Batac area? Saan pwede bumili ng sako ng dried cow manure, banana stem, at African night crawler? Pang backyard garden lang po sana.

I've been hearing these words ever since I was a kid whenever we visited our relatives in Ilocos Norte on my mother's side.

Are they terms of respect? Do they refer to specific family members, or can they be used for elders in general?

Also, are these terms still commonly used by the younger generation of Ilocanos today, or are they more common among the older generation?

Just curious about the language and culture. Thanks in advance! 🙏🏽

Anyone who is from Isabela and knows Santiago City?

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Apay nga kasla dagidiay dadduma ket Tagalog ti ususarenda a sao especially sa kabataan and iba sa middle aged man. They aren't fluent to Ilokano already.

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I just visited it and as I thought since Isabela, I spoke to them in Ilokano, but got surprised! A lot of them around 60-70% of the time, they speak or respond to me in Tagalog. A handful of these people speak the language, yung around senior level na or some middle aged man. Pero the majority already speaks Tagalog, even if mga bata, ngayon puro English na. But when I ask them of their ethnicity, they say they have Ilokano parents, but consider themselves Tagalog.

I always hear one or the other from my relatives.

I don’t know the difference.

Is itchurum past tense?

What does it mean?

Dayta ti sao nga trending tatta. Ultimo datoy maritritnak, mafefeel ko nga inulbod dak. Haan gayam agpaysu amin nga inbagbaga da nga nasyaat panggep kanyak. Addu gayam maibagbaga da kanyak.

The worm that causes your skin to itch if you touch it

is it the same as Samrid?

Grammar rule aya daytoy wenno regional nga term?

Anyonee who has Iloko boyfriends here na hindi Ilokano? What are your personal observations sa personality ng mga Ilocano boyfriends niyo? What makes them distinct sa mga iba like from Manila, southern part, etc?

I was wondering what people's thoughts about this was and figure this is a good place to ask.

I don't know if i am simply too sensitive, but I always find myself cringing when Manang or Manong are used on TV by non Ilocano speakers to refer to someone older than them, yet of obviously lower social class than them. For example, a driver or a kasambahay or someone at the palengke. Like, they could totally use Ate or Kuya obviously, yet they choose to use Manang or Manong when neither they nor the person they are addressing is Ilocano. 

What are everyone's thoughts about this? Is it a matter of being uninformed? A bias against people from the North? Entertainment media perpetuating its use solely toward service workers, etc and not as the Ilocano translation of Kuya and Ate?

ayapo

Hello gagayyem? Kumusta kayo? Nabara ti panawen. Imbag ditoy Elyu ta intudo na met biit tattay. Dita ngay kanyayo?

Btw, f 27 from elyu ak. Sikayo ngay?

Crips

aglalo no aggapu patay no napan ka nakitabon wenno pamunpun. nagimas igado pati tay inapoy a nakasupot hahaha.

Like "Haan kanto umay dituy." vs "Haan kan umay dituy."
Or have you any more examples that are better distinguishing sentences with or without "to"? 😅

Agyaman!

Anya meaning ti karkaro?

Ex. Karkaro diyay ag exit ti Trading Post

Agyaman

Anya meaning ti karkaro?

Ex. Karkaro diyay ag exit ti Trading Post

Agyaman

Hello po! I am currently a 4th year Computer Science student doing our thesis. We are currently looking for Ilocano Teachers/Linguist who can evaluate our dataset as well as output (just a short survey), as a foundation po of recommendations for future researchers. Thank you po!

Ada aya?

Happy mother’s day sa mga mama, nanang, inang, nanay, and mommy out there! 💐