In the Philippine national language which is Tagalog, there is one syllable when repeated, means a lot of things… The syllable “Ba”!
For example, if you say…
… “Bababa ba?’, it means “Will you alight?” or “Will it go down?”.
… “Bababa!” means “I will alight!” or “I will go down!”
… “Baba” means two things depending on how you say it. “Baba” in fast mode means “Go down!” or “Down”. A mellow toned “Baba” means chin.
… “Ba” by itself is usually applied to emphasize a question like, “Sino ba?” (Who the…?) “Ano ba yan?” (What the…?) or “Ganun ba?” (Is that so?).
Yap, if you hear us slurring and babbling using just the syllable “Ba”, it means a lot of things for us in Tagalog … and we are actually deep in a conversation just using the syllable ” Ba”!
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yea… hahahahaha.. lagi ko din iniisip yang ba na yan.. naisulat mo ng maayos. laging tanong lang tumatakbo sa utak ko hahahaha.:)
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Hahaha! Sabi nga ng dyipni driver, “ano ba, bababa ba?”
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At sana wag nila tayong pagkamalang minions. Hahahahaha
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Hahaha! Oo nga noh… Banana!
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ba ba black sheep
baba-lu
baba-la
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Bababa? Bababa! Baba ba? Oo, baba! Harharhar!
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hahahaha baba nga!
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Ba, bababa! Ang gulo! Hahaha!
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ha ha ha
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Wow, that is so fascinating, languages are amazing!
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Yap, there are some languages that are quite hilarious and incomprehensible to the unoriented. Hahaha!
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I am envious of people who are multi-lingual! 🙂
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I bet you know at least two languages. I know English, Tagalog and some of our local dialects, and Spanish where most of our words came from being colonized by the Spaniards for almost 300 years.
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Nope really only English. Unless you include pig Latin. 😊
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Hahaha! 🙂
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Difficult language to learn.
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Hahaha! And we also have the syllable “la” used almost in the same manner.
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