Sulay lang gud
Dugay-dugay na sad na wala ko nagsulti ug bisaya. Di man gani ko kahinumdum kung kanus-a ko nagsulat sa bisaya. Lisud baya uy. Taas (Dako?) kaayo ang temtasyon nga mag-ingles na lang.
Luoy baya ang akong mga anak. Dili pa gihapon kabalo mag-istorya sa tagalog o bisaya. Lisod makapangita ug libro nga tagalog, asa na lang kaha kung bisaya. Wala pa nako gisulayan and Miramesa library pero basin sila naay pipila ka libro. Hay, basta pag-uli nako muagto gyud ko ug National Bookstore or Powerbooks.
Murag kani lang ang akong kaya. Ang akong huna-huna gakapa-kapa.
(Switch to Tagalog)
Baka mas madali. Nahihirapan akong makahanap ng tamang salita sa Bisaya. Nakakapanibago. Nakakagulintang. Una kong lengwahe ang Bisaya at lumaki akong ito ang gamit sa araw-araw.
(Switch to English)
It’s amazing how 2 years of speaking minimal to nil of Filipino turns me into nothing but a tongue-twisted Pinay. I really wish I had the consistency and patience to teach my children my mother tongue. Yet the lack of patience defeats the wanting. Like always. I wonder how helpful our 2 weeks in the Philippines this April will be. I’m sure majority of those talking to my children will willingly revert to English when speaking with them. We shall see.
ianne said,
March 8, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I’m in the same predicament as you do. I have so much trouble teaching my children the cebuano dialect since at very young age til now. Partly because we’re in the country where english language is predominant.
Thank God that filipinos are english literate!=)
amelita said,
March 29, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I think the best thing we can do is send them home to the Philippines for a couple of weeks every year. Hopefully, that will enrich their Filipino-ness and help them to atleast understand the language. My husband sends his daughter every year to Germany and she now manages to speak German fluently.
leylander said,
April 11, 2007 at 6:22 am
haha. lingaw! =)
mark de makilala said,
February 26, 2008 at 11:21 am
ello sa mga bisdak mong dako.. ako ay isang bisaya pero nasa manila ako kaya ang gamit kong salita ay tagalog.. sa una hirap ako sa pag tagalog pero sa nag kadugay ko murag na hasa nako ug tagalog cge bye bye na kay time nako..