http://learncebuano.com Cebuano-Visayan Language Lessons Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:43:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vocab: Di-li – no (future tense) Ka-on - eat Pa-ni-ud-to - lunch pa – Still / yet na - Now / Already Mokanon 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 ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/07/dili-pa-dili-na/ Vocab: Wa-la – nothing / absence of (used for past / progressive tense) Ka-on - eat Pa-ni-ud-to - lunch pa – Still / yet na - Now / Already eg. Mikaon ka ba sa imong paniudto? - Did you eat your lunch? Explanation: “mi” prefix in front of kanon marks it as past tense. “ka” personal pronoun for YOU “ba” is ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/07/wala-pa-wala-na/ These are two of the most misunderstood and confused words in Cebuano for a student of the language.   If you look up the meaning of the words you will usually see it explained thus:   Wala – nothing / absence of Dili – No   This simplistic translation will get you by most of the time ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/07/wala-dili/ 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 ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/07/more-practice-asking-yes-or-no-questions/ Vocab: Ba – Marker for a YES or NO question Mahal - expensive Balay - house Abang – rent (more common) Arkila – rent You may have noticed Filipinos appending ba to English sometimes when they say something and expect a response that is either agreement or disagreement. Mahal ang abang sa balay  -  The rent ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/07/asking-a-yes-or-no-question/ Revision:   Ako ( a-ko ) - FIRST CLASS for I Nako ( na-ko ) - SECOND CLASS for I   Si - FIRST CLASS marker for proper noun Ni - SECOND CLASS marker for proper noun   We will now add the FIRST & SECOND CLASS markers   Higala nako si John - John is my friend   Nako is a ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/06/building-sentences-with-first-second-markers-for-proper-nouns/  You need to learn about FIRST CLASS and SECOND CLASS PERSONAL PRONOUNS before commencing to this lesson.  Vocab: Asawa ( a-sa-wa ) – wife Bata ( ba-ta ) – child  Rules: - Remember there can only be one first class personal pronoun per sentence. - If more than one pronoun then the shorter one ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/06/building-sentences-with-first-second-class-personal-pronouns/   si ( si ) – for proper noun   sila si ( si-la-si ) - same as above but plural There is no direct English translation for the Marker Si / Sila Si    In the lesson on the Use of Ang we learn how to say   Gwapa ang babaye. (The girl is beautiful) Gwapo ang lalaki. ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/06/first-class-markers-for-use-with-proper-nouns-si-sila-si/ sa  - of / to / on / in / with / at  (common noun)   sa mga – same as above but plural   Using the same example from the lesson on SECOND CLASS personal pronouns:   Gamay ang balay niya - His or Her house is small   We will replace the personal pronoun with common noun   Gamay ang balay ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/06/second-class-markers-for-use-common-nouns-sa-sa-mga/ Second class MARKERS for use with proper nouns - ni / nila ni   ni ( ni ) – of (proper noun)   nila ni ( ni-la-ni ) - same as above but plural   Using the same example from the lesson on SECOND CLASS personal pronouns:   Gamay ang balay niya - His or Her house ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/05/second-class-markers-for-use-with-proper-nouns-ni-nila-ni/ You should review the FIRST CLASS personal pronouns before moving to the SECOND CLASS. Here are the SECOND CLASS personal pronouns: nako ( na-ko ) – My nimo ( ni-mo ) – Your niya ( ni-ya ) – His or Her nato ( na-to ) – Our (inclusive of the person being addressed) namo ( na-mo ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/05/second-class-personal-pronouns/ Filipino Grammar is very different from English and any attempt to try to directly relate its structure to that of English will result in confusion. My teacher uses a grammar method that classifies pronouns and markers into three different classes Here are the FIRST CLASS personal pronouns: ako ( a-ko ) / ko ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/05/first-class-personal-pronouns/ Kini ( ki-ni ) (ni) – this / these Kana ( ka-na ) (na) – that / those Kadto ( kad-to ) (to) – that / those over there (far away) Lamesa ( la-me-sa ) – table Remember that Filipinos love to use abrebeations every chance they can so you are more likely to encounter ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/05/here-there-over-there/ In the previous lesson we saw the example of how to say She is the beautifl one.   This emphased the beautiful of one particluar girl over any other present or part of a grouping of girls. There are actualy more direct ways of specifying comparisons using Mas, Kaayo and Pinaka. Kaayo ( ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/05/more-very-most/ First class pronouns Ako ( a-ko ) (ko) – I Ikaw ( i-kaw ) (ka) – you Siya ( si-ya  ) (s’ya) – he / she Kita ( ki-ta ) (ta) – we (inclusive of who you are talking to) Kami ( ka-mi ) (mi) - you (exclusive of who you are talking to) Kamo ( ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/04/me-%e2%80%93-you-%e2%80%93-heshe-%e2%80%93-we-%e2%80%93-you-all-they/ We will continue with the same vocab and phrases but changing to the more common abbreviated form of NGA.  Using this abbrebiated form has exactly the same meaning as the previous form with the separate NGA. If the word ends with a vowel then the A is dropped from the NGA and ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/04/abrebiation-of-nga/ Using NGA creates a different meaning Magtutudlo ( mag-tu-tud-lo ) – teacher Lalaki ( la-la-ki ) – male Babaye  ( ba-ba-ye ) - female The connector NGA is used to join the two as in the description “male teacher” Magtutudlo nga lalake  (male teacher) Magtutudlo nga babaye (female teacher) Dako ( da-ko ) – big Gamay  (ga-may ) ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/04/use-of-nga/ Using ANG we can create a simple sentence using the following words: Magtutudlo (mag-tu-tud-lo) – teacher Lalaki (la-la-ki) – male Babaye (ba-ba-ye)  female The marker ANG is used to join the two as in the statement the teacher is a male Magtutudlo ang lalake.  (The man is a teacher) Magtutudlo ang babaye. (The women is a ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/04/use-of-ang/ Welcome to my Learn Cebuano blog.    For the past few months I have had regular personal instruction with Sem P. Villar who is a Cebuano language expert with more than 20 years experience as a language consultant and private tutor providing language instruction and consultancy to foreigners, missionaries, tourists, expats, consuls ... http://learncebuano.com/2008/04/cebuano-visayan-language-school/