I came across this old post for tago nang tago in Tagalog. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=644423&highlight=tnt I have heard many non-Tagalogs, Visayan, Cebuanos etc using this phrase. So is it a loan phrase from Tagalog or is it a valid phrase in other languages?
Filipino languages, non-Tagalog: TNT
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In my dialect TNT (Tago Nang Tago) will appear as Tago Nin Tago. I am not sure with other dialects but if I a am to speak about the Filipinos who are in hiding in abroad, then i'll say TNT rather than the whole Tagalog phrase and besides TNT is readily known and understood as a name for undocumented Filipino migrants.
If I am NOT talking about the Filipinos in hiding, then I'll say its counterpart in my dialect.
By the way, I speak Bicol, a dialect in the Philippines.
Thank you for reading.
If I am NOT talking about the Filipinos in hiding, then I'll say its counterpart in my dialect.
By the way, I speak Bicol, a dialect in the Philippines.
Thank you for reading.
To niernier:
Bicol is NOT a dialect. It is a REGIONAL LANGUAGE.
Dialects are supposed to be variations of a single language.
For example:
There are many dialects based on Tagalog. The Tagalog spoken in Bulacan is different from the one spoken in, say, Cavite or maybe Manila.
Just making things clear.
Bicol is NOT a dialect. It is a REGIONAL LANGUAGE.
Dialects are supposed to be variations of a single language.
For example:
There are many dialects based on Tagalog. The Tagalog spoken in Bulacan is different from the one spoken in, say, Cavite or maybe Manila.
Just making things clear.
I see. Thanks. I should have made it clear that I speak one of the dialects in Bicol. I speak Bicol-Naga.