Usage Note
Awit is the core Tagalog word for song, used across folk, popular, religious, and classical genres. It also refers historically to a type of long narrative poem sung to a specific meter in Philippine literature, and OPM culture has made awit central to Filipino identity.
Examples
" Ang ganda ng awit na ito. "
Natural Translation
This song is so beautiful.
Literal Translation
The beauty of-the song this.
" Isang malungkot na awit ito. "
Natural Translation
This is a sad song.
Literal Translation
One sad that song this.
" Tuwing naririnig ko ang awit na iyon, naaalala ko ang aking kabataan sa probinsiya. "
Natural Translation
Whenever I hear that song, I remember my childhood in the province.
Literal Translation
Every-time hear I the song that, remember I the my childhood in province.
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