Usage Note
Keso is a staple in Filipino breakfasts and snacks, commonly paired with pandesal or used as a topping for rice cakes like puto and bibingka. It usually refers to processed cheddar cheese, though the traditional variety, kesong puti, is made from carabao milk.
Examples
" Masarap ang keso sa tinapay. "
Natural Translation
Cheese is delicious on bread.
Literal Translation
Delicious the cheese on bread.
" Gusto ko ng maraming keso. "
Natural Translation
I want a lot of cheese.
Literal Translation
Want I of much cheese.
" Tuwing umaga, naglalagay ang lola ko ng keso sa loob ng mainit na pandesal bago ito ihain sa amin. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, my grandmother puts cheese inside the hot pandesal before serving it to us.
Literal Translation
Every morning, puts the grandmother my of cheese at inside of hot pandesal before this to-serve to us.
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