Bien Chabacano

The difference between these two words in the Chabacano language have become murky to say the least. In fact, in Chabacano some people now use them interchangeably. I think my generation is guilty of starting this trend. Of course, it all started out as us kids confusing the two words but I think some of us grew up without realizing the difference between the two. You can probably tell when a person should be using gane  but is instead using gale by the manner in which they pronounce these words. When they pronounce the word gale  and the stress is on the first syllable, they definitely should be using gane . Personally, I learned the difference between these two words while growing up and listening to my elders speak. Gale in Hiligaynon, is pronounced with the stress on the last syllable while the words gane  is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable. In its originating language, gale  is usually equivalent to the Tagalog pala  while gane is ...