ITS 4 AM NOW IN OUR COUNTRY AND YET MY EYES ARE STIL WIDE OPEN. DO I DECIDED TO HAVE LANGUAGE CLASS.. .LETS LEARN SOME FILIPINO WORDS SHALL WE?? ;)

FIRST WILL BE HOW WE CALL OUR FATHER. MOTHER. OLDER AND YOUNGER SISTER AND BROTHER.

FATHER ARE CALLED "PAPA OR DADDY" HERE IN OUR COUNTRY JUST LIKE THE OTHERS BUT THERE ARE OTHER TERMS LIKE "TATAY" OR "AMA" IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WERE RAISED TO.

MOTHER ARE CALLED MAMA OR MOMMY BUT SOME CALLED THE "INAY OR NANAY/NAY" 

OLDER BROTHER IS "KUYA" NOW A LOT OF FOREIGNERS TEND TO PRONOUNCE IT WRONGLY SO IMMA TEACH U HOW TO PROPERLY PRONOUNCE IT. THERE ARE TWO SYLLABLES WHICH IS THE KU- AND THE -YA.. .KU WILL BE PRONOUNCED AND CU IN CULTURE AND YA WILL BE PRONOUNCED AS HOW KOREAN SAY YAH! 

KU-YA.. .

OLDER SISTER IS "ATE". THERE ARE TWO SYLLABLES AS WELL A-TE. "THE A WILL BE PRONOUNCED AS THE A IN ALIVE AND THE "TE WILL BE PRONOUNCED AS THE TE IN TEMPLE.

A-TE

YOUNGER SISTER OR BOTHER IS CALLED ADENG. "A-DENG." JUST LIKE THE A IN ALIVE AND THE "E" IN DENG WILL BE PRONOUNCED AS THE E IN ELSE.

A-DENG

YOUNGEST SIBLING IS BUNSO. BUN-SO.. .THE BU IN BUN WILL BE PRONOUNCED AS THE BU IM BULLY AND THE "SO" IS LIKE HOW YOU PRONOUNCED SAW WITH SILENTING ITS W IN THE END.

BUN-SO

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Father= Papa ( k ver. Appa)

Mother= Mama (k ver. Eomma)

Older brother= Kuya (ku-ya) (k ver. hyung/oppa)

Older sister= Ate (a-te) (k ver. unnie/noona)

younger sister or brother= Adeng (a-deng) (k ver. dongsaeng)

youngest sibling= Bunso (bunso) (k ver. maknae)