| INTRO
The word for love in Filipino is pag-ibig and the ‘beloved,’ the object of affection is mahal, irog, sinta, liyag, hirang.
SALIN SA PAG-UUSAP: (Translation)
Malou and Lita are in an Asian Studies class at a University in California)
Malou: How are you.
Lita: Quite fine. Is this Asian Studies?
Malou: Yes. By the way, my name is Maria Luisa. My nickname is Malou.
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Lita: I’m Carmelita. Carmelita Payumo. What’s your last name?
Malou: Macabenta.
Lita: (What part) of the Philippines are you from?
Malou: The Macabentas are from Pampanga, but I grew up in Manila.
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Lita: I see. When did you move here?
Malou: My family moved here when I was five years old.
Lita: Where do they live?
Malou: They live in West Covina. What about you, are you from here?
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Lita: Yes. I arrived in 2003.
Malou: What about your parents?
Lita: My father was first to arrive because he was in the Navy.
Malou. And then…?
Lita: Then we all followed after two years.
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Malou: Do you speak Tagalog at home?
Lita: My parents speak Tagalog and Kapampangan at home.
Malou: What about you?
Lita: It’s Tag-lish to my friends, and English in school.
Malou: Do you understand Kapampangan?
SALIN SA PAG-UUSAP: (Translation)
Malou and Lita are in an Asian Studies class at a University in California)
Malou: How are you.
Lita: Quite fine. Is this Asian Studies?
Malou: Yes. By the way, my name is Maria Luisa. My nickname is Malou.
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Lita: I’m Carmelita. Carmelita Payumo. What’s your last name?
Malou: Macabenta.
Lita: (What part) of the Philippines are you from?
Malou: The Macabentas are from Pampanga, but I grew up in Manila.
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Lita: I see. When did you move here?
Malou: My family moved here when I was five years old.
Lita: Where do they live?
Malou: They live in West Covina. What about you, are you from here?
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Lita: Yes. I arrived in 2003.
Malou: What about your parents?
Lita: My father was first to arrive because he was in the Navy.
Malou. And then…?
Lita: Then we all followed after two years.
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Malou: Do you speak Tagalog at home?
Lita: My parents speak Tagalog and Kapampangan at home.
Malou: What about you?
Lita: It’s Tag-lish to my friends, and English in school.
Malou: Do you understand Kapampangan?
Lita:
Just a little.
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