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Jul 06 2008

More practice asking YES or NO questions

Published by admin at 4:03 am under General

As a general rule QUESTION MARKER “BA” will precede a personal pronoun

Amerikano ba ko – Am I an American?

Amerikano ka ba – Are you an American?   (note the placement of ba)

Amerikano ba siya  – Is he an American?

Amerikano ba kita – Are we American?   (inclusive of who you are talking to)

Americaon ba kami – Are we American? (exclusive of who you are talking to)

Amerikano ba kamo – Are you all American?

Amerikano ba sila  – Are they American?

The “BA” precedes the personal pronouns except for “you”

Amerikano ba ka sounds very bad to Filipino ears.

Compared to English Cebuano has very few such exceptions.

3 responses so far

3 Responses to “More practice asking YES or NO questions”

  1. # fredbblockon 08 Aug 2008 at 9:02 pm

    Americaon should be Amerikano
    I think a typo
    as well as previous kanon appears twice
    Please advise if these are typo mistakes.
    I like your tutorial!!!!
    Maayong suerte

    Please advise why the folks in the mountains have a larger vocab then
    many of the people in the City?.

  2. # Kenon 15 Jan 2009 at 10:02 am

    Amerikano ba ka sounds bad to Filipino ears because it means “American cow”.

  3. # Corazon Halasanon 17 Feb 2009 at 9:40 pm

    also — ‘baka’ means cow. Though Filipinos would not say it this way if referring to cows of American origin.

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