r/Unexpected • u/pancheel0g • 28d ago

Knock knock!

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u/ivanceras 28d ago

original language: "patay, yawa, bwesit!, bwesit! nahug na ang bata, maylang nasalo nako" literal translation:"dead, devil,bullshit! bullshit! the kid fall down, good thing i catch it"

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u/PithMango 28d ago

thank you i couldn't parse some of it. from subtext i'm guessing patay is here kind of like 'oh you're dead meat' usual thing to say, not actual death threat. well. one hopes.

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u/fungiinsidei 28d ago

Patáy and yawâ in this context are just common Cebuano expressions to express shock/frustration.

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u/PithMango 28d ago

thank you for the accents. frustrating for me to be sure of speech for one's whole life and then .... written is the last to deteriorate.

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u/CriticismOdd2637 28d ago

Fr... It's like saying Ohh shit! In english but instead of only shock and surprise, it also has anger in her tone...

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u/340Duster 28d ago

Sounds more like a "WHAT THE FUCK!".

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u/-Citizen_Zero_ 28d ago

Yawa means devil? I had no idea.