Usage Note
Sked is a colloquial Filipino clipping of the English word 'schedule,' widely used in casual conversation, text messages, and social media. It reflects the Filipino tendency to shorten borrowed English words for efficiency in everyday speech.
Examples
" Ano ang sked mo mamaya? "
Natural Translation
What's your schedule later?
Literal Translation
What the schedule your later?
" Ano ang sked natin bukas? "
Natural Translation
What is our schedule tomorrow?
Literal Translation
What the schedule our tomorrow?
" Hindi ako makakapunta sa party kasi magkasabay ang sked ko sa trabaho at sa pagsundo sa anak ko. "
Natural Translation
I can't go to the party because my schedule at work and picking up my child overlap.
Literal Translation
Not I can-go to party because coincide the schedule my at work and at picking-up to child my.
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