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NANALO NA ANG PILIPINAS SA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP PERO PUTANG-INA HINDI PA RIN TAPOS ANG FLYOVER SA MOLINO
Edit: I regret this not
Nauna pa Filipinas kaysa sa Azkals. Maybe they need their own LAQ (Lemmy Ask Q).
That Azkals AMA was incredibly embarrassing for Filipino football fans, as the involved players proved they couldn’t care to be approachable. So why root for them at all? It kinda killed what little interest I had that time.
I wonder how hard Tagalog Filipino 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.
For example:
美味しいですね。
[Romaji] Oishii desune(?) [Filipino] Masarap 'no?
美味しいですか。
[Romaji] Oishii desuka? [Filipino] Masarap ba?
美味しいかな。
[Romaji] Oishii kana? [Filipino] Masarap kaya?
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”).
フィリフィン人は面白い。
Yep, Filipino is hard to analyze grammatically from a non-native speaker’s perspective.
I actually have gone into that rabbit hole through an exchange student who who really wanted to learn our language. She asked a lot of questions about (basic) Filipino grammar, and we’ve probably spent more than an hour (in a 1.5 hour class “slot”) arguing amongst ourselves about a fairly common grammatical construct. If I am recalling it correctly, it’s something to do with what exactly the word ‘ay’ stands for, like in the sentence “Si nanay ay nagluluto” (which can be converted to “Nagluluto si nanay,” which started the entire argument).
I think what you mean is “meron pa nga ba? Sana”?
Isa pa yan. We take it for granted, but we mash these monosyllabic particles together and somehow change what the sentence means.
“Meron pa” has certainty. “Meron pa nga” has insistence. “Meron pa nga ba?” questions the insistent certainty of the previous particles.
It’s fun and at the same time confusing to think about HAHAHA
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
Despite the shittons Microsoft added, Edge is a more customizable and performs better than Google Chrome.
Edge actually does perform better than Chrome, they actually managed to optimize a Chromium-based browser.
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.
in order to “impress” users, Microsoft amped Chromium engine to its limitations. this is the result.
Well, given what I think MS wants Edge to do, impressing users to get them to use the browser regularly is the first, and most important step. (And the rest, the user need not contemplate, “for their own good.”)
Physically nasa work pero mentally wala sa wisho magwork. Anyway, how’s everyone doing?
