Folk speech• They are the shortest form of folk literature.

• Folk speech includes proverbs, riddles, and short poems.

23. • Proverbs, also called salawikain, use metaphors drawn from the surrounding nature and every day life. They embody general truths or
observations on human nature, rules of conduct or moral. Proverbs have didactic value.• Generally, in form, Philippine proverbs are brief prose
statements. They appear as rhyming couplets from five to twelve syllables.

24. • Longer Tagalog proverbs employ the quatrain, and less frequently, the three-line and flve-line stanzas.• The proverbs of any people are
expressive of their perspective of life.

25. Riddles (Bugtong)• Riddles are the most amusing form of folk speech. Riddles use one or more images as metaphor to refer to an object to
be guessed. They enrich the imagination and sharpen the senses.• Riddles are generally poetic in form and come in one, two, three, or four
lines.

26. • The use of nonsense words or phrases is another style used in Philippine riddles. In Tagalog riddles, these nonsense or obscure words have
been invented for purposes of rhyme and meter and onomatopoeic effect.• The nonsense words appear as proper names, fictitious names of
animals, also meet the need of rhyme.

27. • Sometimes, the riddle may be in the form of a direct question.• The themes of riddles are drawn form the surrounding flora and fauna, the
human body, dwellings, tools and toys, clothing, food and food processing equipment, and many other known sources.

28. Short poems (folk poetry)• They are generally quatrains consisting of 5-12 syllables per line and which are used to be chanted.

Ano ang salawikain?
What is a proverb?
Ang salawikain ay isang maikling pangungusap na lubhang
makahulugan at naglalayong magbigay patnubay sa pang-araw-
araw na pamumuhay.
A proverb is a short sentence that is very meaningful and aims to
provide guidance in everyday living.
Salawikain
Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga.
Whatever the tree, so will its fruit be.
Kung may tinanim, may aanihin.
If you planted something, you’ll harvest something.
Aanhin pa ang damo, kung patay na ang kabayo.
What good is the grass if the horse is already dead.
Malaking puno, ngunit walang lilim.
A large tree with no shade.
Ang ampalaya kahit anong pait, sa nagkakagusto’y matamis.
No matter how bitter a vegetable is, it is sweet to those who like it
Kuwarta na, naging bato pa.
What was already money turned to stone.
Ang isip ay parang itak, sa hasa tumatalas.
The mind is like a knife honed by sharpening.
pahulaan bugtong riddle mga bugtong riddles bugtungan
exchanging riddles bugtong-bugtungan playing with riddles,
making a game out of asking each other riddles Ano
ang bugtong? What is a riddle?…
Bugtong
Isang balong malalim, punong-puno ng patalim.
Limang puno ng niyog, isa’y matayog.
Dalawang batong maitim, malayo ang dinarating.
Dalawang balon, hindi malingon.
Naligo ang kapitan, hindi nabasa ang tiyan.
Dalawa kong kahon, buksan walang ugong.
Nang hatakin ko ang baging, nagkagulo ang mga matsing.
(bibig, daliri, mata, tainga, Bangka, mata, kampana)
 S-un had begun to shine;
Short poems E-vening yielded to the morn.

Short Filipino poem by Sherwin Balbuena| Details | P-hilippine national hero's life
R-emains in the people's heart;
New Year O-ur freedom is enjoyed
T-ill the world falls apart.
Usad na libot
A-n instrument he used
San bituon sa langit;
C-ompleting his goal was pen;
Pitbong nagputok
I-t made a big difference
(Minasbate)
O-n the country neath the heaven.

Isang pag-ikot
R-emembering his birthdate
Ng talang nasa langit;
I-s forgetting the strife;
Kanyo'y sumabog
Z-one of nationalism
(Filipino)
A-ims to share the hero's
L-ife.
One revolution
Of a star in the night sky;
Chwins Jun 2017
Bamboo cannon bursts
(English) Bulong

Matagal na panahong nilihim sa iyo

Short Filipino poem by Bernard F.
Isang sikretong pasan ng mga balikat ko.
Asuncion| Details |
Dinggin mo ako bagamat tila’y huli na,
Hero's Life Pagbigkas ng mga katagang marinig mo pa sana.

J-une nineteenth, eighteen sixty-one,

O-ne Filipino was born;
Halina’t sumilip sa kaibuturan ng aking puso Ano nga ba ang pumipiligil sa akin
Nagkadurug durog at hindi man buong buo Na sabihin sa iyo ang bulong ng damdamin?

Kailanma’y hindi naubusan ng dugo

Na tuloy pa ring dumadaloy dulot ng alaala mo.
Kailangan ko pa bang ipaliwanag ito
Ngayo'y nandito ka nanaman,
Muling gumugulo sa aking puso at isipan
Ano nga ba ang iyong sadya?
Ako ba'y muling aasa sa wala?

Isang pangungumpisal at pagsusumamo

Sa tinagal tagal ng ating pagsasama

Ni minsan ba’y dumapo sa’yo na mahal na pala kita?

Raniel Cornelia Paulino Jun 2015

Ano nga ba?
Ano nga ba ang nais iparating
Ng iyong mga tingin sa akin?
Sa tuwing ika'y aking nakikita,
Hindi maipinta ang nadarama

Ngunit ano nga ba ang gustong sabihin

Ng iyong mga matang nais akong kausapin?
Posible bang tama ang aking mga hinala?
O sadyang ganyan ka lang talaga?

Labis na ligaya nang minsa'y nagkasama

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