Practice
Word lists
The basic words behind the phrases: animals, fruit, colors, numbers, verbs. Short lists, and the noun ones are playable in the Unsay Bisaya sa…? game.
- Animals · Mga hayopManok, iro, iring… the animals you’ll name often, especially with kids around.
- Fruits · Mga prutasSaging, mangga, pinya: fruits in Bisaya.
- Colors · Mga kolorPula, asul, dalag, berde: colors in Bisaya.
- Numbers one to ten · Mga numeroUsa, duha, tulo… the Bisaya numbers you count things with, as in duha ka puso.
- Spanish numbersUno, dos, tres… the Spanish-derived numbers Cebuanos use for prices, times and ages.
- Days of the weekLunes, Martes, Miyerkules… the days of the week in Bisaya, all borrowed from Spanish.
- Everyday thingsBalay, lamesa, kutsara, payong: words for the things around you.
- Things you do · Mga buhatKaon, inom, basa, sayaw: the verb roots you slot into Bisaya sentences, and the ones you need for Makahimo ka ba mo-…?