CHAVACANO de ZAMBOANGA

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BALE CHAVACANO - 1

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PROF. JUAN GASPAR Y DE LOS REYES

Ciudad de Zamboanga

Ateneo de Zamboanga Graduate School

Chavacano o Chabacano?

Na Español el palabra chabacano quierre decir de bajo calidad, barato, (o) vulgar.

El lenguage Chavacano de Zamboanga, Cavite o Cotabato hinde puede llama de bajo calidad, barato o vulgar, sino tiene desuyo valor, sonor, y particular clase que nohay na otro lenguage

Chavacano or Chabacano?

In Spanish the word Chabacano means of low quality, cheap or vulgar but the Chavacano language can be anything else but not low quality, cheap, or vulgar.

In Zamboanga, Cavite or Cotabato, the language is spoken both by the high and the mighty with its particular value, melody or sound and quality which no other language has.

No hay gramatica?

Hinde ese amo. El chavacano tiene ta segui maga regulacion que puede pasa como regulacion de su gramatica y hinde este un copia lang de Español. Mira kita:

No grammar?

That is not true. Chavacano follows certain regulations which can pass for its rules of grammar and these are not mere copies of Spanish. (Let's) take a look:

Ejemplo 1: (Example #1)	Chavacano:	English:
Presente: (Present)	Yo *ta aprende* Chavacano.	I *am learning* Chavacano.
Pasado: (Past)	Yo *ya aprende* Chavacano.	I *have learned* Chavacano.
Futuro: (Future)	*El aprende* yo Chavacano.	I *will learn* Chavacano.
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*Ejemplo 2:* *(Example #*2)
Presente: (Present)	Ta le yo Chavacano.	I am reading (or: read) Chavacano.
Pasado: (Past)	Ya le yo Chavacano	I have read (or past tense: read) Chavacano.
Futuro: (Future)	El le yo Chavacano.	I will read Chavacano.

El regulacion:

1. Usa “ta” con el presente forma del verbo na tiempo presente para indica el tiempo presente.

2. Usa “ya” con el presente forma del verbona tiempo presente para indica el tiempo pasado.

3. Usa “el” en frente del verbo na tiempo presente para indica el futuro.

Observa el dos grupo de ejemplo arriba.

Try this for an Exercise: Translate into Chavacano the following sentences:

Vocabulary: escribi- write mira- see canta- sing verso- verse libro- book

Mañana- tomorrow junto cun ele- with her(him)

Present: 1. I write verses in Chavacano.

Past: 2. She saw the book.

Future: 3. You will sing with her tomorrow.

Good News: Chavacano has only simple present, past and future tense, no perfect or past perfect, or future perfect tenses, as in Spanish or English.

Chavacano verbs are not conjugated. There (are) only the present, third, and singular form of the verbs for all tenses. The expressions “Ta” for present, “Ya” for past, (and) “El” for future are all that is needed. “Pa” indicates “on going,” as in Ta come pa yo (I am still eating). Ta descansa pa yo (I am still resting).

Gender is not emphasized. The pronoun “el” can mean he, she, or it. Similarly, all nouns are expressed in the masculine form as in: El Mujer, El Madre, El Hermana, (y) El Nana (The Woman, The Nun, The Sister, and The Mother).

BALE CHAVACANO - 2

Por el

PROF. JUAN GASPAR Y DE LOS REYES

Ciudad de Zamboanga

Ateneo de Zamboanga Graduate School

El articulo “EL” na Chavacano

Na Chavacano dol nohay importancia el que ta llama Gender na Ingles o genero?

El hombre o el mujer igual lang el usuda del “el”, como articulo que na Ingles amo el “The”. El “a” amo el “un” como na un hombre o un mujer.

RESULTA DEL ULTIMO EJERCICIO: (Result of the last exercise - Webmaster)

INGLES (English)	CHAVACANO
1. I *write* verses in Chavacano.	Yo *ta escribi* versos na Chavacano.
2. She *saw* the book.	*Ya mira* le el libro.
3. You *will sing* with her tomorrow.	*El canta* tu junto con ele mañana

The Chavacano article “EL”

In Chavacano gender does not seem to have a prominent role. One can say el hombre or el mujer without committing any mistake. But the article always goes with the noun. “El” becomes “un” or “a” in English to denote indefiniteness as un maestro or un maestra – a male teacher or a female teacher.

NUMBER IN CHAVACANO

In Spanish “el” would become “los” or “las” to indicate masculine plural or feminine plural, as los solteros y las solteras. In Chavacano, “el” is retained and added to the native dialect “maga” to form the plural in masculine or feminine gender as in el maga soltero o el maga soltera. In general, Chavacano adopts all Spanish nouns, pronouns and numbers, the days and months of the calendar – using “el” before every noun whether masculine or feminine.

