“Pobreng Alindahaw” performed by G-Clef Musical Society

[@BisdakKo]

Miss ko mga Visayan songs…aguy dia man diay Pobreng Alindahaw.

[@vanzealotbush2244]

Wow, so amazing. Kudos!

[@celsoespejo908]

GALING!

[@jasminesuhar473]

It sounds such a happy song.

[@es7436mn]

Ang galing galing naman, wow!🎉🎉🎉

[@NurseTalking]

The whole phrase is "pobri ang alindahaw". Native speakers will shorten it by connecting the two words to match with the notes.. Thus, "pobri ang" becomes "pobring" just the same in English "l did not" becomes I didn't.The e and i in Cebuano or Bisaya sounds the same so other speakers of Filipino languages are questioning if it has the same meaning.

[@zybearius]

As a native Cebuano speaker, it is more like "pobre nga alindahaw" and not pobre ang. In English pobre nga acts like an adjective describing the dragonfly/alindahaw. When you say Pobre ang Alindahaw, in English it would be Poor is the dragonfly. Therefore it is more appropriate to say it should be Pobre nga Alindahaw. Ako'y pobre'ng alindahaw. I am a poor dragonfly. Ako'y pobre nga alindahaw, rather than Ako'y pobre ang Alindahaw. It is actually the 'a' in 'nga' that is omitted. And not 'a' from 'ang'

[@NurseTalking]

Maybe you are right if you want it to make sense using "nga" instead.of "ang". But using exact translation in Cebuabo doesn't always follow the same rule as in English. I don't know of a rule that says connect the two words pobri + nga and drop the last vowel a in nga to make pobring. Maybe that's a rule applicable in only the Cebuano language only. Hahaha. In Spanish, the noun comes first followed by the adjective and the literal becomes weird if English rule is followed.

[@zybearius]

@@NurseTalking I'm no language expert, just making sense of how we formulate our words. SOme examples include Labaw'ng Makagagahum = labaw nga makagagahum, patay'ng lawas = patay nga lawas, dako'ng kahoy = dako nga kahoy, Pilipinas, bililho'ng perlas = Pilipinas, bililhon nga perlas. That's how I came up with my insight.

[@NurseTalking]

@@zybearius maybe that's a rule you can establish for the Cebuano language when joining two words, drop the a in nga to shorten it.

[@joeltadeo9553]

Doc Michael Jhun Paceño 😍😍😍

[@Lions15]

Wow. Are they from diff. Country?❤

[@yoyongprime]

Thanks. Were from the same country.

[@chryzodaledupaya5650]

Alindahaw is visayan term of dragonfly

[@tumble82]

the poor dragonfly

[@tumble82]

pobreng alindahaw

[@baltazarmelchor451]

Ask ko lang, ang equivalent ba na word ng pobre sa bisaya ay pobri, kasi ang dinig ko ay pobring alindahaw.

[@jomaabuel1048]

We, Bisayans, usually dont have "e" /eh/ in pronouncing filipino bisayan or cebuani words. We even pronounce or use some english words in a visayan dialect without care about that "eh" sound... dahil dito ay kaya nilalait ng mga 'supremacist pinoy version' tagalogs ang mga visayans kung ang pobre ay naging pobri.... tama?

[@leonilaamago2666]

​@@jomaabuel1048 toto o yon o kawawa yan sa ibang meaning

[@YYC403NOYP]

​@@jomaabuel1048 I think ang Tanong ay yung pobrI at pobrE ba ay pareho ang meaning regardless of the difference sa LAST letter I & E

[@NurseTalking]

Pobre or pobri is about the same pronounciation in Cebuano or Bisaya. It's supposed to pobri or pubri nga alindahaw. With the locals shortening and connecting the words making it into pobring alindahaw. The hard "u" and "i" is more predominant in the Cebuano or Bisayan. language. Tagalog words uttered with a Bisaya accent will sound funny to the native speakers to hear.

[@mooresumaylo1036]

Same