Usage Note
Impon is a regional Tagalog term for grandmother, used in certain provinces where it marks dialectal or local identity. The standard Tagalog word is lola, so hearing impon signals a regional or older-generation speaker.
Examples
" Mabait ang aming impon. "
Natural Translation
Our grandmother is kind.
Literal Translation
Kind the our grandmother.
" Bumibisita kami sa aming impon tuwing Pasko. "
Natural Translation
We visit our grandmother every Christmas.
Literal Translation
Visiting we to-the our grandmother every Christmas.
" Tuwing magbabakasyon kami sa probinsya, ikinukuwento ng aming impon ang mga lumang alamat na narinig niya noong bata pa siya. "
Natural Translation
Whenever we vacation in the province, our grandmother tells the old legends she heard when she was still a child.
Literal Translation
Every-time will-vacation we in province, tells of-the our grandmother the old legends that heard she when child still she.
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