How are you feeling?
01Saying how you feel
I’m very sad.
Kaayo means “very”, and it goes after the word it strengthens.
Dili ko guol karon.
I’m not sad now.
Dili makes it negative, karon means “now”.
02Asking why
Nganong…? is “why…?”. Put the feeling straight after it.
Nganong guol man ka?
Why are you sad?
The man softens it. Without it the question sounds blunter than you probably mean. It even becomes less understandable
Nganong nasuko ka?
Why are you angry?
Nganong nalipay ka?
Why are you happy?
Nganong nahadlok ka?
Why are you afraid?
Nganong dili?
Why not?
03Answering
Wala lang.
No reason.
Works for “why are you happy?” or “why are you sad?”.
04When something hurts
Sakit akong ulo.
My head hurts.
Literally: Painful my head.
Naa koy sakit.
I’m sick.
Literally: I have an illness.
Same word, sakit, for pain and for illness.
Nilingkod ko kay kapoy akong tiil.
I sat down because my feet were tired.
Kay is “because”. This is not a generally useful sentence; I just made a note of it because I constructed it from compound grammar rules... so refer back to it
05No complaining
Bawal mo-reklamo kay naa pay mas grabe.
No complaining - someone always has it worse.
I saw this on a Facebook post, translated it, and found it very useful - I can say this to anyone when they seem to be complaining
Makahilak man sad ta.
Cry me a river.
Literally: We could cry too.
I say this when someone complains about how hard a time they had