Rizal on Visayan and Tagalog

Title

Language

English

Source

I (10&11) October-November 1949

Year

1949

Subject

Rizal, Jose P., 1861-1896 – Correspondence

Visayan language

Tagalog language

Blumentritt, Ferdinand

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

The article is Jose Rizal’s letter to his friend Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt from Dapitan. He stated in his letter that he is learning to speak in a Visayan language, and he is asking for advice as to how to learn it faster. He finds the Spanish language beautiful, natural and useful as Tagalog, but when spoken properly, Tagalog is as good as any other language.

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Gen. to Sec. of the Int. (lliga.n, Lanao case) EXPENSES INCURRED EY DE· LEGATION TO WELCOME THE SPEAKER AND HIS RA.RTY. - In line with the action taken on previous similar cases, the amount appropriated under Resolution No. 8, series of 1947, of the Municipal Council of Malinoa, Alba~-. for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by the delegation of said municipality in welcoming Speaker Perez and Party to the 'f~·o· vince as well as to cover future expenses that may be incurred by similar delegation in. welcoming national offi· cials that may visit the province, is not :.!lowable in audit, there being no provision of law authorizing payment of $UCh expenses from government funds. -~Sth Ind., July 31, 1947, of Aud. Gen. to Sec. of the Int. REQUISITION FOR EQUIPMENT OR SUiF!PLIES CHARGEABLE TO ACCOUNT "E·3", APPROVAL BY lVIUNICEPAL TREASURER NECESSARY.-Respeotfully returned to the Director of Education, Manila invi· ting" attention to the next preceeding indorsement in view of which the action of the Provincial Auditor of Tar;ac in requiring that all requisitions DPS Form No 1, covering purchases of supplies ana materials chargeable against account "E·3," Maintenance and Operation of if'rimary Classes in the municipalities ,should be approved by the municipal treasurers concerr.ed is hereby comfirmed -3th Ind .. March 19, 1940, of ~ml. Gen. GAO File No. 414 ;See Prorincial Treasurers' Memo. rn.nd111n No. 552, dated AJJril 13, 1940. A'PPROPRIATION FOR PICTURE OF MUNICIP PL OFFICIALS AND Ei\I'PLOYEES IN CARNIVAL DIREC· TORY.-It appears that under its re~olution dated M:1rch 31, 1946. the :1·,unicipal council of Masantol. Pam· pang-a, appropriated the amount of P60 to defray the expenses for a picture of all the municipal officials and emplo~·ees thereat to be used in the pre· paration of the Pampang-a D;rectorv in (Cntinued on page 511) · OCTOBER-!'\OVEMBER, 1940 RIZAL APPEALS TO THE OLD I, who belong to a young generation, anxious to do something for their country and restless before a mysterious future, need to go to men who have seen much and studied more in order that with their experience we could supplement our short years and scant knowledge. We also 1.1eed the applause and blessing of the old to encourage us in the colossal struggle and the gigantic campaign which we have placed upon our puny shoulders. However great might be our enthusiasm, however confident might be our youth, however bright might be our illusions, we nevertheless hesitate at certain moments, particularly when we see ourselves alone and abandoned. In the titanic work for a common regeneration, without stopping to march forward we turn now and then our eves toward our elders in order to read il1 their faces their judgment upon our acts. For this thirst for knowing the past, for learning, in order to face the future, we go to persons like you. Leave to us in writing your thoughts and the fruit of your long experience in order that with them, condensed in a book, we do not have to study again what you have studied, but to such inheritance which we receive from you ·we may add only our own harvest, either by broadening or by increasing it.-From Rizal's letter to Father Vicente Garcia, Madrid, Jamw1·y 7, 1891. RIZAL ON VISAYAN AND TAGALOG I am also learning Visayan and I am beginning to understand a little the inhabitants here (Dapitan). Can you give me a reason, linguistic or ethnological, of the change of the Tagalog i to the Visayan o? The change from the palatal to the labial sound, and vice versa, to what is it due? Is it the con8equence of an error in reading the punctuation mark8 in the written characters? In the Visayan language I see traces of nouns of a much older form than in the Tagalog, and yet the Tagalog conjugation contains not only the forms of the Visayan but also (Co11ti1111ed 011 page 518) Page 50:1 ernment of the entire shipment in which found. Sec. 82. Failure to report kind and quantity of fish caught.~Wi11fu1 failure by any licensed fisherman to render a report of the kind and quantity of fi~h caught, as provided in section seventLtwo of this Act, shall subject th2 offender to the payment of a fine of not less than ten rior more than one hundred pesos for each offense, and to the re\·ocation or cancellation of his license. (As amended cy C. -~· 471-1.) Sec. 83. Othei: violation.-Any other Yiolation of the provisions of this Act or of any rules ar.d regulations promulgated thereunder shall subject the oL fender to a fine of not more than two hur:dred pesos, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. CHAPTER VI FINAL !PROVISIONS ARTICLE XV .-Effectire11ess of this Act Sec. 84. Repealing clause.-All acts, [:dministrati ve orders and regulatior:·~, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the µrovi~ions of this Act, are hereby repealed. Sec. 85. Date of taking effect.-This Act shall take ertect on its apprornl. l ppro\·ed, December 5, 1932. ---oOo--EXECUTIVE . . _ (Continued from pa.r1e 510) PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL NURSERIES, POLICY ON ESTABLISHMENT THEREOF.-As a matter of policy, this Office is not in fa rnr of establishing provincial or munic:pal nurseries on borrowed money, especially if there is no assurance of a continuing financial support from year to year for their prop.er maintenance ar:d operation. It is essential that such nur_ series be financed locally as the national government is not in a position to provide funds for them.-7th Ind., March IO, 1947, of Undersecretary of Aqviculturn and Commevce to the Sec. of the !11t. (Case of Alimodicm, Iloilo.) Pag·e 518 THE FIVE FREEDOMS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT listed five objectives which must be realized before permanent world peace would be assured. 1. Freedom from fear, so that people will not be afraid of being bombed from the air or attacked by another nation. That, he said, means removal of the weapons which cause fear, or dis'll'IYl".ment. 2. Freedom of information. That is important, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, because the whole countn· must be able to get news of what is going on in ewry rart of the country and in everv part of the world, without censorship. He said that it meant not freedom of the press alone but freedom of every means of distributing information and that without it there could not be a stable world. 3. Freedom of reli1rion. Under democracies, the President said, this freedom has been maintained fairly well but not in countries living under other svstems of government. 4. Freedom of expression. A person should be free to voice his opinions, the President said, so long as he does not advocate overthrow of his government. 5. Freedom from want. That must be arcomplished, Mr. Roosevelt declared, bv removal of cultural and commercial barriers between nations. ---oOo--RIZAL ON ... (Continued from pa.ge 503) others. Which of the two is older? Are both branches of; one trunk no longer existing? This is what I shall investigate because I greatly distrust the Malay. Loleng (Blumentritt's daughter) would find Spanish more beautiful. It is more natural and more useful than the Tagalog. The continuous reduplications of word-forms in certain tenses uglify owr language. But when well spoken, the Tagalog can be just as good as any other language. It has a wealth of words for the feelings and actions of ordinarv life.-Rizal i1I his lettei· to Prnf. Blu1;1entritt frnm Dapitau, Febi·um·y n, 18!1.J. T.HE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVIEW

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