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Tagalog is an Austronesian language that has borrowed heavily from the Philippines' geographical neighbors (other Malayo-Polynesian languages and Chinese) as well as from Spanish, a legacy of Spain's prolonged colonization. For example, Tagalog has incorporated words like the greeting "Kumusta", from the Spanish "Cómo está".
President Rodrigo Duterte extends his hand to skater Margielyn Didal who showed a gesture of respect to the President on September 12, 2018. Mano is an "honouring-gesture" used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of respect to elders and as a way of requesting a blessing from the elder. Similar to hand-kissing, the person giving the greeting bows towards the hand of the elder and presses ...
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (Tagalog, literally "The Stories of Grandmother Basyang") is an anthology of short stories written by "Lola Basyang," the pen name of Severino Reyes, founder and editor of the Tagalog magazine, Liwayway. The original magazine stories have since been adapted into books, comics, television, and film.
Lola Igna (transl. Grandma Igna) is a 2019 Philippine Dramedy film directed and written by Eduardo Roy Jr., and starring veteran actress Angie Ferro, and Yves Flores.It had a theatrical release in the Philippines on September 12, 2019, as one of the entries of the 2019 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
Lola is a feminine given name and nickname in the Romance languages, and other language groups.. It is a short form of the Spanish name Dolores, meaning "sorrows", taken from one of the titles of the Virgin Mary: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, or Our Lady of Sorrows.
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (transl. stories of grandma Basyang) is a 2007 Philippine television drama fantasy anthology series broadcast by GMA Network. Starring Manilyn Reynes in the title role and Paul Salas, [1] it premiered on February 4, 2007. The series concluded on August 12, 2007 with a total of 26 episodes.
Most Chinese Filipinos raised in the Philippines, especially those of families of who have lived in the Philippines for multiple generations, are typically able and usually primarily speak Philippine English, Tagalog or other regional Philippine languages (e.g., Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, etc.), or the code-switching or code-mixing of these ...
Poarch was born Belinda Marie Macadengdeng Batumbakal [1] on February 9, 1997, [15] in the Philippines. [13] She was raised by her grandmother in slums until the age of three and was then adopted. [16] Her adoptive father is an American who had served in the United States military, and her adoptive mother is Filipina.