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Jul 17 2008

Dili Pa / Dili Na

Published by admin at 7:30 am under Slang, Vocab

Vocab:

Di-li – no (future tense)
Ka-on – eat
Pa-ni-ud-to – lunch
pa – Still / yet
na – Now / Already

Mokaon ka ba a imong paniudto? – Will you eat your lunch?

Explanation:

“mo” prefix in front of kanon marks it as future tense.
“ka” personal pronoun for YOU
“ba” is a question marker asking
“imong” is YOUR

As with any yes or no question the respondent can provide more information.

Here are two possible answers:

Dili pa – No but but there is a possiblity that he/she will eat later
Dili na – No and the person is expressing that he/she has no plan to eat

4 responses so far

4 Responses to “Dili Pa / Dili Na”

  1. # rcon 15 Sep 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Thanks for the blog. I’m a Tagalog speaker and I’m getting a few things from your blog. :)

  2. # Cammyon 19 Dec 2008 at 9:07 am

    Wow, thanks for this blog! I’m an American Pinay visiting relatives in Cebu and Leyte. I’ve been surrounded by Bisaya speakers since I was a child, but I still have no idea how to construct grammatically correct sentences in this language. Your blog entries help — but why don’t you post anymore? :(

  3. # Cammyon 19 Dec 2008 at 9:32 am

    I have seen “first class” and “second class” being used to describe some Cebuano pronouns. What is the difference between a first class and a second class pronoun?

  4. # Lillypution 16 Feb 2009 at 2:08 am

    This is not correct! I am a fluent Cebuano speaker and in my 18 months in the Visayas NEVER heard “mokanon”! The correct sentence would be, “Mokaon ba ka sa imong paniudto?” or, “Kaonon nimo ang imong paniudto?” The sentence structure is too totally different from English to learn quickly online.

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