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A Little Book of Filipino Riddles

by Frederick Starr

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Qualities

285

Aniat cala-adan ti bomaro atao?

(Iloc.) Ti quinasuquer

What is the worst disfigurement for a young man?

Disobedience

Relationship

286

Ano ang itatawag mo sa biyenang babayi nang asawa nang kapatid mo?

(Tag.) Ina

What will you call the mother-in-law of your sister’s husband?

Mother

287

Ang amain kong buo ay may isang kapatid na babayi, ngunit siyai hindi ko naman ali. Sino siya?

(Tag.) Aking ina

My uncle has a sister but she is not my aunt. Who is she?

My mother

288

Ang mga babaying A at B ay nakasalubong sa daan ng dalawang lalaki; at nagwika si A; naito na ang ating mga ama, mga ama nang ating mga anak; at mga tunay nating.

(Tag.) Ang ama ni A ay napakasal kay B at ang ama ni B ay napakasal kay A at nagkaroon sila nang tigisang anak.

Ladies A and B met two men and said, “There come our fathers, fathers of our sons and our own husbands.”

A’s father married with B and B’s father with A, and each of them had a child.

289

Nang malapos nang madalao nang isang lalaki ang isang bilango ay tinanong nang bantay; ano mo ba ang tawong iyon? Kapatid mo ba o ano? Ang sagot nang bilango ay ito; akoy ualang kapatid, ni pamangkin ni amain, ni nuno, ni apo, ni kahit kaibigan; ngungit ang ama nang tawong iyan, ay anak nang anak nang aking ama. Ano nang bilango ang tawong iyon.

(Tag.) Anak

After a man visited a prisoner, the guard asked him—“is that man your brother, or what?” The prisoner’s answer was, “I have no brother, no uncle, no nephew, no grandfather, neither grandson nor friend; but that man’s father is my father’s son. “Who was that man?

Son

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