Understanding Folk Speeches
Riddles – puzzling or perplexing question/ a
Traditional oral literature – has long existed
before the arrival of the colonizers. This covers the
ancient folk literature of the Philippines’ various ethnic
groups that have changed since the Philippines became
independent.
1. Riddles – puzzling or perplexing question/ a
question or statement requiring ingenuity or cleverness
to answer
Sa araw ay bungbong, sa gabi ay dahon
(A roll in the morning, a leaf in the evening
Iisa ang pasukan, tatatlo and labasan
(It has one entrance, but has three exits)
Kabayo ni Adan, dili moka-on ug dili kabay-an
(The horse of Adam does not eat unless someone rides
on it)
Forcha nu perteg nan akhew yah fab-alo nan fatso na
Ngem nu in-uchan ya nakalafos siya
(It has a lot of new clothes on a sunny day,
Yet naked on a rainy day)
Nu engka lakwan yah maid karkha na
Ngem nu itafon mo’t ya waday et nakakarkha
(Empty when you’ve bought it,
Yet it will contain something when you throw it)
2. Proverbs – a short familiar saying expressing some
well-known truth
Natutuwa kang pasalop
Kung singili’y napopoot
(Full of cheer while borrowing a measure of rice; Full
of wrath when asked to pay back)
Ang dalagang may puri,
Wala mang salapi,
May yumi at dangal na itinatangi.
(A maiden who is pure,
Though she has no money
Has modesty and honor to cherish)
Tigmo, tigmo agokoy, ugma ra kita magasoy
(Riddles made in the night will be answered in the next
morning light)
3. Tanaga – short poems, a quatrain (with four
lines, each with mono-rhyming 7 or 8 syllables) which
evolved from riddles and proverbs
Ang katwiran ma’y nabaon
Ng sanda-sandaang taon,
Pag dumating ang panahon,
Lilitaw din at uusbong
(Thruth, though buried a thousand of years,
In due time, it will come out and flourish)
Understanding Folk Speeches
Traditional oral literature – has long existed
before the arrival of the colonizers. This covers the
ancient folk literature of the Philippines’ various ethnic
groups that have changed since the Philippines became
independent.
1.
question or statement requiring ingenuity or cleverness
to answer
Sa araw ay bungbong, sa gabi ay dahon
(A roll in the morning, a leaf in the evening
Iisa ang pasukan, tatatlo and labasan
(It has one entrance, but has three exits)
Kabayo ni Adan, dili moka-on ug dili kabay-an
(The horse of Adam does not eat unless someone rides
on it)
Forcha nu perteg nan akhew yah fab-alo nan fatso na
Ngem nu in-uchan ya nakalafos siya
(It has a lot of new clothes on a sunny day,
Yet naked on a rainy day)
Nu engka lakwan yah maid karkha na
Ngem nu itafon mo’t ya waday et nakakarkha
(Empty when you’ve bought it,
Yet it will contain something when you throw it)
2. Proverbs – a short familiar saying expressing some
well-known truth
Natutuwa kang pasalop
Kung singili’y napopoot
(Full of cheer while borrowing a measure of rice; Full
of wrath when asked to pay back)
Ang dalagang may puri,
Wala mang salapi,
May yumi at dangal na itinatangi.
(A maiden who is pure,
Though she has no money
Has modesty and honor to cherish)
Tigmo, tigmo agokoy, ugma ra kita magasoy
(Riddles made in the night will be answered in the next
morning light)
3. Tanaga – short poems, a quatrain (with four
lines, each with mono-rhyming 7 or 8 syllables) which
evolved from riddles and proverbs
Ang katwiran ma’y nabaon
Ng sanda-sandaang taon,
Pag dumating ang panahon,
Lilitaw din at uusbong
(Thruth, though buried a thousand of years,
In due time, it will come out and flourish)