tagalog slang
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TAGALOG TAGALOG SLANGSLANG
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG
Training Objective:
DESCRIBE the Tagalog Slang
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG
Enabling Objective:
DEFINE Tagalog Slang IDENTIFY the sources of Tagalog Slang
EXPLAIN the methods of re-shaping a word into slang
REFERENCES:REFERENCES: ARTICLE BY WILLIE J. UY ENTITLED THE NEW FILIPINO SLANG: UNDERSTANDING TAGLISH WHEN IN THE PHILIPPINES
HTTP://WWW.SEASITE.NIU.EDU/TAGALOG/HOWSLANGWORDS.HTM
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG
is a word derived from a Tagalog word or from borrowing other languages, by giving new meanings to pre-existing word , by coining or creating original forms, or by using numbers as a kind of “in-group” codes
SOURCES OF TAGALOG SOURCES OF TAGALOG SLANGSLANG
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1. LOAN WORDS
- borrowing from different languages
- significant changing of meaning or grammar
- renders these words rather unintelligible to native speakers of the language from where the word was borrowed
SOURCES OF TAGALOG SOURCES OF TAGALOG SLANGSLANG
1. LOAN WORDS
- Major sources of Tagalog Slang
a. English e. Visayan
b. Spanish f. Ilokano
c. Japanese g. Kapampangan
d. Chinese
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1. LOAN WORDS
- Examples:
a. Toxic - loaded with work
b. De Kahon – bookish
c. Tong - bribery ; illegal collections
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2. Attribution of new meaning to Tagalog words
- derived from the large collection of inherited vocabulary, but take on a major change in semantics
NEW MEANING OF TAGALOG WORDS
ASWANG
Slang for MOTHER –IN LAW
NEW MEANING OF TAGALOG WORDS
BAWANG
NEW MEANING OF TAGALOG WORDS
LUTO
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3. Coinage
- involves the creation of new words and are hardly recognizable even though they may be based at times on other words
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3. Coinage
Examples:
a. harurot - fast, speeding
b. palpak - failure or failed attempt
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4. Numbers
based on the use of numbers in various innovative ways
SOURCES OF TAGALOG SOURCES OF TAGALOG SLANGSLANG
4. Numbers
1431432
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
1. Word Play
basically involves the re-ordering of sounds
done through dropping or adding sounds or syllables to the words from any language
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
1. Word Play
Example:
Bayawak - brother-in-law
from Tagalog bayaw = brother-in-law, Tagalog bayawak = monitor lizard)
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
2. Metathesis
process of slang derivation pertains to the switching of sounds within a word
either through inversion of syllables or by a complicated re-arrangement of the letters.
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
2. Metathesis
Syllable switching examples:
ASTIG = tough, unfeeling (from matigas, hard)BIGTU= water (from Tagalog tubig, water)TOMGU = hungry (from gutom, hungry)
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
2. Metathesis
Full reversal
adnagam = beautiful (from Tagalog maganda,
beautiful)
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
3. Reduction
involves the shortening or truncation of words
Examples:amboy syano kano
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
4. Abbreviations or Acronyms
understood only by an "insider" in a group. Examples:
a. AIDSb. HIVc. KGB
METHODS OF RE-SHAPING METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANGWORDS INTO SLANG
5. "Mix-Mix"
involves the blending of two or more languages within a given word, phrase or sentence.
Examples:a. “Anong say mo?”b. “Baw lang”
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG
SUMMARY AND REVIEW:
DEFINE Tagalog Slang IDENTIFY the sources of Tagalog Slang EXPLAIN the methods of re-shaping a word into
slang
Questions?Questions?
TAGALOG SLANGTAGALOG SLANG