Transcript of Philippine Literature: Folk Speech Folk speech refers to the dialect, or style of speaking, unique to people living within a geographic area. The folk speech of an area may be dierentiated from other regions by variation in grammatical, phonetic (pronunciation, (pronunciation, and le!ical (word usage features. - "opular language# the dialect spok spoken en by the common people of a country or district, as distinguished from the speech of the educated people or from the literary language. $hat is a folk speech% Folk &peech' iddles Folk &peech' "roverbs "hilippine proverbs are traditional sayings or ma!ims used by Filipinos based on local culture, wisdom, and philosophies from Filipino life. The word proverb corresponds to the Tagalog words salawikain,kasabihan (saying and sawikain. - "hilippine proverbs are further illustrated to be ornaments to language, words of ancestors handed down from one generation to another, and as wisdom gained from e!perience, which can be quoted to e!press a sentiment, a statement, or an opinion. - Filipino proverbs proverbs echoes the Filipino values, even though they have been retold and passed from one generation to another, the values and the lessons they impart to us still holds truth to these days. Folk &peech' iddles The riddle (bugtong is a form of guessing game that has been a part of the folklore of most cultures from ancient times. - a mystifying, misleading, or pu))ling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed. - $hen told in the native Tagalong language, the riddles employ many poetic devices. They usually rhyme and they often rely on simile and metaphor to oer clues. The riddles tend to be one or two lines and refer to a speci*c ob+ect. roup Philippine Literature: Folk Speech /akot dito hakot doon, kahit maliit ay ipon ng ipon. (langgam 0unting anghel na lilipad-lipad, dala-dala1y liwanag sa likod ng pakpak. (alitaptap. sang reynang maraming mata nasa gitna ang mga espada. (pinya
2alawang batong itim, malayo ang nararating. (mata /indi pari, hindi hari, nagdadamit ng sari-sari. (paruparo 0alaking supot ni 0ang 3acob, kung sisidlan ay pataob. &agot' 4567089 7pat na magkakapatid, sabay sabay ng sumisid. T:29 4ung araw ay patung-patong, kung gabi1y dugtung-dugtong. 5:7: 6umabas, pumasok, dala-dala ay panggapos. 477;90 7ng kampanilya ni "ining, laging mapula sa tingin. 0749"7 $alang naninira sa bakal kundi sariling kalawang. ( :othing destroys iron but its own corrosion. "agkahaba-haba man daw ng prusisyon, sa simbahan din ang tuloy. (?@A, and who is also referred to as the B0other of "hilippine FolkloreB grouped Filipino proverbs into si! categories based on the topic e!pressed, namely' ethical proverbs (those that e!press a general attitude towards life and the laws that govern life itself proverbs that recommend virtues and condemn vices proverbs that e!press a system of values
proverbs that e!press general truths and observations about life and human nature humorous proverbs and# miscellaneous proverbs
