A Guide to the Masbateño Dialect



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 thePhilippines. It is close to Capiznon variant 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

Here are some words/phrases that might be useful for your first and succeeding trips.





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 (Masbate Mainland)
  • I Love you - Namomo-ot ako sa imo. Namumot-an ta ikaw. (Bicol)
  • I Love you so much - Purupalangga ko ikaw (Masbate Mainland)
  • 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 mag Masbatenyo.
  • Good morning - Maayo na aga
  • Good afternoon - Maayo na hapon
  • Good evening - Maayo na gab-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 Kalibo/Karibo

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. 


Want to add some words/phrases that you think might be useful to our visitors and friends? Please comment it below. We definitely want to include it here.



Source: Wikipedia

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44 comments

  1. May I know the phrase"marasa pa" means in English?

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    1. "Marasa pa" means over exaggerated.

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    2. 'Marasa pa" is a verbal expression of one's disbelief, disappointment or when attributing the blame to somebody.

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    3. 'Marasa pa" is a verbal expression of one's disbelief, disappointment or when attributing the blame to somebody.

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  2. I am extremely impressed along with your writing abilities, Thanks for this great share.

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  3. Do you want to know the masbatenyo phrase "kadamu mo" and "buruang ka lang".

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    1. "Kadamu mo" is an expressiom when telling a persom that he disagrees to that person's exaggerated view or over reaction (damu means plenty or more than what is necessary)..."Buruang ka lang" is a way of telling the other person that he/she doesn't know what he/she is talking or doing!

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    2. buruang ka lang..means you sound crazy

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  4. additional to One thousand in Masbateno dialect is "mil". Numbers One to Ten can also be substituted with: "Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Sies, Siete, Utso, Nueve, Dyes"

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  5. What is "alam ko ikaw to" in masbateño?

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  6. how about nauyon kaman it's expression?

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  7. What are the curse words in Masbate? What are their meanings? I heard one is kondinado??? What does it mean?

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  8. What is "Gusto ko makasama ka habang buhay"
    In masbateño?

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    1. Gusto ko na makaupod ka hasta nala. Yan po Ang minasbate nyan☺️

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    2. Aq an makiusap aw nno n lng an oagkita mu s aqn aq n nga an dili ginarespito aq p an mapaintindi,makakada ng aq mahinulihan xa


      Ano po yan sa mas ate

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    3. Other variety: "Gusto ta ikaw makaupod hasta nala."

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  9. What is "agay wang" in masbatenyo

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  10. What is anong ginagawa mo in masbate?

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  11. Ano ibig sabihin ng boot/buot

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    1. "Muwang" or "Isip" or "Alam"

      Ex: "Wara ka lakin buot" = "Wala ka talagang isip"

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  12. what is "good day" in masbate?

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  13. Dili namamati means not listening

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  14. anu yung word na iwat at kuri?

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  15. ano sa masbatenyo ang this

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  16. translate " nasosopog Ako"

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  17. What is laban lang in masbate?

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