Observe thus:

*ENGLISH*	*SPANISH*	*CHAVACANO*
*man*	*el hombre*	*el hombre*
woman	*la mujer*	*el mujer*
nun	*la madre*	*el madre*
priest	*el padre*	*el padre*
sister	*una hermana*	*un hermana*
he, she, it	*ele, ella, lo*	*ele, le*
they	*ellos, ellas*	*sila*
you	*tu, usted*	*tu, usted*
you (plural)	*vosotros, ustedes*	*vosotros, ustedes*
we	*nosotros*	kame, nosotros
one	*uno*	*uno*
two	*dos*	*dos*
three	*tres*	*tres*
four	*cuatro*	*cuatro*
five	*cinco*	*cinco*
six	*seis*	*seis*
seven	*siete*	*siete*
eight	*ocho*	*ocho*
nine	*nueve*	*nueve*
ten	*diez*	*diez*
eleven	*once*	*once*
twelve	*doce*	*doce*
thirteen	*trece*	*trece*
fourteen	*catorce*	*catorce*
fifteen	*quince*	*quince*
sixteen	*diez y seis*	*diez y seis*
seventeen	*diez y siete*	*diez y siete*
eighteen	*diez y ocho*	*diez y ocho*
nineteen	*diez y nueve*	*diez y nueve*
twenty	*veinte*	*veinte*
January, February, March, April, May	*Enero, Febrero, Marzo, Abril, Mayo*	*Enero, Febrero, Marzo, Abril, Mayo*

BALE CHAVACANO – 3

Por el

Prof. Juan R. Gaspar

Ciudad de Zamboanga

Ateneo de Zamboanga Graduate School

VOCABULARY NOTES:

Names of months, days and numbers in Chavacano are the same as in Spanish. Examples:

English	Spanish	Chavacano
January	Jenero	Jenero
February	Febrero	Febrero
March	Marso	Marso
April	Abril	Abril
May	Mayo	Mayo
June	Junio	Junio
July	Julio	Julio
August	Agosto	Agosto
October	Octubre	Octubre
November	Noviembre	Noviembre
December	Diciembre	Diciembre

Monday	Lunes	Lunes
Tuesday	Martes	Martes
Wednesday	Miercoles	Miercoles
Thursday	Hueves	Hueves
Friday	Viernes	Viernes
Saturday	Sabado	Sabado
Sunday	Domingo	Domingo

One	uno	uno
Ten	diez	diez
Hundred	ciento	Ciento
Five hundred	quinientos	quinientos
One o’clock	a la una	a la una
Five o’clock	A las cinco	A las cinco
Now	ahora	Aura
Today	hoy	Este dia
Tomorrow	Mañana	Mañana
This afternoon	Este tarde	Este tarde
On the street	En la calle	Na calle/camino
On the table	Sobre la mesa	Encima mesa
In the room	El la cuarto	Adentro cuarto
The door	La puerta	El puerta
One peso	Un peso	Un peso
Twenty centavos	Un peseta	Un peseta
Good	bueno	Bueno
Better	mejor	Mas bueno
Best	El mas major (de todo)	El contodo mejor

(GREETINGS:)

English	Spanish	Chavacano
Good Morning	Buenas Dias	Buenas Dias
Good Afternoon	Buenas tardes	Buenas tardes
Good Evening	Buenas noches	Buenas noches
Goodbye	Adios	Anda ya yo (I'm leaving now)

THE PRONOUNS:

	Nominative	Objective	Possessive
Singular: 1st	Yo	Con migo	Di mio
English	I	With me	My, mine
Plural	kame	kanamon	Di amon
English	we	To us	Ours, our

Examples:

Chavacano	English
Yo ya mira con ele ayer. (O): Ya mira yo con ele ayer.	I saw him/her yesterday. Or: I saw her/him yesterday.
Puede tu sigui conmigo na jardin?	Can you accompany me to the garden.
Anad yo aregla cosas di mio.	I am used to arrange(ing) things that are mine.
Mañana pa kame reporta.	We will still be reporting tomorrow.
Reporta kame mañana.	We will report tomorrow.
Alla kanamon ya visita.	They visited us there.
Di amon ese casa	That is our house.

----- Original Message -----

From: Joe Roman

To: chavacano@zamboanga.com

Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 11:23 PM

Subject: Chabacano Dictionary

Alphabet

Vowels

A E I O U

Consonants

B C Ch D F G H J K Ll M N P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Uste Tu Evos

Ustedes Vosotros Kamo

Diuste Tuyo, Di tuyo Devos

Di ustedes De vosotros Diinyo Con uste Con tigo Convos

Con ustedes Con vosotros Kaninyo

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BALE CHAVACANO - 2

El articulo “EL” na Chavacano

The Chavacano article “EL”

NUMBER IN CHAVACANO

woman

nun

priest

sister

he, she, it

they

you

you (plural)

we

kame, nosotros

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

January, February, March, April, May