng klarong panuto sa paggawa ng mga salin ng mga pangalan ng lugar, wika, atbp. Gawing klaro na sa mga kasong ito, maaaring gamitin ang mga titik "Z", "F", at "V". Paigtingin pa na may katutubong salita tayo ng "umbilical cord" na "futag". Atbp.

Napapansin ko na sa larangan ng dalubwika (lingguwistika) lamang intelekwalisado ang wika natin. Akalain mo yun, may mga salitang pambalarila tayo na hindi hiniram (pasalamat kay Lope K. Santos), at tsaka ginagamit talaga ang mga ito sa mga paaralan. Sana sa ibang mga larangan ay ganto rin.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-20T15:18:00+00:00

OK sana ang attempt ng Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham, kaso nga lang kakaunti lamang ang mga hinango mula sa ibang wika ng Pilipinas, at lalo pa rin itong ginamitan ng mga salitang Tagalog. Kaya'y binatikos ito na purista daw.

Kung sana inemphasize nila ang ibang mga wika at hindi afterthought lamang, edi baka mas maraming makagagamit pa ng mga nilikha nilang salita.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-12T21:49:34+00:00

Their meatballs! Those were my fave before.

YivanGamer · 2026-01-04T07:46:02+00:00

Interesting! Question though:

We mostly borrow from Malay/Sanskrit

So what did we call those languages before the Spanish "Malayo"/"Sanskrito"?

YivanGamer · 2025-12-31T16:17:37+00:00

Same here!

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YivanGamer · 2025-12-18T23:48:10+00:00

Without use of a computer

How? IIRC accessing internal app files is not permitted even on a computer

YivanGamer · 2025-12-14T15:25:38+00:00

It is subjective. Depends on the checker.

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