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 RegisterC1

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