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| Lucy O'Malley |
 Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:47 am |
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I have looked everywhere for cebuano language CD's or tapes, but cannot get them anywhere. I can find tagalog but not cebuano.
I would like to learn some basic conversation skills.
I saw some Dictionary's in 'The National Book Store' in the PI but I would not know where to start with one of them.
If anyone knows anywhere that I can get CD/books, can you let me know.
In the meantime, I see some of you on here can speak the language, so how about a few phrases to be getting on with. You can advise the tagalog transalation aswell if you like as we often visit Manila too.
We could have a weekly lesson.......... 
Lots of love 
Lucy |
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| dhay |
| Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:01 am |
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I can speak general Cebuano (also called Visayan) fluently. But I can't speak the reaally deep ones (like those that they have on the Cebuano Bibles! lol)....
I can translate here. Let me know what you wanna learn. (i'll see what i can do about audiotapes/cds....... they're not common... )
For example...
English: Good day to you all!
Tagalog: Magandang araw sa inyong lahat!
[mah-gan-DANG AH-raw sa in-YONG la-HAT]
Cebuano: Maayong adlaw kaninyong tanan!
[mah-AH-yong ad-LAW kah-NIN-yong ta-NAN]
Oh.. and make sure you pronounce the Fs as Ps, the Ps as Fs, the Vs as Bs and the Bs as Vs...... ehehehe.... j/k |
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| Pat OMalley |
| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:03 pm |
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So how do you say the following:
I will have 4 San Miguels please.
And
I am not American so what is the real price? 
Best regards
Pat |
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| dhay |
| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:03 am |
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I will have 4 San Miguels please.
Upat ka San Miguel palihug
[ooh-PAT kah SAN Meeg-EL pah-LEEH-hoog]
(Upat = 4, palihog = please)
I am not American so what is the real price?
Dili 'ko Kano! Unsa tinuod na presyo? (then smile as if you know what you're talkin about hehehe)
[deeh-LEE^ ko kah-NO^! OON-sah teeh-NOOH-ood nah PRES-yoh]
^ being a strong sudden cut off in the vowel... u know.. when you hear visayans/cebuanos speak with that really heavy-tongued accent... that's it. Its easier to show you than to describe it. ehehehe. It's what differentiates Cebuanos from all other dialects in the Phils. ehhehe
(Dili = not, 'ko (or ako) = I/me, Kano = AmeriKANO, unsa = what, tinuod = real, presyo = price)
Or.. instead of "Unsa tinuod na presyo?"... u can say...
Tagpila ba gyud?
or
Pila ba gyud?
[tag-PEEH-lah ba GYOOD]
(How much (is it), really?)
(Pila = how much, gyud = really)
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