I was cleaning the room when I saw my notes back in college and I
was surprised to see that I kept some of my lectures for the LET exam.
Yes! I took the Licensure Examination for Teachers and luckily I passed. I
wasn't aiming just to pass, I was really aiming for top ten that time. I may not achieved the top ten spot but I'm more than happy now! ♥
I
did not really introduce myself here yet. I'm a teacher by profession and I
majored in Filipino. Not in English, but in Filipino! (Why do people always
ask why did I took Filipino. I persistently answered them back that I love
language and literature related to my own native land.) So stop asking again
and again!!! hahaha.. :D
Going back to the notes I got, these are idioms but translated n our other tongue. You might use these in your future references, or maybe a member of your family will. You might want to take a look! :)
Tagalog Idiomatic Expression
1. ahas na tulog - tamad
2. alog na ang baba - matanda
3. babaha ng dugo - mag-aaway
4. maglubid ng buhangin - magsinungaling
5. magdilat ng mata - tanggaping ang katotohanan
6. namuti ang mata - naghintay ng matagal
/ nainip
7. di-mahapayang gatang -di-nagpapatalo /
mayabang
8. isang kahig, isang tuka - mahirap
9. di - maliparang uwak - napakalawak
10. ilista sa tubig - kalimutan
11. bugtong na anak - nag-iisang anak
12. buwayang-lubog - traydor
13. lobong nakadamit tupa - mapagpanggap /
mapagbalatkayo
14. nagbibilang ng poste - tambay o walang
trabaho
15. ampalayang-ampalaya - kuripot /
makunat
16. bulang gugo - bulagsak / magastos
17. nagbibig-anghel - nagkatotoo ang
sinabi
18. kaututang-dila - kadaldalan
19. nag-aamoy bawang - malapit nang
magpakasal
20. lumilipad ang saya -
maligayang-maligaya
21. nakatulog sa pansitan - napag-iiwanan
22. alilang-kanin - katulong na pagkain
lang ang sweldo
23. walang bituka - manhid
24. ngiting-aso - di-totoo / nagkukunwari
25. buhay alamang - mahirap
26. balitang kutsero - tsismis
27. maluwag ang kwerdas - sira-ulo
28. nag-ermitanyo - namuhay ng mag-isa
29. itaga sa bato - tandaan
30. mataas ang lipad - mayabang / maere
I
hope I can blog more on education-related post in the future. Well, I'll try to
do that but expect that it will be in Filipino since I'm a Filipino teacher. haha. :)
Enjoy the notes!
P.S. Please G+ this post so it will spread and helped someone's homework. hihi. ^__^
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So educational! I only know a few of them!
ReplyDeleteYou look young to be a teacher! hehe Nice, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great help for students like me. Unfortunately, I don't have a Filipino subject now. We had this as an assignment before. :D
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great post1 this will those students looking for tagalog idioms, and you're right Filipino would ask why major in Filipino...visiting from ComxE Nov6 for my second blog...:)
ReplyDeleteThis is fun. Laughing while reading those idioms!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for passing the Let! :) Woah. I learned a lot of Tagalog Idioms, I just know 5 out of 30. teehee! :)
ReplyDeletewow! a Filipino Teacher! I salute you for loving our own language and culture.. :)
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now some of those idioms have different meanings to the new generation. i didn't know why " nag-aamoy bawang" translates to "malapit ng magpakasal"? does it mean wives are always expected to be at the kitchen and cook all day? :D
ReplyDeletei remember these idioms when i was in high school; our language is meaningful and malalim hahaha
ReplyDeleteteachers are indeed great profession.
ReplyDeleteI salute all teachers! It's not easy to be a teacher. I taught for a while in college, and it was tough. How much more if you're teaching elementary and high school. Are you teaching now? :D
ReplyDeleteAlam ko pag tulog ahas busog hehehe....anyway, maybe the reason they're asking why you took Filipino major is because it is our native language and that's a given that we are "majors" in our own language...which is of course not true hehehe...You never really notice when it is spoken but in writing, now that's where you discover who's got it right altogether.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be a teacher before but I end up taking engineering instead of education. hehe.. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is very helpful for those studying Filipino. Thanks for sharing! -ceemee
ReplyDeletebigla kong namiss ang Filipino nung elementary andhighschool hehehe
ReplyDeleteI love it. Talagang masarap salitain ang wikang Filipino. May mga bagay na mas makahulugan kong tagalog ang salita :)
ReplyDeleteWhaaa. I hear some of these from my lola. Haha. Now I know what they exactly mean. :))
ReplyDeleteI remember all these many years ago... hay... only proves I'm getting old, hahaha!
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