The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

and the price was given as cintimos. He
thought he had bargain until he found
that in that particular town cintimos meant
peseta, or 20 cents Mexican.
The natural difficulty in pronunciation
has also caused a change in some words.
AZ oyer the Visayans a Spaniard u
'Cachila' which sounds like corruption
OF Sastilian II you try hard. All white men
IN me more remote towns are 'Cachila.'
How do you do. ''Cumusta ca ;" Is merely
a corrupt abbreviation for Como esta
listed, which all Spanish students recog-
ME. And "Cumusta' IL a general word
Tor greetings. The only English words
u much use are those which are sanctioned
hot feelings than by the dictates Of the
As in, Tagalog the lenses OF verbs are
shown by "naga' present. mag past,
mag future. There is another form for
verb forms which Is characteristic. This
is prefix .-gui' which Is used with an
Abbreviated form Of AGO. - to make all
lenses. II makes a sort OF passive and the
pronoun or subject is as II 10 the possessive
case. The same form with AGO or a
full pronoun shows passive voice.
But of all the words that are useful In
verbs IL the little ma" which makes every
thing In the past tense as well IA calling
the attention to the fact. 'Maca' Is used
to express power and can he made q noun,
as 'maca- hocom," Judge) MO also
makes future tense and ami' is an irregu-
lar form for the past.
And In the whole language there can be
combinations that require considerable
iho OF the spelling to pnravel 40 that
based on an idea Of euphony.
Pa il used to express the idea Of an
order 10 some one else to do n thing and
there are numerous suffixes. such as an"
passive or even ability, on" likewise,
but only to form an adjective form Of the
verb
In their use OF the equivalents to past
participates the Visayans are akin to the
Germans Ang vapor nga g9isacyan 90.
nounce, is the plural form. as in Tagalog;
and then comes the little .Nga,' without
which you cannot say a thing in Visayan.
1t means, which, shat" and IL always
used to connect a noun and its adjective.
Indeed Visayan, together with Tagalog
and the other Philippine dialects, may
be said to be a language Of suffixes. pre-
fixes and particles. Its infections are
few, it's cases are few and the key to the
conversation In the ideas and the thoughts
OF the speakers.
1t is flexible tongue, however, and il
possible to be polished into really good
poetry. Sad to relate. however, it Is still
in the natural or nature stage when the
passions are the subjects chosen and love
is the usual theme.
And the best Of them initiate unconsci-
ously the themes Of the Spanish love lyrics.
They are sung to single, monotonous
key with the long words and syllables run
ning after one another to the end, where there
is catch followed by long drawn higher
pitch, sometimes becoming a wall, or, IL
the singer is not very expert, a good long
howl.
There is other poetry, but the people are
opposed to showing their sentiments, good.
bad or Indifferent, and 80 one does not often
hear the best examples. This conceal
ment of sentiment makes love-making
very interesting and one never knows how
he stands in the affections. They are afrec-
tionate enough but do not like TO show II.
There are many who delight to talk OF how
much they will do but these, like all such
people all over the world, will bear little
watching.