In celebration of our flight to the Philippines tomorrow, here's some basic Philippine slang or, salitang kalye (street-speak / lingo)
- Uno, Dos, Tres... Once you become accustomed to the Philippines, and you find yourself walking throughout its neighbourhood streets, buying something from a sari-sari store, you will question the prices. The shopkeeper would then tell you the price, commonly in Spanish. Ex. When you buy a candy costing PHP 2, the shopkeeper would most likely tell you that is costs "dos", not "dalawa" (Two in Filipino).
- Yosi is Bad. In Philippine "sari-sari stores", you would be able to buy cigarettes, even if you're a minor. The people who actually smoke though, would commonly refer cigarettes as yosi. But remember, yosi also harms the people around you!!
- Chibog, Kaon, Lafang... Ano Pa Ba? Filipinos have a really big variety of food, mixed with Asian cultures... If you hear a Filipino mentioning, chibog or lafang or whatever, they basically mean that they will eat or the mean something related to eating or food. In the context of... "May chibog dyan." = "There's food there"
I'm sure there's many more, but that's all the things I've found within 30 minutes of research.
