I wonder how hard TagalogFilipino is to learn from a grammatical perspective. I mean, if you think about it, our monosyllabic particles alone are very diverse in functions ("ba", "pa", "nga", "sa", "na").
Like these particles alone can change the entire meaning of a sentence:
"Meron pa?" (surprised)
"Meron na?" (not surprised)
"Meron nga?" (don't lie to me)
"Meron ba?" (legitimately inquiring)
"Meron sa?" (finding)
A conversation:
"Meron bang kalabasa sa palengke?"
"Meron na."
"Kailan pa?"
"Kahapon pa."
"Magkano ba?"
"PHP30.00 na."
"Ang mahal na, ah."
"Oo nga."
EDIT: Changed "Tagalog" to "Filipino" because it's tantamount to saying langue d'oil is French, Castillian is Spanish, or Old English is Modern English.
I once downloaded and tried to read a reference grammar for Filipino (Tagalog, as it's indicated in the document). It was an interesting experience trying to make sense of that document with zero linguistics knowledge and only guessing using what I "innately know" of the language.
As far as "one particle changing the meaning of the entire sentence" I think a close analog would be the Japanese か/かな/ね used at the end of a sentence.
What's interesting is that I'm actually currently learning Japanese (actually, I have just started - currently finishing Wanikani G1 and JLPT N5) and, while resting from a kanji test, I decided to look at our language from a language learner's perspective. And I found it pretty hard HAHAHAHA. Like hell, how would I know if the "pa" in "hindi pa" means "yet" and not "more" (as in "isa pa") or "still" (as in "papunta pa lang").
Kinilig ang frennies because I had a meet cute moment while we were out. I think masyadong romantiko ang mga kaluluwa nila because the moment didn't really even register with me. Kung sila hopeless romantic siguro ako hopeless lang 😆 jk
Nako, ayaw ko maglagay ng meaning sa mga bagay-bagay sumasakit lang ulo ko. I'll only allow myself to feel kilig kapag mukhang matino naman yung tao, napag-usapan na at may patutunguhan if it goes well. Hindi naman challenge pakiligin o magka feelings ako, it's just a matter of compatibility and if it's going to go somewhere.
It just be like that. We deserve people who will treat us right at pasasayahin tayo. I feel so grown up charot. Kapag napadaan ako sa timezone I shall practice my shooting zombies skill with composure. 🔫 maybe it's an inner child thing, me and zombies
I agree. My work involves having 15+ tabs open and Chrome turns my laptop into an unusable turtle or, worse, puts the tabs on sleep and refreshes when you move to it. Edge isn't the best, but does handle that a lot better.
Same same. Edge din gamit ko. Gusto ko rin sa Edge yung nakakagawa ng folder for all the tabs para malinis tapos pwede pa i-label. When you search, may suggestion/sagot yun chatbot. If you use the chatbot, naglalagay siya ng links for reference unlike other chatbots na sasagot lang.
I refuse to use Edge even when I'm on a Windows machine out of principle (or spite, either works), but when I do (when I have to), I think it's better than Google Chrome. In fact, I don't think I even have Google Chrome on my Windows installation.
Although I have my questions.
Is Edge better (than Google Chrome) for Windows machines only? And if so, is it because MS have devoted some time optimizing it for Windows? Or did MS do a good job across the board (all supported OS'es)? Did the IE memes finally get them to actually improve on things? That the reputation of IE has spurred them to make Edge the best browser it can be (despite demands from corporate/marketing)?
I recently went on Edge yesterday lang, at ito ang first impressions ko, despite na napaka-tagal ko nang gumagamit ng Windows.
Is Edge better (than Google Chrome) for Windows machines only?
It could be. Chromium and Windows is widely used, and in order to "impress" users, Microsoft amped Chromium engine to its limitations. this is the result.
How does one deal with demotivation to work or to do most things, other than just pass the time and stare at the nothingness and the lack of direction of one's life? How does one regain the creative spark that was lost, the joy of life, the curiosity to learn and understand not just those around us but also within ourselves. How does one be "alive'?
On a more practical sense, someone once told me that discipline and habit is far more important than motivation once things are properly rolling. Motivation might be the spark that gotten things rolling, but it's discipline and habit that keeps it going. (And that I ought to listen to that advice myself.)
