Visayan 1/Chapter 1 (The Basics)

Greetings

Hello. - Hello.
Maayong buntag. - Good morning.
Maayong hapon. - Good afternoon.
Maayong gabii. - Good evening.
Baybay. - Goodbye.
Muhawa nako. - Goodbye.
Kumusta? - How are you?
Kumusta kamo? - How are you? (plural)
Maayo. - Good/well.
Maayo man salamat, ug ikaw? - I'm fine thank you, and you?
Maayo sab. - Good also.
Maayo man. - Good also.
Salamat. - Thank you.
Daghang salamat. - Thank you very much.
Walay sapayan. - You're welcome.
Way sapayan. - You're welcome.
Salamat lang. - No, thank you.
Palihug. - Please.

Time phrases

Unsang orasa na? - What time is it?
Alas nuebe medya na - It is 9.30

Numbers

sero - zero
usa - one
duha - two
tulo - three
upat - four
lima - five
unom - six
pito - seven
walo - eight
siyam - nine
dyes - ten
onse - eleven
dose - twelve
trese - thirteen
katorse - fourteen
kinse - fifteen
disesays - sixteen
disesyete - seventeen
disiotso - eighteen
disenuybe - nineteen
bayente, kawhaan - twenty
bayente uno - twenty one
bayente dos - twenty two
trayente - thirty
kwarenta - forty
singkwenta - fifty
saysenta - sixty
setenta - seventy
otsenta - eighty
nobenta - ninety
syento - one hundred
syento singkwenta - one hundred fifty
dos syentos - two hundred

The body

lawas - body
babaye - female, girl, woman
lalaki - male, boy, man
hamtong, edaran - adult
bata - child, baby
panit - skin
maniwang, payat, wangkig - skinny
mataba - fat
ulo - head
buhok - hair
nawong - face
bungot - beard
aping - cheek
suwang - chin
kandi-is - dimple
dung-gan, dalunggan - ear
tambol sa dalunggan - eardrum
atuli - ear wax
mata - eye
pilok - eyelashes
tabon-tabon - eyelid
kilay - eyebrow
hubon - fontanel
agtang - forehead
bag-ang - jaw
baba - mouth
ngabil - lip
wa-it - upper lip
ngabil - lower lip
lagos - gum

School objects

Calendar

Days

Dominggo - Sunday
Lunes - Monday
Martes - Tuesday
Miyerkoles - Wednesday
Huwebes - Thursday
Biyernes - Friday
Sabado - Saturday

Months

Enero - January
Pebrero - February
Marso - March
Abril - April
Mayo - May
Hunyo - June
Hulyo - July
Agosto - August
Septyembre - September
Oktubre - October
Nobyembre - November
Disyembre - December

Other words

Alphabet

Region focus (Bohol)

Bohol is a first income class island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of 4,821 square kilometres (1,861 sq mi) and a coastline 261 kilometres (162 mi) long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.

The province is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formations, are the most popular attraction. The formations can be seen by land (climbing the highest point) or by air via ultralight airplane tours. Panglao Island, located just southwest of Tagbilaran City, is famous for its diving locations and is routinely listed as one of the top ten diving locations in the world. Numerous tourist resorts and dive centers dot the southern beaches. The Philippine tarsier, amongst the world's smallest primates, is indigenous to the island.

A narrow strait separates the island of Cebu and Bohol, and both share a common language, but the Boholanos retain a conscious distinction from the Cebuanos. Bohol's climate is generally dry, with maximum rainfall between the months of June and October. The interior is cooler than the coast.

It is the home province of Carlos P. Garcia, the eighth president of the Republic of the Philippines (1957–1961) who was born in Talibon, Bohol.

On 15 October 2013, Bohol was devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was 6 kilometers south of Sagbayan town. The earthquake, which also devastated neighboring Cebu City, claimed 156 lives and injured 374 people. It also destroyed or damaged a number of Bohol's heritage churches, including the churches of Baclayon, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Loay, Dimiao, and Dauis.