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Utang na loob (Visayan: utang kabubut-un) is a Filipino cultural trait which, when translated literally, means "a debt of one's inner self ().". Charles Kaut translated the term in 1961 as a "debt of gratitude," while Tomas Andres took his cue from Kaut when he translated it in 1994 as "reciprocity," but Virgilio Enriquez suggests a more accurate translation in combining the concepts of ...
In the United States, Vietnamese is the sixth most spoken language, with over 1.5 million speakers, who are concentrated in a handful of states. It is the third-most spoken language in Texas and Washington; fourth-most in Georgia, Louisiana, and Virginia; and fifth-most in Arkansas and California. [40]
Oi / ɔɪ / is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly Australian English, British English, Indian English, Irish English, New Zealand English, and South African English, as well as non-English languages such as Chinese, Tagalog, Tamil, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.
Lán-lâng-ōe / Lán-nâng-ōe / Nán-nâng-ōe. Transcriptions. Hokkien ( / ˈhɒkiɛn / HOK-ee-en, US also / ˈhoʊkiɛn / HOH-kee-en) [8] is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.
Kapampangan, Capampáñgan, or Pampangan is an Austronesian language, and one of the eight major languages of the Philippines.It is the primary and predominant language of the entire province of Pampanga and southern Tarlac, on the southern part of Luzon's central plains geographic region, where the Kapampangan ethnic group resides.
A red envelope, red packet, hongbao or ang pau ( traditional Chinese: 紅包; simplified Chinese: 红包; pinyin: hóngbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-pau) is a gift of money given during holidays or for special occasions such as weddings, graduations, and birthdays. [ 1]
Mandarin Chinese [a] [b] is the primary formal Chinese language taught academically to Chinese Filipinos in Chinese Filipino schools [4] and across other schools and institutions in the Philippines, [5] especially as the formal written Chinese language . Both Standard Chinese ( PRC) (known in simplified Chinese: 华语; traditional Chinese ...
Philippine English vocabulary. As a historical colony of the United States, the Philippine English lexicon shares most of its vocabulary from American English, but also has loanwords from native languages and Spanish, as well as some usages, coinages, and slang peculiar to the Philippines. Some Philippine English usages are borrowed from or ...