Hey!!! This post is a written transcription of my how-to-speak video below. This is to help you later on if you want to review some of the terms we've tackled. I hope this lesson will help you guys on how to speak the Bisaya language. Let's start.
English: Let's have lunch.
English: Let's have lunch.
Bisaya: Maniudto na ta.
English: Let's have dinner.
Bisaya: Manihapon na ta.
English: Let's eat breakfast.
Bisaya: Mamahaw na ta.
In case you're done eating but you'd like to tell the other person to eat.
For Breakfast: Pamahaw na.
For Dinner: Panihapon na
For Lunch: Paniudto na.
English: Have you eaten your breakfast?
Bisaya: Namahaw na ka?
English: Have you eaten your lunch?
Bisaya: Naniudto na ka?
English: Have you eaten your dinner/supper?
Bisaya: Nanihapon na ka?
English: Have you had your snack?
Bisaya: Nagmerienda na ka?
English: Come, eat with me / us.
Bisaya: Ali, mangaon ta.
English: Please pass the salt.
Bisaya; Palihog ko'g pasa sa asin.
English: Please pass the water.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa tubig.
English: Please pass the chicken adobo.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa adobong manok.
English: Please pass the dish/viand.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa sud-an.
English: Please pass the soy sauce.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa toyo.
English: Please pass the vinegar.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa suka.
English: Please pass the fish sauce.
Bisaya; Palihog ko'g pasa sa patis.
English: Please pass the fruit.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa prutas.
English: Please pass the plate.
Bisaya; Palihog ko'g pasa sa plato.
English: Please pass the spoon.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa kutsara
English: Please pass the fork.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa tinidor.
English: Please pass the knife.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa kutsilyo.
English: Please pass the glass.
Bisaya: Palihog ko'g pasa sa baso.
What to say if you want to compliment the cook.
Bisaya: Lami kaayo pagkaluto.
What to say if you want to compliment the food.
Bisaya: Lami kaayo ang sud-an.
English: It's very sweet.
Bisaya: Tam-is kaayo.
English: It's very salty.
Bisaya: Parat kaayo.
English: It's very bitter.
Bisaya: Pait kaayo.
English: This is tasteless.
Bisaya; Tab-ang kaayo.
English: This meat is chewy.
Bisaya: Gahi kaayo ang karne.
English: This meat is perfect/soft.
Bisaya: Humok kaayo ang karne.
How to say the rice's consistency is watery or is close to a congee (lugaw)
Bisaya: Lata kaayo ang kan-on.
Bisaya: Lata kaayo ang bugas.
How to say if the food is undercooked.
Bisaya: Hilaw mani.
How to say if the rice is undercooked.
Bisaya: Hilaw mani ang kan-on.
How to say if the dish/viand is undercooked.
Bisaya: Hilaw mani ang sud-an.
How to say if the food is overcooked.
Example: The fish is overcooked (in this example charred or burned)
Bisaya: Pagod mani pagkaluto sa isda.
Bisaya: Pagod ma ni.
Bisaya: Pagod mani pagkaluto.
How to use "nasobraan" (same meaning with overcooked)
Bisaya: Nasobraan mani pagkaluto.
English: Thank you for the wonderful food.
Bisaya: Salamat kaayo sa lami na pagkaon.
English: Thank you for inviting me for dinner.
Bisaya: Salamat kaayo sa panihapon.
English: Thank you for inviting me for breakfast.
Bisaya: Salamat kaayo sa panihapon.
English: Thank you for inviting me for lunch.
Bisaya: Salamat kaayo sa paniudto.
English: Thank you for inviting me.
Bisaya: Salamat kaayo sa pagimbitar.
English: You're welcome.
Bisaya: Wa'y sapayan. or Walay sapayan.
Vocabularies:
- Breakfast - pamahaw
- Lunch - paniudto
- Dinner or Supper - panihapon
- Snack - merienda
- Eat - kaon
- Sweet - tam-is
- Salty - parat
- Bland - tab-ang
- Bitter - pait
- Hard - gahi
- Soft - humok
- Viand/Dish - sud-an
- Rice - bugas (not yet cooked); kan-on (cooked rice)
- Water - Tubig
- Soy sauce - toyo
- Vinegar - suka
- Fish sauce - patis
- Fruits - prutas
- Glass - baso
- Plate - plato
- Spoon - Kutsara
- Fork - Tinidor
- Knife - Knife
- Salt - asin
- Meat - karne
- Fish - Isda
- Thank you - salamat
- Invite - imbitar
- Delicious - lami
- You're Welcome - way sapayan
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