Ilocano: Traktora. English: Tractor. Norwegian: Traktor. That’s our word for today.

This video was taken in a beautiful rural area near the sea, Hoddevik, Norway. One of our family’s friend here helped my hubby to bring his old boat wagon near the shore. The tractor he used is a small but sturdy older model, but its color, is still a lively red, making the tractor a beautiful classic, heavy-duty machine, that both delivers — as well as inspires.

This is a channel for language lovers, especially those who would like to learn more about the Austronesian language, Ilocano. It’s my mother tongue, but I have not dedicated much time thinking or studying about it before June this year. So I correct that lapse now. You can learn to speak Ilocano with me here, while I brush up my spoken Ilocano proficiency and practice speaking modern Ilocano.

Join me here, too, if you’d like to be part of the efforts to help modernize Ilocano. There are old words that are not anymore «easy» to use, because they have become archaic, with regard to usage, as well as context. Using them instead of their newer equivalents might result in the listener not being able to relate or understand what is being said.

Also, the digital space and the business and political worlds after the COVID-19 pandemic have brought about concepts that are yet to find the right Ilocano word counterparts. Many new Ilocano words find their origins from Filipino and English. There are still many contenporary words derived from Spanish words, but are they to stay?

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