Usage Note
Kartilya is a Spanish loanword for a beginner's literacy primer, but it gained deep patriotic resonance as the title of the Katipunan's moral code written by Emilio Jacinto during the Philippine Revolution. Learners often encounter the word first in its revolutionary context rather than its educational one.
Examples
" Binasa namin ang Kartilya. "
Natural Translation
We read the Kartilya.
Literal Translation
Read we the Primer.
" Sinulat ni Emilio Jacinto ang Kartilya ng Katipunan. "
Natural Translation
Emilio Jacinto wrote the Kartipunan Primer.
Literal Translation
Wrote by Emilio Jacinto the Primer of-the Katipunan.
" Sa aming klase sa kasaysayan, pinag-aralan namin ang Kartilya ng Katipunan upang maunawaan ang mga pagpapahalagang itinaguyod ng mga rebolusyonaryo. "
Natural Translation
In our history class, we studied the Kartilya of the Katipunan to understand the values the revolutionaries upheld.
Literal Translation
In our class in history, studied we the Primer of-the Katipunan so-that understand the values upheld by-the revolutionaries.
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