Hukloban – Tandaganon Translation

*Note this story is in Tandaganon

1. Ang bae sa palengke. Wara niya tadonga pagputos ang mga gulay.
2. Ang bae na buntis na yangilog nan ako gipara na taxi. Dili nako kinahanglan morespeto sa imo tungod kay nakasa kaw.
3. Ang driver sa jeep na hapit makaligis sa ako. Way iya karapatan mag-drive.
4. Yadton bae na misingit sa pila sa tren. Pagtoo siguro niya na mahimo na niya tanan niya gusto kay naka-Luois Vuitton siya na bag.
5. Yadton bata na dili muhunong abay storya. Galabad ako ō sa iya kasaba.
6. Yadton ulitawo(boy)/daga(girl) sa ako tapad na min-ubo. Wara kita masayod kung uno na mga sakit ang yaon sa iya.
7. Ang guard sa train station. Di dakan tan-awon dayon ang luon nan ako bag para mahuman na. Tungod sa iya hapit ako mabiyaan nan tren.
8. Ang gatinda nan fishball. Kamahali nan iya baligya, sobraan da.
9. Yadton bae. Pagtuo niya na siya ang tag-iya nan kalibutan kay tungod gwapa siya. Tan-awon ta da sa, makita da nimo puhon uno imo gihanap.
10. Yadton mga turista. Katoo nila na pwede sila magbinastos sa amo lugar? Di ako musugot. Dapat masayod sila na respetohon sila kung may ila respeto.

Gibutang nan tiguwang ang iya ballpen ug min-ginhawa nan lawom. Kapoy kuman na adlaw, daghay tao na gusto muhurot sa iya pasensya, pero, syempre, sila tanan wara kahimo. Mingtan-aw siya sa gawas nan iya bintana ug gihuna-huna kung uno na sab kaha ang mga mahitabo pabalik sa ila bahay. Basin silom arang-arang na.

11. Yadton bata na may ido. Gilaway-lawayan ako kay di niya masagda iya mananap.
12. Yadton mga tampalasan na ga-ambak-ambak sa park. Gahuwat gayud ako na may isa na mabuk-an nan ulo sa ila pero wara mahitabo.
13. Yadton ga-jogging na yakabangga sa ako. Dapat mag-tan-aw siya sa iya agihan.
14. Yadton taxi driver na gahatod sa ako pauli. Ginaog niya iya bintana tapos yanitsit sa bae na minlabay. Way Batasan!
15. Yadton man-dileveray. Laong nila muabot ang package nan a las 4 pero gahinuwaton ako taman a las 5. Way klaro na serbisyo.

Yagkalala na. Ang lista kay dapat outlet da, isa ka paagi para ipagawas ang iya mga gusto ipagawas ug nan dili siya mugamit nan magic. Pero kada adlaw dakan na may iya makasumpaki. Mga tao na katoo nila mas hibawo pa sila bisan way gayud sud ang ila utok, mga tao na pagtoo nila na sila ang tag-iya nan kalibutan.

May iya kalagot sa ila tanan, syempre, bisan yadton mga tao na way labot. Kay madugay, magkasakop da sa sab gihapon sila ug magpugong na sab siya sa iya gibati para da lamang way gubot. Kapila na siya gipalayas sa mga tao kay tungod yahibawo sila kung uno gayud siya.

Di na yadto mautro. Amoy iya laong sa iya kaugalingon. Paglista da lamang permi kay mawara da lagi kadugayan ang kalagot. Kinahanglan niya ini pahunungon.

16. An iring na minpukaw sa ako. Kada adlaw dakan.
17. Ang ako mga way buot na silingan. Di manhunong abay hilabot sa ako kinabuhi. Dili pwede pasagdan dakan nila inin tiguwang ngadi?
18. Yadton yamaligya nan taho. Kalabad abay singgit sa buntag. Yadi pa sab an iring ngadi, isa pa sab ini.
19. Yadton mga misyonaryo na may mga da na bibliya—————-

Sakto na. Sakto na yadto. Gaaligotgot na siya sa kalagot wara pa gani halos gasugod ang adlaw. Basin amo na ini ang ilhanan, Kinahanglan na niya magpakatinood, ipakita sa mga tao ang ila lugar.

Giabrihan niya ang pirtahan ug gitaas ang iya kamot, isa ka tudlo sa langit.

Gisugdan niya sa iring.

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Enlighsh Version

1. The girl at the market. She didn’t pack the vegetables right.
2. The pregnant woman that took the taxi I was hailing. Just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean I have to bow to you.
3. The jeepney driver that almost ran me over. He doesn’t deserve to drive.
4. That woman that cut the line at the train. She thinks that just because she has a Louis Vuitton bag that she can do what she wants.
5. That little boy that wouldn’t stop talking. His incessant yapping gave me a he
6. That teenager that coughed beside me. Who knows what kind of diseases he might have. Someone should teach him manners.
7. The security guard at the train station. Just look through my bag and be done with it. Because of him I nearly missed my train.
8. The fishball vendor. His prices were robbery, plain and simple.
9. That girl. Thinking she can own the world because she’s beautiful. Wait and see, one day you’ll get what’s coming to you.
10. Those tourists. Thinking that they can be rude in my town? I will not let that happen. They need to know that respect begets respect.

The old woman put her pen down and sighed. Today was so tiring, there were so many people that tested her patience, and, of course, all of them had failed. She gazed outside her window and imagined all the things that she had to go through just to get back home. Maybe tomorrow would be better.

11. That boy with the dog. He couldn’t keep his animal under control and it slobbered all over me.
12. Those brats that were jumping around at the park. I waited for the moment one of them would crack their skulls but it never came.
13. That jogger that bumped into me. She should look where she’s going.
14. The taxi driver that brought me home. He rolled down the window and catcalled a woman passing by. The nerve of him!
15. The deliveryman. They said my package would arrive at 4pm and I waited until 5. Such shoddy service.

It was getting worse. The list was supposed to be an outlet, one way where she could sublimate her desires and release them without resorting to her magic. But day in and day out there were those that got in her way. Those that thought they knew better even if there wasn’t anything inside their heads, those that thought the world belonged to them.

She hated all of them, of course, even the ones that did nothing to her. Because eventually, they would cross her path and she would have to ball her hand into a fist to make sure she didn’t raise her finger. She had been chased out of many towns when the people found out what she was.

It wouldn’t happen again. That’s what she promised herself. Just keep adding to the list and all the anger would eventually stop. She needed it to stop.

16. That cat that woke me up. Every single morning it’s there.
17. My stupid neighbors. They won’t stop snooping into my life. Can’t they just leave an old woman alone?
18. The taho vendor. He won’t stop shouting in the morning. Bad enough the cat is there, I have to deal with him too.
19. Those Bible bearing missionaries—————-

Enough. It was enough. She couldn’t even make it though the morning without boiling over in rage. Maybe this was a sign from down below. She needed to be herself again, to let loose and make the humans know their place.

She opened the door and raised her hand, one finger to the sky.

She’d start with the cat and work her way up from there.

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*Tandaganon (also called Tinandag, Naturalis, Tagon-on) is a closely related variety of Surigaonon spoken in the central Surigao del Sur municipalities of Tandag City, San Miguel, Tago, Bayabas, Cagwait, Marihatag, San Agustin, and most of Lianga. It can be classified as a separate language or alternatively as a southern variety of Surigaonon. There are about 100,000 speakers.

Written by Karl Gaverza
Tandaganon Translation by Mark Anthony Ramos
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Translation Copyright © Mark Anthony Ramos

Inspired by the Tagalog Hukloban legends

Diwata Illustration by Kristienne Amante
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