Ilocano Trivia Quiz

Answer: the darkness of outside at night

Awan ti mai-bagak. Narigat nga piman ti Ilocano!

Answer: bannikes

It's called "bannikes". "Idda" is lying down. "Ag-paparaw" isn't even a bodily position. It's the condition in which one is losing his or her voice due to some throat ailment. Akimbo is that exact stance, but it is English, not Ilocano.

Answer: tuwang

"Itnag" means to fall. "Tiro" means to hurl. "Awan" means "nothing". The correct answer is "tuwang."

Answer: kuti

"Rugit" is dirty. "Ranggas" is careless or klutzy. "Napuskol" means thick. "Kuti" is the general form for physical misbehavior or hyperactivity.

Answer: the way she carries herself, as seen in her efforts to make herself look beautiful by overadornment

No explanations. It's just that "arjud" is associated with overfashion.

Answer: small, as in size

The word "kapsot" has so many meanings in Ilocano, all of which are negative. Someone can be considered "kapsot" if [s]he is physically weak or not very good in school. "Kapsot" is also referred to the slowness of speed. Another meaning of "kapsot" which is not one of the choices is the quietness of sound. "Kapsot" also refers to lack of self-esteem and confidence. "Kapsot", however, has nothing to do with the smallness of something's size.

Answer: thunder and lightning

A lot of Ilocano words sound a lot like what they really are in real life. "Kimat" is lightning and "kurruog" is thunder. Out of all the possible choices given, "kimat" and "kurruog" definitely sounds like thunder and lightning.

Answer: "Ay, piman!"

When Ilocano people hear something bad that happened to somebody, and they feel bad about that person, they usually say, "Ay, piman!" in a sympathetic tone. "Ubet apo na'n!" is an expression used after one finds out or learns that something undesirable happened, or someone did something stupid. "Ta ushang na't tuyen!" is fairly close to "Ubet apo na'n!" but is used more for an immediate reaction to someone who just pissed off the speaker! The exact meaning and usage of "Pakawanan berde" at this point is currently in dispute, but it definitely has nothing to do with pity.

Answer: indicating that what is being said has a news source

"Kano" is the Tagalog slang for American. Child's play and copycat has nothing to do with "kano". "Kano" is used when you tell someone a news that you've heard somewhere else, specifically indicating that you are NOT the ultimate source of what you're saying. Example: "Natiliw kano ni Osama bin Laden kenni Saddam Hussein." Translates "Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were caught, according to what I heard." If you omitted "kano", hence "Natiliw ni Osama bin Laden kenni Saddam Hussein," you're saying the same thing, however, not specifiying that you heard it from somewhere else.

Answer: I and III

Ilocano is a very nit-picky and specific language. In the physical sense, people "puligad" something off their skin onto something else. It is usually the action of taking something dirty off one's fingers by rubbing one's fingers onto another surface.

The same thing goes with people dynamics. "Puligad" doesn't mean to blame, however it's when one makes his own fault appear to be somebody else's by any means.