Last week we were invited to eat lunch and visit with the family of Faith, one of our Ilokano teachers. We ate a delicious Ilokano specialty known as "pinak-bet" which was prepared by her grandfather. It consists of several vegetables cooked together and mixed with chicken meat. They also fed us some other traditional Filipino dishes.
This gave us an opportunity to practice both hearing and speaking in Ilokano while in a more normal setting. They were both amused and delighted while listening to our "baby talk" in their native language. It was a very valuable and enriching experience for us. We are thankful for teachers who are willing to go out of their way to help us learn.
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