I HAVE never heard a language as visually explicit as Kapampangan, especially at the rise of one's emotions.
Ena naman uling bisa tang mamanagkas, ne po. Oneng tutu naman, malati tapa, ninu wari kekatamu ing e miglasa balugbug karening mapilan a amanu potang medyu mipasawa la king kalikutan ding magbante o maningat karing anak?
Before I lose the echoes of many disjointed voices from the past in many chance encounters (Marcial, pasari mu ini), oreni pu ding mangalutung a amanu angga ngeni e mu la akalingwan, ela pa man digpa king pamikatawan da ring pangamanwan anti na murin digpanan:
Umpisan taya manibat buntuk angga king kabitisan:
1. Eka taling taling a buntuk! Idukduk daka ken!
2. Eka makibat! Pikblasan daka lupa!
3. Eka makanyan mamaglalawe! Dukitan daka mata!
4. Ala kang modu ne, balungusan daka!
5. Samasnan mung mangatuliran, pututan daka dila!/lagasan daka ipan !
6. Nang pibalabalikid mu, tundunan daka!/sagapan daka!
7. Gamitan mo keng ustu ring gamat a ren, nung ali tigpasan kun la mu!
8. Dungusan daka!
9. Eka tikdo masalese, panyapliran daka e!
10. Limbones ka, tayranan dakang tanikala bukung bukung!/isoga daka ting damulag!
11. Litiran daka!
Other expressions:
12. Paldak sikaran ne ning kakalulwan.
13. Pikbungan naka ning alte/digpa naka ning alte.
14. Maindatun ka ken, nung ali gawan dakang tidtarin.
15. Patugut ka, daig me ing kiti kiti.
16. Sasamal ka, daig mu pa ing nasing miabwa.
17. Istung e ka mengan, sige miulingan ka kaladwa.
18. Pisulung sulung mu yan, aru aru palu palu.
19. Dayig me pa ing pusa lampung.
20. Lamaran/Kabalan enaka tatablan ne?
On hindsight, those who uttered them may have sounded violent, but were not in fact because all these were more of warnings to an erring child rather than—buri dakang pagpanan gamat.