Category: Language

  • Paano nga ba?

    Paano nga ba?

    ni Ogot Sumulong Paano nga ba hinihinang ang salitang bantad sa     pagbaha ng batasang pangungurakot    pagkitil ng labingsiyam na kinabukasan    parada ng buwayang buwang at hibang na halimaw    pagpinta ng huwad na katotohanan    pangngungupit sa 695 butil ng buto’ t balat na araw    pagsangla ng kalikasan kapalit ng kalansing at tingga Nalulula ang utak sa …

  • Free Online Libraries For Filipino Books

    Links: Aklatang Bayan Online of Sentro ng Wikang Filipino(Downloadable E-books): https://sentrofilipino.upd.edu.ph/…/online…/ Filipinas Heritage Library online Filipiniana Collections: https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/online-library/ Philippine eBook Hub: https://ebookhub.ph/ CANVAS Childrens’ Books: https://www.canvas.ph/art-and-stories Tagalog eBooks: https://www.tagalogebooks.com/

  • Tagalog Spring Class
  • May Dalawang Crime Novels na  Lumabas noong Panahon ni Digong

    May Dalawang Crime Novels na  Lumabas noong Panahon ni Digong

    ni Ogot Sumulong Dumarami na ang masugid na mambabasa ng crime novels bilang genre ng nobelang Filipino. Maaaring nasimulan ito nang lumabas ang tinaguriang kauna-unahang crime novel sa bansa sa akda ni F. H. Batacan noong 1996 na pinamagatang Smaller and Smaller Circles. Ito ay na-publish noong 2002 at naging pelikula pa nga na ipinalabas…

  • Tagalog Spring Class
  • Ilang Tanong Sa Buwan, Isang Gabing Napuyat, Ang Mga Bintana

    Ilang Tanong Sa Buwan, Isang Gabing Napuyat, Ang Mga Bintana

    ni Ogot Sumulong 1. Almusal Sa tuktok ng gusaling Nakadungaw sa ilog Marikina Gipit ang hangi’t Gutom ang kalye Gaano kaya katagal Makakahigop ng lugaw Ang araw na uusbong Bago tubusin ang sigla 2. Ngiti Sa harap ng gusaling Kumembot sa ilog Marikina Nakupas sa maghapon Ang ngiti ng mga tindahan Sa sinapupunan ng palengke…

  • PILIPINO KA BA? (02/26)

    PILIPINO KA BA? (02/26)

    by Almira Astudillo Gilles This month, I’m in the Philippines to visit family and for cultural projects. Since I’m here for only four weeks, I’ve limited my out-of-Manila trips to the really necessary ones (for a weaving project) and to places I had not visited before. This trip, I’ve already been to South (Cotabato), will…

  • PILIPINO KA BA? (01/26)

    PILIPINO KA BA? (01/26)

    Looking Back by Almira Astudillo Gilles “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan.” — Jose Rizal How exactly does this work? Is it necessary to mourn things we have lost to appreciate what we have now? Do we look at our past life to foretell a future that might become? Can…

  • Tagalog Winter Class Cancelled

    Tagalog Winter Class Cancelled

    Owing to extreme cold temperatures and wind chills that can plunge to dangerous levels in Chicago,  the Tagalog Class Winter Schedule originally set to begin on January 19, 2026 is cancelled.  Many students who have signed up for the winter term have opted to wait for the Spring program on account of the ongoing cold…

  • PILIPINO KA BA? (12/25)

    PILIPINO KA BA? (12/25)

    Letter to a Dead Patriot José Rizal was executed by a Spanish firing squad on December 30, 1896, in Manila. by Almira Astudillo Gilles I was told to remember you and I search to the brink of my memory for lessons from my childhood. Growing up in Manila, streets bordered by mansions to the right,…