salabat
salabát with stress marks
ginger tea
Usage Note
Salabat is a traditional Filipino herbal drink made by boiling fresh ginger root in water and sweetening it with sugar or honey. It is widely consumed for its warming properties and as a home remedy for sore throats and colds. Vendors sell it at markets and fiestas, and it is a staple of Filipino folk medicine.
Examples
" Gusto ko ng mainit na salabat. "
Natural Translation
I want some hot ginger tea.
Literal Translation
Want I of hot ginger-tea.
" Masarap uminom ng salabat. "
Natural Translation
It is delicious to drink ginger tea.
Literal Translation
Delicious drink of ginger-tea.
" Tuwing umuulan, gumagawa ang lola ko ng salabat para hindi kami sipunin. "
Natural Translation
Whenever it rains, my grandmother makes ginger tea so we don't catch a cold.
Literal Translation
Whenever rains, makes the grandmother my of ginger-tea so-that not we get-a-cold.
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