Usage Note
Atis is a sweet, creamy tropical fruit (Annona squamosa) with a bumpy green exterior and white segmented flesh. Widely grown and eaten throughout the Philippines, it is a beloved snack fruit sold in local markets and is especially popular among children for its distinctive sweet flavor.
Examples
" Gusto ko ng atis. "
Natural Translation
I want some sugar apple.
Literal Translation
Want I of sugar-apple.
" Masarap ang atis na hinog na hinog. "
Natural Translation
A very ripe sugar apple is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the sugar-apple that ripe-ripe.
" Tuwing tag-araw, binibili namin ang mga hinog na atis sa palengke dahil mas matamis ito kaysa sa tindahan. "
Natural Translation
Every summer, we buy ripe sugar apples at the market because they are sweeter than those from the store.
Literal Translation
Every summer, buy we the ripe sugar-apples at market because more sweet this than from store.
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