Filipino Lesson (Hulyo 10)[7.10 thu]

The aired program is being rebroadcasted for a week in radio Radiko, an internet-based radio (https://radiko.jp):
radiko.jp/share/?sid=CCL&t=20250710200000

Every first broadcast of the month, our program gives a friendly and easy-to-learn Filipino lesson. We dedicate the program to all who would like to learn the Filipino language, particularly to those of Filipino descent.

Key Words (JULY 2025):
HETO/ETO – here (これ): please (どうぞ、お願いします); You see/see (ほらね)
えっと・・・(間投詞) – well..... (teka.....)

Dialog in Filipino (JULY2025):
N: Sa wakas, narito na tayong muli sa Palawan!
C: Oo nga!
N: Eto nga pala ang mga retrato natin noong naimbita tayo sa piging na kasama ang alkalde.
C: Salamat!
N: Kasama natin diyan ang mga miyembro ng Kansai Nippi Tomo no Kai!
C: Oo nga.
N: Binigyan pa nila tayo ng mga “rainsticks “ na gawa sa kawayan!
C: Naalala ko nga! Parang tunog ng ulan kung aalugin dahil may laman iyon na maliliit na bato!
N: Saan kaya tayo makakabili niyan?
C: Naku, hindi ko alam.
N: Maghanap tayo pagkatapos ng seminar ng “Save : Palawan“ bukas!
C: Pero, naka-iskedyul tayong pupunta sa isang liblib na na ayon sa proyektong  “Pag-iilaw”.
N: Ahh iyon ang lugar na nagkakampanya para mapangalagaan ang kalikasan.
C: Aba, kailangan natin sumama diyan.
N: Umalis na lang tayo nang maaga.
C: Naku Neriza, malabo iyan!
N: Oo nga pala. Wala tayong masasakyan kung hihiwalay tayo sa grupo.

Dialog in English (JULY 2025):
N: Finally, we’re here again in Palawan!
C: Right!
N: Here are our pictures when we were invited to a feast with the mayor.
C: Thanks.
N; We were with the members of the Japan Philippines Friendship Society.
C: Yeah.
N: They also gave us the rain sticks made from bamboo.
C: Yes, I remember. It sounds like rain when you shake the sticks because of the pebbles inside.
N: Where can we buy those?
C: Oh, I don’t know.
N: Let’s go look for it after the “Save Palawan” seminar!
C: But we are scheduled to visit a remote area for the project “Lighting up villages”.
N: Oh, that’s the one campaigning to protect the environment.
C: Well, we need to go there.
N: Let’s just leave early!
C: Oh Neriza, that’s impossible.
N: Oh, yes. We won’t have means of transportation if we will separate from the group.

Vocabulary (JULY 2025):
1. retrato – picture (写真)
2. naimbita – invited (招待された)
3. piging – feast, reception (饗宴、宴会)
4. alkalde – mayor (市長)
5. gawa – made of (～で作られた)
6. kawayan – bamboo (竹)
7. naalala – remembered (思い出した)
8. tunog – sound (音)
9. ulan – rain (雨)
10. aalugin – to shake (振る)
11. laman – fillings (詰め物)
12. bato – pebbles (小石)
13. makakabili – to buy (買う)
14. pagkatapos – after (後に)
15. maghanap – to look for (探す)
16. pupunta – will go (行く)
17. liblib na nayon – remote village (辺鄙な村)
18. pag-iilaw – to light up (点灯する)
19. mapangalagaan – to safeguard /take care (守るために)
20. kalikasan – nature (自然)
21. umalis – to leave (去る)
22. maaga – early (早い)
23. malabo – – impossible (不可能、無理); vague (漠然とした)
24. masasakyan – means of transportation (交通手段)
25. hihiwalay – to separate (離れる)

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