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From birdsite user railroadchuffs. Apparently, Sara Duterte's 10-million-peso children's book didn't even go through proofreading. #Philippines #Filipino
@teacherbuknoy@masto.aiTo clarify, "salu-salo" is not an acceptable word in #Filipino. The root word is "salo", and according to Filipino grammar rules, this is to be used as a verb or an adjective. In this context, the word is used as a noun, so the hyphen should be dropped, hence the correct usage "salusalo".
Also, as recent as 2014, rules around repeating words in #Filipino has changed. Although "pagsasalu-salo" is still acceptable, it is now preferred to not change the final "o" into a "u" when repeating words that end with "o". The rendering "pagsasalo-salo" is now more preferred.
From the 2014 book "Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat" by Virgilio S. Almario.
![Text translated to English: "E and O don't need to be changed when root words are repeated. "Babeng-babae" is correct, and "babaing-babae" is unnecessary; "Biro-biro" is corect, and "biru-biro" is not needed. It's possible that the changes from E to I or U to O happens in pronunciation by the Tagalogs but it doesn't need to be written, unless it's part of linguistic realism in literary works. It also means that the rule around these substitutions is unnecessary because there are Tagalog people who don't do such swapping when they speak. Moreover, this is just one less rule to memorize for the non-Tagalog people from Balarila [an earlier official Taglog grammar book]. Remember, too, the following:
"ano-ano" not "anu-ano"
"alon-alon" not "alun-alon"
"taon-taon" not "taun-taon"
"piso-piso" not "pisu-piso"
"palong-palungan" not "palung-palungan"
"patong-patong" not "patung-patong"](https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/112/999/583/051/702/126/original/550cb08d414479ea.png "Text translated to English: \"E and O don't need to be changed when root words are repeated. \"Babeng-babae\" is correct, and \"babaing-babae\" is unnecessary; \"Biro-biro\" is corect, and \"biru-biro\" is not needed. It's possible that the changes from E to I or U to O happens in pronunciation by the Tagalogs but it doesn't need to be written, unless it's part of linguistic realism in literary works. It also means that the rule around these substitutions is unnecessary because there are Tagalog people who don't do such swapping when they speak. Moreover, this is just one less rule to memorize for the non-Tagalog people from Balarila [an earlier official Taglog grammar book]. Remember, too, the following:
\"ano-ano\" not \"anu-ano\"
\"alon-alon\" not \"alun-alon\"
\"taon-taon\" not \"taun-taon\"
\"piso-piso\" not \"pisu-piso\"
\"palong-palungan\" not \"palung-palungan\"
\"patong-patong\" not \"patung-patong\"")
From the 2014 book "Manwal sa Masinop na Pagsulat" by Virgilio S. Almario. He used to be the commissioner for Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the commission that oversees the development of Philippine languages.
