GIEU Maui

Nicknames

NOTES:
-derived from any syllable from first name
-to simplify formal name
-to describe the person

OUR CLASS NICKNAMES:

Mabuhay from Ming!

Mabuhay Everyone!

Ang pangalan ko ay KaiMing Lau.
Ang palayaw ko ay Tandang.
Ang tawag sa akin ay Ginoong Lau.

What's up everyone! This is Ming here.
There's alot of things that you can do with this blog site, even if you don't know html code.  Just explore around and try things out.  Don't worry if you wanna change anything, cos most things can be undone/changed.

If you guys have any problems, just lemme know. Hit me up on Facebook/AIM/email.
Hopefully, I'll be able to help you out :)

Can't wait till May!!!

Introducing Yourself

Ako si Tagkiangan

This is a lesson in Greetings in Filipino, Ilocano and Tagalog. First, I will introduce myself with my first name, maternal surname, family name, and married name. Next, I will give you my nickname which is based on my first name. Third, I will give you the title which students and friends in the University of Michigan address me. This consist of the Filipino title for a married woman and the married name. Fourth, will be an informal but respectful way of addressing teachers in Filipino and among college students in the Philippines. Fifth is a way of saying goodbye: formal form and informal form using the different titles mentioned above. And, last, is an explanation of my BLOG name.

MP3 File

Ang pangalan ko ay Adelwisa Lorenzana Agas Weller. (Tagalog and Filipino)
Ti nagan ko ket Adelwisa Lorenzana Agas Weller. (Ilocano)

Ang palayaw ko ay Deling. (Tagalog and Filipino)
Ti berngas ko ket Deling. (Ilocano)

Ang tawag sa akin ay Ginang Weller. (Tagalog and Filipino)
Ti awag kaniak ket Ginang Weller. (Ilocano)

Ang tawag sa akin ay Mam Deling. (Tagalog and Filipino)
Ti awag kaniak ket Mam Deling. (Ilocano)

Ang pangalan ko sa GIEU BLOG ay Tagkiangan.
Ti nagan ko idiay GIEU BLOG ket Tagkiangan.

Tagkiangan in Filipino means Taga Kiangan (Tagalog and Ilocano) and in English "from Kiangan". This is a place among the Ifugao Rice Terraces, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site. This was where I was born. THE 2004 GIEU students to the Philippines visited and planted trees in this place. If you want to see a picture of it, go to www. gieu.umich.edu.

tagkiangan

Project Introduction

Greetings! Mabuhay! Agbiag kayo!

These are three greetings in English, Filipino and Ilocano, the three languages which will be used by the GIEU Maui blogsite.

This site is primarily for the use of Philippines-PACIFIC GIEU project participants, their friends, parents and invited community members to communicate with each other. It is also to share insights, ideas and thoughts about the community service learning project called the Philippines-PACIFIC GIEU project. It is also to share experiences on language learning, language use and suggestions to improve both at any time during the duration of this project, namely from now until Fall 2006.

The Philippines-PACIFIC project participants will render community service to the Filipino and Hawaiian communities in Maui, Hawaii from May 22nd to June 12, 2006. They will help prepare for the Barrio Fiesta and celebrate with the Filipino community this annual event, which this year is special because this is the Centennial Year of the Sakadas. The Sakadas are the agricultural workers who came to Hawaii to work  under a contract  from the pineapple and sugar cane plantations starting in 1906. An important aspect of this project is for the student participants to learn about the immigration history, language development, and aspects of the life stories of these sakadas through videotaped interviews with at least twenty four individual sakadas. To prepare for this oral history interviews and to enhance  cultural interactions with the community, intensive pre-trip language lessons in Filipino, Ilocano and Pidgin Hawaiian will be conducted through classroom instructions and through the use of this blog site.