QUOTE(filipinoy @ Apr 21 2006, 11:09 AM) [snapback]1771976[/snapback]
my non-asian friends think filipino is the better sounding among the ne/se asian languages(they said filipino sounds like that we're actually saying words, & they said the other ones just sounds like they're just making weird noises)
but its really hard to speak tagalog. had it not been for my tagalog parents, i cudnt speak the language well.
theirs is a full acoustic of repetitive syllables like:
know - kilala
know (somebody) - kakilala
known (each other) - nagkakilanlan
knows - nakakakikilala (argg...toungue twista)
or in a jeepney:
driver: Bababa ba?
passenger: Bababa.
(at nagka-intindihan sila pare)
its a filipino thing... and its nice