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Like a promised, here is the translation of my post, I Am A Filipino; Pilipino Ako.

This is a reply to a post pinoy? of irzh. My reply got a little too long so I just made a whole post about it. Here is a translation of that post as well:

This is a group for pinoys right? So why do most people here post using English? I’m going to post in Tagalog whether you like it or not. We’re pinoys for crying out loud! We have our own language, why do we still need to use English? What’s the use of our own language if we’re always using another country’s language? But I think if we’re really pinoys we should use Tagalog more because this is our language. I really don’t understand the minds of pinoys like me. Maybe they are ashamed because of our country’s poverty. Why won’t we be poor, when hardly anyone does anything. A proverb says, “Mercy comes from God, actions from men.” I’m just a little annoyed that’s why I wrote this. I don’t care if someone gets angry with what I wrote… If we all unite and work together, we’re going to develop right? *

It really depends
First, we shouldn’t limit the language of being a Filipino to Tagalog only. There are many languages in the Philippines, not just Tagalog. However you can say that Tagalog is the most widespread language of the Philippines because of the “Filipino Language.”
Second, it depends on which language the writer is more comfortable with. Some people might say that we may be writing the way we talk, but it really is different when it comes to writing and speaking.Third, our blogs will have more audience if they are written in English. Our languages don’t have an instant translator like others. It’s not about being ashamed or anything. For example, most of my readers are the people I chat with from other countries all over the world. How will they understand my blog if most of my writings are in Filipino? I don’t want to translate each and every post just so they could understand.

We don’t need to promote are being Filipino with just language. If we can get more readers we get around the world, if we can get our blogs to reach more places around the world, your blog itself could show that you are a Filipino, like putting the Proudly Pinoy logo. You should also have good content. Those are some ways you can show that you are a Filipino, right?

I would also like to promote that I am a Filipino through language, but I hardly have any readers, and if I limit it to just Filipinos, who will be left?
I’m not saying that we should JUST use English either.
We should admit though. Most Filipinos don’t have mastery in English NOR Filipino, and I think that we should practice each language well. I am not very good at Filipino, but when I get the chance, I try to use it properly.

Our development as a country IS affected by language. We can blame our Educational System for that. If you look at the curriculum, it doesn’t promote love for the country very much. Subjects like Filipino and HeKaSi/Social Studies aren’t given much importance. Then there’s this Makabayan subject which combined a couple of subjects which shouldn’t. Because of this, we don’t grow to love our country very much, and we are not united. We aren’t growing as a country because of lack of love for the country.
The above-mentioned are just my opinions.

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This is a reply to someone else’s post about using Tagalog as the language of a Filipino blog.

I’m going to translate this some other time. kthx

/me hugs Zero and Yu

this is a group for pinoys right????? so why do most people here.. post using english?? magtatagalog ako sa ayaw at sa gusto niyo.. pinoy tayo ano ba!! meron tayong sariling wika bakit kelangan pa nating gamitin ang wikang ingles??? ano pangsilbi ng pambansang wika kung gagamitin lang lagi ang wika ng mga taga ibang bansa?? inaamin ko ginagamit ko rin ang wikang ingles.. pero sa tingin ko dapat kung mga pinoy talaga dapat ay mas madalas na gamitin ang tagalog dahil ito ang wika natin.. hindi ko talaga maintindihan na

sa isip ng mga pinoy na kagaya ko.. siguro ikinakahiya ng iba na pinoy/pinay sila dahil naghihirap ang Pilipinas.. panong hindi maghihirap, e wala naman ginagawa ang bawat isa.. sabi nga “nasa diyos ang awa nasa tao ang gawa”.. naiinis lang ako kaya sinulat ko ito.. bahala na kung may magalit sinasabi ko lang ang nasa loob ko.. kung magkakaisa lang sana at magtutulungan tayong lahat may pag-asa pa tayo umunlad hindi ba???

depende rin kasi

una, hindi natin dapat ilimita ang wika ng pagiging Pilipino sa Tagalog lamang. Marami tayong wikasa Pilipinas, hindi lamang ang Tagalog. Ngunit maaari mo ngang sabihin na Tagalog ang pinakalaganap na wika ng Pilipinas dahil sa “Filipino.”

pangalawa, kung sa aling wika mas kumportable ang isang tao sa pagsusulat. Nariyan na tayo na para rin nating sinasabi kung ano ang mga isinusulat natin, pero iba pa rin talaga ang pagsusulat at pagsasalita.

pangatlo, mas malawak ang maabot ng ating mga blogs kung sa ingles ang wika ng panulat. Wala

ang wika natin na instant translate. hindi sa ikinakahiya o kung ano pa man. Halimbawa, karamihan ng mga nagbabasa sa blog ko ay mga ka-chat ko sa ibang bansa. paano nila maiintindihan ang blog ko kung karamihan ng mga sinusulat ko ay nasa wikang Filipino? Ayokong isalin sa Ingles ang bawat post ko kung gusto kong ipabasa sa kanila.

Hindi kailangang ipagmalaki ang sarili kung Pinoy o Pinay tayo sa pamamagitan ng wika. Kung mas malawak ang maaabot ng ating mga blog, kung mas maraming makakabasa, kailangan ang blog mo rin ay makapagpakita ng pagiging Pilipino (katulad ng Proudly Pinoy logo na lagi kong nakatatamarang nakakalimutang ilagay rin sa blog ko). Kailangan rin maganda ang nilalaman ng blog mo. Sa gayong paraan maipagkakalat mo pa rin naman na Pilipino ka di ba?

Gusto ko ring itaguyod ang pagiging Pilipino sa pamamagitan ng wika, pero wala nang magbabasa ng blog ko kundi mga kapwa Pilipino din. Halos wala na ngang nagbabasa, babawasan ko pa ang mga nagbabasa.

Wala rin naman akong sinasabi na kailangan Ingles lang ang gamitin.

Yun nga lang, aaminin ko. Mababa ang kabihasan ng maraming Pilipino sa Ingles maging sa Filipino, at sa palagay ko at dapat pagsanayan ng isa-isa ang isang wika. Katulad ko, mahina ako sa paggamit ng Filipino, subalit kapag may pagkakataon, sinusubukan kong gamitin ito ng maayos.

Ang kaunlaran natin bilang bansa ay naapektuhan ng wika, oo. Maaari nating sisihin ang sistemang pang-edukasyon natin. Kung titingnan mo ang sakop ng pinag-aaralan, hindi gaanong itinataguyod ang pagiging Pilipino. Mababa ang halaga ng mga sabjek na Filipino at HeKaSi/Araling Panlipunan. Yung Makabayan ay pinagsama-sama lahat sa isang sabjek ang mga dapat magkakahiwalay. Dahil dito, wala tayong pagmamahal sa bansa, at hindi tayo magkaisa. Hindi tayo umuunlad dahil kulang ang pagmamahal natin sa sarili nating bansa.

Yun lang naman ang aking palagay.

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