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• Berne

  Kumusta is a “Filipino” derivative to the Spanish “Como estas” which would apparently make “Kumusta ka” quite redundant with the word “you” (ka) since “you” would already be in “kumusta.”

  Tagalog + localized Spanish and English words + token inclusion of seldom used words from limited selection of local languages = “Filipino.” That’s the sad state of what is considered to be the Philippines’ national language.

  (from a non-Tagalog)

  18 December 2008, 11:36 am

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• anna lyn pepito

  oh yes, now I remember como estas. I almost forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder.

  20 December 2008, 0:17 am

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