C2
Literary and Archaic Tagalog
Pampanitikan at Sinaunang Tagalog
About this concept
Older Tagalog forms found in literature: the diin (accent-based) word pairs, pre-Spanish vocabulary, classical poetic forms (tanaga, awit), and archaic grammatical structures.
In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C2.
Examples
Ang di marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay di makakarating sa paroroonan.One who does not look back at where they came from will not reach their destination. (Rizal)
Mabuhay ang Inang Bayan!Long live the Motherland! (classical)
Diwa ng lahi, gising na!Spirit of the race, awaken! (literary)
Prerequisite
Formal and Literary RegisterC1More C2 concepts
Regional Tagalog VariationsMga Pagkakaiba-iba ng Tagalog sa RehiyonMarked Syntax and Rhetorical StructuresNatatanging Palaugnayan at RetorikaColloquial Register and SlangKolokyal na Rehistro at Salitang BalbalBaybayin Script and Pre-Colonial LanguageBaybayin at Wikang Pre-KolonyalPhilippine English Influence and Code-SwitchingImpluwensya ng Philippine English at Code-Switching
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