Hi all,

I grew up in Hawaii (my father is from Illocos Norte and my mother is from the big island of Hawaii) and my wife is from Coronado CA (Irish-German descent). We have a biological daughter who is 8. I've only identified with the Hawaiian culture throughout my life until recently.

We just brought home our new adoptive daughter from Bacolod City, Philippines. Although we had prepared a bit for speaking Tagolog with her (and had been told she would probably have quite a bit of English), she speaks only Ilongo and very little english if at all, and we have no experience with this dialect. She is 4.

We're doing great communicating with her using gestures and simple english, but sometimes, especially when tired or upset, she appears to be asking for something in Ilongo and we don't always intuit what it is. So if we knew some standard phrases she might be using, it would be a big help. Here are some of the phrases we believe we might be hearing:

I have to go...
I'm hungry/thirsty
I'm scared
I would like...
I'm tired/not tired/sleepy/not sleepy
I want my teddy bear
help

If anyone on this forum could help it would be much appreciated.

Aloha,

Noel

Start trying to teach her your language and English asap, the ability to quickly aquire a new language drops suddenly after the age of 5. I'm sorry, I don't know any Ilonggo.

OMG... honey, im ilongga!!!!

anything u need to know ask me thru PM.


I have to go... malakat na aku.
I'm hungry/thirsty.... na gutom gid ku.
I'm scared... nahadlok aku
I would like... gusto ku sang...
I'm tired/not tired/sleepy/not sleepy.... i'm tired/na kapoy aku.... not tired/di ku kapoy.... sleepy/mapahuway na aku .... not sleepy/nag mata na aku.
I want my teddy bear.... gusto ku sang akung teddy bear.
help.... palihog ay

and another thing... help as in emergency is.... buligan mo aku!

Why don't you return her

i can help you coz i live in Bacolod...



I have to go...- malakat na ko
I'm hungry/thirsty- nagutom na ko-nauhaw na ko
I'm scared-nahadlok ko...
I would like...-gusto ko mag...( ice cream...) kaon ice cream...
I'm tired/not tired/sleepy/not sleepy-kapoy na ko-way pa man ko nakapoy-tuyo na ko- way pa man ko natuyo...
I want my teddy bear-gusto ko ya ang teddy bear ko ya...
help-buligi ko...

here are soMe...

if u want ask her if she wants to drink milk - gusto mo mag inom gatas?

if u want to ask her if she wants to watch TV -gusto mo mag lantaw tv?

if she wants to play- gusto mo maghampang?

do you like it here?- gusto/namian ka man di?



hOpe this help! take cAre.. Actually, its hiligaynOn but people make mistakes and they call it Ilonggo.. but Ilonggos are the people... ^__^

hey, Najjiah! mayong aga lang da ah..! parehos ta gali Ilongga... cge... halong lang!

nyay. kaluoy sang bata, hala. pangita na dayon interpreter. (poor child, find an interpreter at once)

I just imagine her crying if something she wants to say cannot be understood by her adult companions.

maybe you could try asking her some questions in ilonggo, and it does not matter what her response would be, maybe she could do it in pantomime.

What do you want/need? = Ano gusto mo?
What do you want to eat = Ano gusto mo kaunon/Ano gusto mo kan-on?
What do you want to do = Ano gusto mo himuon?
What do you want to play? = Ano gusto mo hampangon?

Why are you crying? = Ngaa nagahibi ka?
Why = ngaa, nagahibi = cry, ka = you

Where are you going? = Diin ka makadto?
Do not cry. = Indi na maghibi

Te, nag kilitanay gid ta di.....

Damo da Ilonggo sa Hawaii, pwede cya ka pamangkot sa Filipino community da.

Diin na si Hawaiian, daw wala na cya mag pakita haw?