It's really tough for my English-speaking daughter to study in the vernacular. Honestly, her Waterloo comes in the form of two subjects -- Filipino and Sibika.
Today, we were studying for a quiz in Sibika and I would translate terms for her so that she can understand her lessons. Today's lesson was about the pre-Hispanic Filipinos, the Indones. We ended up on the floor laughing our hearts out when we got to this Q&A:
Mama:
The Indones lived in tree houses. What is "tree-house" in tagalog, honey?
Kimi:
Tatlong bahay?
Mama:
(laughed really hard... gained composure and said)
No honey. No "H".
Kimi:
Ba-ay?
Sigh... And she was serious !!! Wah !!!
=)K
classic! thanks for sharing this ",
ReplyDeletehahaha! Funny!
ReplyDeleteSo... what is tree-house in tagalog? hehehe
Whoever thought of teaching Sibika/HEKASI in Filipino should be sentenced to another 7 years in elementary. ;-)
but there was only one H! She got that right hehehe
ReplyDeleteI completely agree !!! hehehehe
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