Usage Note
Kolokyal, borrowed from English colloquial, is used in academic, linguistic, and editorial contexts to describe informal or everyday language as opposed to formal register. Filipino linguists and teachers reach for this term when discussing the wide spectrum of language use in a multilingual country like the Philippines.
Examples
" Kolokyal ang salitang iyon. "
Natural Translation
That word is colloquial.
Literal Translation
Colloquial the word that.
" Ang salitang 'mare' ay kolokyal na tawag sa kaibigan. "
Natural Translation
The word 'mare' is a colloquial term for a female friend.
Literal Translation
The word 'mare' is colloquial that call to friend.
" Bagama't kolokyal ang ilang ginamit niyang salita, naunawaan pa rin ng mga estudyante ang ibig niyang sabihin. "
Natural Translation
Although some of the words he used were colloquial, the students still understood what he meant.
Literal Translation
Although colloquial the some used his words, understood still by-the students the wish his to-say.
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