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More practice asking YES or NO questions

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.

Related posts:

  1. FIRST CLASS PERSONAL PRONOUNS
  2. I – You – He/She – We – You All – They

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

  • fredbblock:

    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?.

  • Ken:

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

  • Corazon Halasan:

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

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