Unit 11 - Pag-Ibig (Love, Courtship & Marriage)

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VOCABULARY/EXPRESSIONS

ang nasira kong asawa                departed husband
nanliligaw                                         courts (courting)
Sinusuyo                                           tries to please
bago umaakyat ng ligaw.              before courting
magkasintahan                                sweethearts
umiigib ng tubig,                          fetch water
nagsisibak ng kahoy                         split wood
pagkatao                                            character, personhood
makilatis                                           would know; used for jewels
pormal pati ang bihis                    dress formally
nagliligawan                                     nominalized verb meaning sweethearts
nagtatanan                                         eloping
magkasintahan                                lovers
magsing-irog                                     lovers
palay pa ang lumalapit sa manok            the grain come to get the chicken, lit. the grain approaching, going near the chicken
mahinhin                                           modest
idindamping marahan                    gently pressing
iniisip kita                                         thinking of you
namamanhikan             go to the house of the woman to ask permission for their son to marry the daughter of the house (root word panhik, to go up)


abaniko                                              fan
mayumi                                              refined
hingin ang kamay                                    ask for her hand in marriage
Pagkatapos                                        After
Ginayuma                                          charmed( me) with a love potion
Dakila                                                            great, noble.
bayan                                                  motherland