Mga Bugtong /Filipino Riddles set 11
Time for another guessing game!
It’s set #11 for our Filipino riddles.
1. Mapagabi, mapa-araw… walang tigil ang pagdaldal; ngunit kapag nakainisan, atin namang napapatay, nang tayo’y di nasasakdal sa alinmang hukuman.
(Day and night, you talk. But if I get irritated I will kill you, that I don’t get convicted by the judge).
2. Halina’s gabi na, sulong at umaga na.
(Come, it’s goodnight. Go, it’s good morning )
3. Maikling landasin, di maubos lakarin.
(The distance is short but it’s still unreachable)
4. Binili ko nang di kagustuhan, ginamit ko nang di ko nalalaman.
(I bought it even if I didn’t want to; I used it without knowing I did). -
5. Maitim na parang tinta, pumuti hindi kinula.
(It’s black like ink, it’s white without bleaching)
The answers come out next Wednesday – October 17.
UPDATE: You can now read the answers after the jump!
1. radyo (radio)
2. Bintana (window)
3. Anino (shadow)
4. Kabaong (casket)
5. Uban (white hair)
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