I love you in the 12 major languages of the Philippines

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I love you in the 12 major languages of the Philippines | @kapampangan.words Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s @kapampangan.words (Instagram) 600th post, so here’s one of our past special posts where we featured the 12 most spoken languages in the Philippines and how each of them says “I love you”! Always remember that each of these … Read more

On this day, February 14

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On this day, February 14, in 1975 the inauguration of the Philippine Heart Center for Asia took place.https://kahimyang.com/february/page/2/ Today is the feast day for St. Valentine, a priest, and physician martyred in Rome in 270 BCE.https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/February-14 On this day in 2003 Dolly, the first cloned sheep was put to sleep at the age of 6 … Read more

Pusu

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Pusu Happy Valentine’s Day! In many Philippine languages, Valentine’s Day is translated literally as “Hearts’ Day”. How do you say “Valentine’s Day” in your language? PÚSÛ • (POO-soo’)heartTagálog (Filipino): púsò Derived Phrase:ALDÓ DA RING PÚSÛValentine’s DayTagálog (Filipino): Áraw ng mgá Púsò You may want to read: BOC Warns Public Against Love Scam

Sirena

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Sirena, the Philippine version of the mermaid, is depicted as a sea creature with long, curled hair or exquisite golden curls who uses a beguiling voice to lure men to their deaths. Their upper bodies are human, ad their lower bodies are fish or fishtails. You may want to read: Hilahila

Kaluguran

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Kaluguran The only difference between “friend” and “in love” in Kapampángan is stress. This Valentine’s, I’d like to introduce one of my personal favorite short films, and one entirely in Kapampángan, Lisyun qng Geografia (2014) or Geography Lessons by Petersen Vargas! Swipe to the last slide for a scene in the film to hear the … Read more