However, in a more philosophical sense, I think accepting that you've lost your own spark and facing that very question “how does one be alive?” with the intent of reigniting that lost spark is pretty much facing the absurd. That facing that question every waking day of one's life, answering that question for every moment, is pretty much the point. Whether or not the answer makes sense (in the moment or otherwise) or not is irrelevant, because the value is not in the answer, but in the way we face it.
It could be that for today, I could face it by making a slight detour in my daily commute and allowing myself to get lost on the way home, for example. It could be that for some other day, just as an example, I could choose to face it by not wearing any underwear during a work zoom meeting, relishing on that danger of being exposed. Or it could be as trivial as making pancit by using spaghetti. Or making spaghetti by using pancit bihon. All trivial things in the big picture, but if it makes my day any little more tolerable, then so be it.
Just looking at what happened to the word ‘anomie’, ugh. I won't even pretend to even have a slightest idea what that word means.
However, I take it to mean (as baseless as it could be) as “the individual has lost the will to participate in the wider society,” which begs the question: “Why?” How could it be that a number of people have simply gotten detached to the wider world around them? Some people could point to those people and say “they're just being spoiled, selfish little brats who refuse to grow up,” while some others point to the society, the system as a whole having failed those people.
And for my personal opinion, “society” sees it fit to ignore and let those people be. That there's some “better person out there” willing to be a cog. And if things don't drastically change, “society” (and I mean, those who sit over the people), won't even need people in the first place—with AI and machines making up for any lost productivity, or even more.
err not a fan but thx hehe the "90s" beat kinda pulled it back down to standard when i think the intention was to build up on the Powerpuff Girls theme (which was originally sampled from a jazz record and used in plenty of hiphop)
it was just a liiiitle tiny bit too fast like even sa choreo it felt they were rushing (like those "2x" speed dance challenges)
TIL that the Filipinas' team doctor is Fille Cainglet who is not the same (or related to) Fille Cainglet, the volleyball player and wife of Lino Cayetano.
Nonstop rains and some strong gusts of wind here in Baguio since yesterday evening. Kagabi pa walang kuryente pambihira. If it's this bad here that I actually decided not to head to work last night, I can't imagine how bad it must be nearer to the typhoon eye.
Only in my own room am I allowed to relax and be a slob. However, I dislike things not being put back in their proper places, so things end up more or less orderly anyways.
Hugging. My father loved to cuddle with us (a lot, and that's one of the reasons why I feel like I'm closer to my dad than to my mom), his sons, to the point where I subconsciously picked up that habit of his and now I feel so satisfied whenever I get a pillow to hug (not the usual hug, but rather the one with one of your legs above the side of the person you're hugging).
It's just so funny ung (silly) concept of removing all responsibility from you being the one na nakalaglag ng gamit by implying a shhh mo na ibang tao ung nakabagsak and hindi ikaw.
I've seen and heard this much from my parents to the point that i unwittingly do it from time to time (though I try to limit it).
I guess it's the false sense of comfort you feel by convincing yourself na hindi ikaw ung nakabagsak ng gamit kaya lagi nila ginagawa un LMAO.
The scene features the protagonist reciting a verse from the Bhagwad Gita, considered the holiest of Hindu scripture, just before sexual intercourse.
Eh, this is kind of a reach. It's hard to tell what exactly happened when Florence Pugh was asking Oppie to read it.
I do think it's one of the dumbest scenes in the movie and why Nolan's directing is bothersome, lol. Pwede naman sabihin ni Oppie yung line na yun somewhere (a voice over after the bomb explodes) without Pugh showing it to him. Alam naman natin na he's well-read and historically uttered this phrase.
John Mayer may not have the best rep when it comes to his personal life (in the past at least), pero tangina sana naman kaunting paulan ng talent lord. Sana ol ganito kagaling mag gitara.
This is the reason I don't use search suggestions. When accidentally tap/click that link, everything with metadata/algorithm go off the rails. Kaya tinurn off ko yan sa browser ko.
I assume this is Facebook. They act the same thing with browsers, except your recent searches on online platform stored on their servers.
Either sadyang pinindot or aksidente, that query always shows up until madelete ni user.
I've been racking my brain trying to remember the song and for some reason could only imagine a folksy melody. It took some repetition until I got the right tone.
And I thought my memory was amazing with how I could sing some random song I haven't heard in years.