Planning to go to Masbate Province for a visit? Is your lover a Masbateño/Masbateña? Or just curious about Masbate's language?
Masbateño is a Visayan language spoken by more than 600,000 people, primarily in the province of Masbate in. It is close to thePhilippines of Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) and Waray-Waray, both spoken on Visayas. It can be considered a Bisakol language, meaning a language intermediate between Visayan and Bikol languages. - Wikipedia Capiznon variant
Here are some words/phrases that might be useful for your first and succeeding trips.
Related: Oh, How I Love You So, Masbate!
W-H Questions
- Who? - Sin-o?
- What? - Nano?
- Where? -
Diin - When? - San-o?
- Why? - Kay nano? Kay?
- How? - Pan-o?
- Who are you? - Sin-o ka?
- Where are we? -
Hain kita - What is your name? - Nano
ang pangaran mo - Where do you live? - Diin ka naga istar?
COMMON PHRASES:
- I Love you - Palangga
ta ikaw - I Love you - Namomo-
ot ako sa imo Namumot an ta ikaw Bicol - I Love you so much - Purupalangga
ko ikaw - Let's eat - Mag
kaon na kita Karaon na kita - You're (really) beautiful - Ka-
ganda mo gayud - You're (really) handsome - Ka-
gwapo mo gayud - Help me please - Buligi/Buliga man
ako - Can you teach me? - Pwede mo ba ako matukduan?
- I want to learn Masbateno - Gusto
ko makaaram - Good morning - Maayo
na aga - Good afternoon - Maayo
na hapon - Good evening - Maayo
na i - Sleep tight - Turog
maayo - I don't love you anymore - Dili ko na
ikaw palangga - Can I ask a favor? - Pwede mag ngayo pabor?
COUNTING:
- One -
Usad - Two - Duwa/Duha
- Three - Tulo
- Four - Upat
- Five - Lima
- Six - Unom
- Seven - Pito
- Eight - Walo
- Nine - Siyam
- Ten - Napulo
- Eleven -
Onse - Twelve - Dose
- Thirteen - Trese
- Fourteen - Katorse
- Fifteen -
Kinse - Twenty - Baynte
- Twenty One - Baynte-
uno - One Hundred - Syen/Usad
kagatos - One Thousand -
Usad
We hope you learned a Masbateño word or two in this blog post. Yes, Masbate language is indeed as interesting as its virgin white beaches, caves, mountains, and people.
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Source: Wikipedia
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