EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
chapter...
whooping cough...
anyway; in the end; besides...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.
/ka-ba-NA-ta/
FIL: Isang bahagi o yugto ng isang aklat, kuwento, o maging sa buhay ng isang tao.
EN: chapter
It's a chapter, both literally in books like Noli Me Tángere, and figuratively in life. That toxic relationship? 'Tapos na ang kabanata na 'yan.' That new job in BGC? 'Bagong kabanata.' It's how Filipinos frame new beginnings and dramatic endings. It's the 'next episode' of your life's teleserye.
Related to 'kaban' (chest), as if opening a new section or compartment of a story.
Widely used in literature and metaphorically for life events.
🇵🇭 Nasa huling kabanata na ako ng binabasa kong nobela.
🇺🇸 I'm on the last chapter of the novel I'm reading.
🇵🇭 Isang bagong kabanata sa aking buhay ang paglipat ko sa ibang bansa.
🇺🇸 Moving to another country is a new chapter in my life.
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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.