Thursday, October 23, 2008

Communicating guide in Tagalog and Cebuano

Greetings and some basics ( English- Tagalog- Cebuano)

Hi - mabuhay - maau
good morning - magandang umaga - maaung buntag
good day - magandang tanghali - maaung adlaw
good afternoon - magandang hapon - maaung hapon
good evening - magandang gabi - maaung gabi
goodbye - paalam - paalam
thank you - salamat - salamat
thanks a lot - maraming salamat - daghang salamat
please - paki - palihug
you're welcome - walang anuman - walay problema
yes - oo - o
no - hindi - dili
and - at - og
im going to - papunta ako sa - padung ko sa
i came from - galing ako sa - gikan ko sa
where you going? - saan ka papunta? - asa ka padung?
where did you come from? - saan ka galing? - asa ka gikan?
good - mabuti - maau
how are you? - kumusta? - musta?
OK - sige - sige
just a minute - sandali - kadali lang
of course - siyempre - sige
its all right - ayos lang - ok ra

People and pronouns ( english - tagalog - cebuano)

man - lalaki - laki
woman - babae - bae
mr. - ginoo - manong
mrs. - ginang - manang
miss - binibini - binibini
child (kid) - bata - bata
grandmother (elderly) - lola
grandfather (elderly) - lolo
friend - kaibigan, pare - bai
any male person - tol - do
I - ako - ako
you - ikaw - ikaw
he/she - siya - siya
they - sila - sila
we - tayo - kita
you (plural) - kayo - kamo
old - matanda - tigulang
young - bata - batan.on
tall - mataas - taas
short - pandak - mubo
fat - mataba - tambok
slim, sexy - balingkinitan - seksi
happy - maligaya - malipayon
sad - malungkot - lain paminaw
intelligent - matalino - matalino
stupid - tanga - bogo
handsome/ pretty - pogi - gwapo
ugly - panget - bati nawng
drunk - lasing - hubog
sober - hindi lasing - nahuwasan

question (english - tagalog - cebuano)

do you have? - mayroon kayo? - naa mo?
how? - paano? - unsaon?
how many? - ilan? - pila kabuok?
how much?- magkano? - pila?
how far? - gaano kalayo? - unsa kalayo?
what? - ano? - unsa?
what is this? - ano to? - unsa ni?
what is that? - ano yan? - unsa na?
what did you say? - ano ang sabi mo? - unsa ingon nimo?
who? - sino? - kinsa?
who is there? - sino yan? - kinsa na?
when? - kailan? - kanus.a?
where is the post office? - saan ang koreyo? - asa ang post office?
why? - bakit? - nganu diay?
who not? - bakit hindi? - nganu dili?

small talk ( english - tagalog - cebuano)

get lost! - alis diyan- hawa diha
crazy - lokoloko - buang
foolish man - gago - bogo
are you angry? - galit ka? - suko ka?
your rude - bastos ka - bastos ka
proud - mayabang - hambogero
none of your business - wala kang pakialam - wa kay labot
later - mamaya - unya
never mind - hindi bale - ayaw nalang
wait - teka - huwat sa
come here - halika dito - ali sa
really - talaga - talaga
what a pity - sayang - sayang
maybe - siguro - siguro
wake up - gising na - mata na
not yet - hindi pa - wala pa
are you sure? - sigurado ka? - sigurado ka?
i have no time - wala akong panahon - wala koy oras
take your time - dahan dahan - hinay hinay
what is your name? - ano pangalan mo? - unsa imo ngalan?
how old are you? - ilang taon ka na? - unsa imo idad?
where do you come from? - tagasaang bayan ka? - taga asa ka?
i like you - gusto kita - ganahan ko nimo
i love you - mahal kita - gigugma tika
you're pretty - maganda ka -gwapa ka
what did you say? - ano po? - unsa to?
is it true? - totoo ba? - tinood ba?
i dont want - ayoko - di ko
i'll do it - ako na lang - ako nalang
you do it - ikaw na lang - ikaw na lang
its late - huli na - gabii na
are you sure?- sigurado ka? - sure ka?

Food and drinks (english - tagalog - cebuano)

meal (food) - pagkain - pagkaon
breakfast - almusal - pamahaw
lunch - pananghalian - pananghalian
dinner - hapunan - panihapon
im hungry - gutom na ako - gutom nako
im thristy - nauuhaw na ako - nauhaw nako
im full - busog ako - busog ko
fish - isda - isda
rice - kanin - kan.on
bill - kuwenta - bayad
pay - bayad - bayad
cup - tasa - baso
fork - tinidor - tinidor
knife - kutsilyo - kutsilyo
plate - plato - plato
spoon - kutsara - kutsara
delicious - masarap -lami
cold - malamig - bug.naw
hot - mainit - init
sweet - matamis - tam.is
chicken - manok - manok
coconut - buko - buko
black coffee - kapeng matapang - black coffee
beer - serbesa - beer

Directions, places (english - tagalog - cebuano)

left - kaliwa - kaliwa
right - kanan - kanan
straight - diretso - diretso
here - dito - diri
back - pabalik - atras
near - malapit - duol
far - malayo - layo
stop - para - lugar nya
plane - eroplano - eroplano
boat - bangka - barko
car - kotse - car
taxi - taxi -taxi
tricycle- tricycle - tricycle
horse driven cart - kalesa -kalesa
village - baryo - barangay
town - lungsod - lungsod
beach - baybay - dagat

numbers (english - tagalog - cebuano)

0 - wala - wala
1 - isa - uno
2- dalawa - dos
3- tatlo - tres
4- apat - quatro
5- lima - singko
6-anim - seis
7-pito - syete
8-walo - otso
9- siya - nuebe
10- sampu - dyes