The document defines and provides examples of riddles, proverbs, and tanaga - a type of Filipino poem. Riddles use veiled or double meanings to puzzle the reader. Proverbs express truths based on experience in a simple, concrete way. Examples of proverbs in different Filipino languages are given. Tanaga are traditional Filipino poems, and examples of both 3-line and 5-line stanza tanaga are presented, with translations provided.

1. RIDDLES,
PROVERBS,
SAYINGS,
TANAGA

2. A riddle is a statement or
question or phrase having a
double or veiled meaning

3. It has one
entrance but
three exits.

4. dress

5. Peter hides but
you can still see
his head.

6. nail

7. Riddle me, riddle
me, here comes a
roaring chain.

8. train

9. A PROVERB is a simple and
concrete saying that
expresses a truth based on
experience.

11. BICOL
Nagcacawat an demonyo sa
taong daing guibo
(The devil plays with an idle
man)

12. Hiligaynon
Kon ano ang sinapsap
Amo man ang inagsap.
(What the shavings are, so is
the block from which they
came.)

13. Ibanag
Y magattam ta ziga-c, ta
pangurianan, Lubbe-c y
pagayaya-c

14. (One who waits patiently will
be well rewarded.)

15. Tagalog
Natutuwa kang pasalop,
Kung singili’y napoot

16. (Full of good cheer while
borrowing a measure of rice,
full of wrath when asked to pay
back.)

17. TANAGA is an indigenous
type of Filipino poem, that
is used traditionally in
Tagalog language.

18. QUATRAINS
3-Line Stanza Tanaga
5-Line Stanza Tanaga

19. QUATRAINS
Ang katwiran ma’y nabaon
Ng sanda-sandaan taon
Pag dumating ang panahon
Lilitaw din at uusbong.

20. (Truth, though buried
hundred of years,
In due time, it will come out
and flourish.)

21. 3-Line Stanza Tanaga
Ang dalagan may puri,
Wala mang salapi,
May yumi at dangal na itinatangi.

22. 5-Line Stanza Tanaga
Ang puri ng dalaga’y
Kristal ang kawangis
Dapat kaingatang magkamit ng dungis
Kapag nagkalamat ay di maibabalik
Tinisod-tisod ng balanang tikis.

23. (A maiden’s honor is like a glass
That should be protected
For once it cracks
It cannot be made intact and
It will be just trodden by anyone)