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The Little Prince By Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Is Now Available In Chabacano!

While Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) written by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry in 1943 now has over 300 translations in different languages worldwide and is now considered the world’s most translated book (not counting religious works), there have been surprisingly only two translations of his book in the Philippines (Filipino and Bicol). El Diutay Principe is only the third edition featuring a Philippine language. The Little Prince is a classic French novella about a pilot who gets stranded in the desert after a plane crash and encounters a little fellow who asks him to draw a sheep for him. Through the course of their meeting, the pilot rediscovers the true meaning of life and what people should value the most. When I came across the book in 2013, I found that I could relate very well to the negative image given to “growing up” in the book. When the idea to translate the book into my mother tongue was presented to me, I didn’t think twice. I thought, ‘a lot of people my ...
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El Influencia del Maga Soldao Español na Chabacano

Malasao Estofao  Sarsiao  Abogao  Delicao  Sin tonao  Champurrao  Cerrao  Cosa tu puede observa con estos palabra? Cuando nuevo lang yo aqui na Manila, cerca ya yo puede habla con el cajero na un restauran kay quiere yo malasao el cocida del huevo na de mio Bangsilog ( bangus, sinangag, itlog ). Bueno ya lang ya acorda yo kay Chabacano gale el palabra malasao y malasado el propio palabra si na Tagalog. Este incidente amo el cosa ya dale conmigo inspiracion para escribi con este articulo. Si pensa-pensa kita, mucho maga ansina palabra na Chabacano. Ademas del palabra malasao, tiene tambien kita: Estofao (Estopado na Tagalog) Sarciao (Sarsyado na Tagalog) Abogao (Abugado na Tagalog) Delicao (Dilikado na Tagalog) Sin tonao (Sintunado na Tagalog) Champurrao (Tsampurado na Tagalog) Cerrao (Sarado na Tagalog) Como ta puede ustedes mira, no hay perde el letra D na maga palabra Tagalog arriba mientras n...
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Por que gaha tiene maga palabra Portugues na Chabacano?

Mucho gente ta habla kay el Portugues amo el primer lenguaje que ta conversa na entero mundo o universal language (igual con el lenguaje Ingles na de aton tiempo). Por causa daw este kay el maga Portugues amo el primero quien ya puede anda na Asia y establece comercio entre el este y el oeste.  Durante el aca dieciseis siglo, mucho maga lenguaje criollo de Portugues el ta existi na mundo. Ese maga tiempo tambien, el maga Español y el maga Portugues quien bajo na un gobierno lang, ta vende maga esclavo o maga slave que ta hace sila pasa na Manila.  Ta habla si señor Jacobs (quien uno del maga ya escribi con el articulo The Genesis of Chavacano Revisited and Solved) kay el palabra kapre estaba daw na palabra cafre, el palabra que ta usa el maga Portugues para llama na maga esclavo estaba na Africa. Tiene maga quien ta habla kay el maga Español daw aquel tiempo ya inventa con el concepto del kapre para ay tiene miedo el maga Filipino con el maga esclavo estaba Africa...
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Porque by Maldita Lyrics (Original Chabacano and Translated Spanish version)

Here are the original lyrics of the song Porque by Maldita as well as a rough Spanish translation below. Original Chabacano Version: Solo-solo na mi cuarto Hinde ta puede dormi Vira-vira na cabeza El dolor yo ya senti Por que pa contigo yo ya quiere? Como bula lang tu ya perde Por que contigo yo ya escoge? Ahora mi corazon ta sufri Bien simple lang yo ta pedi Era senti tu el cosa yo ya senti Ta pedi milagro, vira'l tiempo El mali hace derecho Na de mio rezo ta pedi yo Era olvida yo contigo Todo-todo yo ya dale Ahora ta arrepenti Sobra-sobra el dolencia Tormento para vivi Por que pa contigo yo ya quiere? Como bula lang tu ya perde Por que contigo yo ya escoge? Ahora mi corazon ta sufri Bien simple lang yo ta pedi Era senti tu el cosa yo ya senti Ta pedi milagro, vira'l tiempo El mali hace derecho Na de mio rezo ta pedi yo Era olvida yo contigo No tu distorba Y no atraca kay baka palmadea yo contigo Nunc...
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How To Say 'I Love You' And 'I Hate You' In Chabacano

Saying I love you in Chabacano is a bit tricky. Most people just say 'I love you' (pronouncing the word love as lab ). But in songs or formal occasions, Chabacano speakers say 'I love you like this': ta ama yo contigo . Let’s dissect this sentence. Ta= Present tense indicator Ama= love Yo= I Contigo= you Again, you’ll only hear this in songs. You really won’t hear people saying to each other  ta ama yo contigo. Saying I hate you in Chabacano is also a bit difficult. In the dictionary of Santos (2010), the word hate in Chabacano is rabia or odia . However I’m not really sure how to use these two words in a sentence because to me ta rabia yo contigo or ta odia yo contigo just doesn’t sound natural. Rabiao yo contigo (which is something people frequently say in Chabacano) just doesn't convey the correct emotion because it means something like I am angry at you (milder than hate). So how do we say the English 'I hate you' in Chabacano? One of...
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Chabacano's Resurgence in 2025

A pretentious Chabacano (?) sign at the airport Perhaps it was because of the pandemic that saw a lot of people from the big cities go back to their hometowns but last year, I was very surprised to hear Chabacano making a comeback in Zamboanga city's downtown.  March 2024 was the first time I was able to return to Zamboanga city because of a medical requirement forced upon the population that I refused to take, and during my trip, it was very noticeable that even in places like hotels and malls, there were a lot more people speaking Chabacano. I thought that maybe I was just imagining it so I waited until going back to Zamboanga city in 2025 before making any conclusions. Folks, the revival is real! A lot of the employees you encounter in the malls seem to understand Chabacano now but will result to code-switching and borrowing from other languages when speaking it. Just a typical sign (in Chabacano) found all over the Philippines At a restaurant, I spoke in Chabacano and was surpr...
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