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Filipino has type of English, the lazy English...
First Language Influence ---->
* This happens when your first language influences your second language.
First language influence affects four things:
1. Pronunciation
2. Intonation
3. Word Choice
4. Sentence Construction
In Filipino, there are 5 vowel sounds.
*In American English, there are 20 vowel sounds.
**And 12 pure vowel sounds
**8 diphthongs (combination of 2 vowel sounds)
***Examples:
- cap (ae) - (eyah)
- cop (d.j.) - "drop jaw"
- father (d.j.) - "drop jaw"
- cup (schwa) - "uh!"
- issue (schwa) - "uh!-ssue"
- oven (schwa) - "uh!-ven"
***watch series like "Big Bang Theory"
*There are some consonant sounds in English that are not present in Filipino.
-- T-Th-D
-- P-F
-- B-V
-- S-IS
-- Rolling "R"
*Pronounce "Th" with tongue stick - out, air puffing out
**P - upper/lower lips touches
**F - biting lower lips
**B-V
-- V - bite lower lips
**S-IS -- not supposed with "i" before "s".
**Rolling R -- Mexican rolling "r" not supposed
**Intonation
Examples:
Magandang U^maga
Good ^Morning.
**Word Choice:
As we Filipinos, we loved to be lazy with our words:
**Examples:
-- Colgate ===>Tooth Paste
-- Pampers ===> Diapers
-- Aircon ===> Air-Conditioned (AC)
-- Xerox ===> Photocopy
-- Traffic ===> heavy traffic in "washroom"
-- Comfort Room ===> rest room; "The John"; "Powder Room"
-- Kodak ===> photo shoot
-- Rubber Shoes ===> Sneakers
-- Dine In ===> For Here
-- Take - Out ===> To Go
-- Tucked In ===> "Tucked"
-- Tucked Out ===> "Un-Tucked"
-- Repeat it again once more ===> Can you repeat what you said?
-- Stand Up ===> Standing Up
-- Fall In Line ===> Can you form a line?/Stand in Line
-- Fill Out ===> Documents Completing
-- Fill It Up ===> For Beverages or Coffee
-- Fill In ===> As in "Fill In The Blanks"
-- Most Latest ===> Recent; (do not use "most")
-- Bottomless ===> Refillable
-- Eat All You Can ===> Buffet
-- Cope Up ===> Revert Back
-- "Cope" ===> Revert
-- Go Here ===> Come Here at 4 o' Clock./Go There at 4 o' Clock
--Come vs Go ===> Idea of Being Where
**Come - Directed Toward
**Go - Directed Away
Example:
Bring The Book Here ---"towards"
Take The Book There --- "directed away"
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