Tapak at Pusak

Kami noo'y garineng garine ang itsura pag nagtag-ulan na. Papunta ng paaralan ay garne, ay lalo na pagbalik... Pagkakahapon at tapos na ang eskwela ay di kami ng aking mga kababata ay patikaran ng pauuwi ng bahay...  bitbit ang tsenelas, nakabayakis ang pantalon dahil ang kalsada'y pusak at latiteng latite sa putik at ang madaanan naming  bayabasan ay ukyabit naming maige. Ay yung daang papasok sa amin ay baybay-daan ay maraming puno ng bayabas. Nakakapaibig naman eh ang amoy ng bayabas pag yan ay mga hinog na. Kaya kaming magpipinsan ay unahan sa bayabas na mainibalang lalo na yung kulay pula ang laman... sa amin ay murado kung tawagin.. ay pagsa sarap naman. 

Areng garneng eksena ay hinding hindi ko makakalimutan. Minsan lubog ang paa hanggang tuhod sa putik eh. Ah ah, ay kainaman na... pero kahit na gay'on ay bakin baga kami'y tuwang tuwa pa at kami'y sayahang sayahan pang naghahabulan kahit na ang daan ay putikan.

Batangas Words Sa Letrang B

Ang Tungkong Tawisi

Ang Tungkong Tawisi

 Sabi ng mamay sa akin…Ay Otoy, ang ating buhay ay hindi perpek, tayo'y may angking galing at may bulok ding taglay.

At tamo na ga la'ang iyang tungko, iya'y ako ang humulma’t yumari pero tingnan mo’t hindi pantay at tawisi.

Pero iya'y nagagaw-an ng paraan na pumantay ang naka sig-ang. At iyay marani'y….may kalang na bato o latang piningkot. Gay-an din ang ating buhay, iya'y gagaw-an mo ng paraan na pag iki'y may mali…..ay agad mong itatama at ng ang problema'y hindi na toong lumaki.

Noong ako'y lumaki na't nagkaroon na rin ng sariling pamilya'y saka ko rin nga la'ang napagtantong totoo nga pala at tama ang sabi sa akin ng Mamay.

Ikalabing Isang Utos, 'Wag Kang Pahuhuli

Ikalabing Isang Utos, 'Wag Kang Pahuhuli

Sa Sampung Utos ng Pag-aasawa, mayroon ng nagpalabis. Ito'y dinagdagan na ng dalawa kaya naging Labing Dalawang Utos na ng Pag-aasawa. Ang pang labing isa ay garine... "Huwag kang pahuhuli"... Ay kung talagang magaling kang tinamaan ka ng magaling ay pag umabot ka sa gay'ang sitwasyon ay kailangang alam mo ang iyong gagaw'in. Dahil bawal ngang mahuli.. at pag nahuli ka naman ay mayroon pang ikalabing dalawang utos... "Pag ikaw ay nahuli, pitpitin man ang itlog ay wag na wag kang aamin". Ngay'on ay di alam mo na...

How To Know Real Batangeño When You Are Abroad

The question is "How to know a Batangueño when you are abroad".

As we know that millions of Filipino are working in the different part of the world and among those millions are Batangueños.... from Batangas City, Tanauan City, Lipa City and from different places in Batangas Province. So how can we know that the Filipino in abroad is a Batangueño? Very easy because as we know that we as Batangueño are using the word "Ala-eh". So by listening how they talk and the way of the accent of the Tagalog language, we can determine that a person is from Batangas province. We used to say " Ala eh, ay gay-on nga yu-on!". "It's just like that!" in English translation. We as Batangueño have our own vocabulary that many Tagalog speakers don't really understand and they are really amaze on how we are delivering our own Tagalog language.

Some of our own word that we are often use are:
"Ala eh" the most famous line of Batangeño....
"Ala pa! or Anla pa!" means disbelief
"Are" pronounce as are'h means here
"Abay" means lying down beside someone
"Agbang" means a ravine, a steep
"Agipo"  means a lighting match
"Balugbog" means on the top of
"Basaysay" means house
"Balaong" means a big rounded case made from bamboo to put palay or rice
"Barukbok" means do sexual intercourse
"Damusak" means a big mess
"Dagasa" means sound of falling object or somebody fall down
"Gay-on" means like that
"Garne or garine" means like this
"Hunta" means a small group talk
"Hagakhak" means laughing out loud
"Hagikhik" means uncontrollable laughing but controlling the sound like avoiding to make noise
"Imis" means to clean all the mess
"Karibok" means uncontrollable noise or simply chaos
"La-ang" means only
"Lagibas" describing the state of fruits when they are no longer fresh
"Ka-ang" means spreading the  legs
"Kahanggan" means neighbor

And many more other words that we really used to communicate everyday that when somebody hear it they can't control to laughed.

When you see group of Filipino in abroad  talking inside the passenger bus or train or in the park or any places that many Filipino are gathering for their rest day.... you can already determine the real Batangueño... because in a gathering like that we are always the "bangka" in the group... delivering jokes, laughing out loud, reciting same story on how we are working far away from our love one... our family and how our salary will just touched our hand and then we need to send it to our family.