I'm learning Bisaya
There are more lines for this at the end of The questions every Filipino asks you.
01Oh, you speak Bisaya?
Bisaya diay ka?
Oh, you speak Bisaya?
Diay adds the surprise: "oh, so...".
Gamay ra, nagkat-on ko og Bisaya.
Just a little, I'm learning Bisaya.
The root is kat-on (learn). Nag-aaral is the Tagalog word.
Bisaya na ko!
I'm Bisaya now!
TikTok akong maestra.
TikTok is my teacher.
02Asking a question
Naa koy pangutana.
I have a question.
Pangutana means question.
Pwede ko mangutana?
Can I ask something?
Put Pasensya (sorry) in front to be more polite.
03Did you understand?
Kasabot ka?
Do you understand?
You can add the person's name. I have heard a parent say to a child "Kasabot ka, Marie?"
Nakasabot ka?
Did you understand?
Asks about what you just said.
Kasabot ka? Maayo ba?
Did you understand? Was that OK?
I have said this. Saying 2 things is better, because if they missed your first word or so, this sentence backs it up, fairly clearly. But I need to confirm this is the best way to say it
04When you're lost
Nasaag ko.
I'm lost.
I have said this when being led somewhere by a group of people, they laughed, so it must be right
Wala ko kadungog.
I didn't hear.
You'll need this a lot when video chatting on a Philippine mobile connection. PS Dungog is a town in Australia, which reminds me it means "to hear".
Wala ko kahibalo.
I don't know.