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TALASALITAAN:
lagi always, syn. madalas-frequent
tungkol sa about, syn. hinggil sa
akda composition, syn. sinulat, katha
kababasa the prefix ka- denotes recently completed, hence “just read”
kagagaling just came from,
nababanggit being mentioned
pasalubong a gift that someone brings back from a trip
pinabasa was asked to read
siguro maybe
parang seems like
pamagat title
Bagamat even though
wikang Ingles. English language
panitikang Ingles English literature
mismo himself, themselves
katutubo sa wika native to the language, native speaker
paghihirap suffering
manong Ilocano word for elder brother
dakila great, noble
nakakatawa funny
samantala meanwhile, when, while, whereas
kailangan need
KAWIKAAN:
baka mahirapan might have a difficult time
Para nga bumuti in order that, so it would become better
Baka maya’t maya pupunta might go every now and then
Hindi naman no, not really
At saka sa tingin ko and in my opinion, lit., in my perception
sala sa init, sala sa lamig. uncertain as to what one wants; lit. neither hot nor cold
mas mataas pa rin ang tingin still have a higher regard,
mahirap na nga ang buhay. Life is already difficult,
Ay ewan ko I don’t know, lit, inversion marker, colloquial of aywan my; syn. Di ko nalalaman
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