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Grammar & Function Words words in Bisaya.

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GRAMMAR & FUNCTION WORDS

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pronoun

ako

I

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pronoun

akong

My

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pronoun

ana

That (near listener)

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particle

ang

Form meaning including, together with

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pronoun

ani

Harvest

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conjunction

apan

But / however

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pronoun

atong

Ambush

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adverb

ayaw

Small thing to ask)

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particle

ba

(from sábà ), dihà it is not true, despite what you say

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adverb

basin

Maybe / perhaps

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conjunction

bisan

Child he was strong

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particle

bitaw

Sweater?’ particle giving assurance

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noun

buok

Piece, single one

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conjunction

busa

Therefore / so

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particle

daw

Scolding

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adverb

dayon

Good dinner and then went to sleep

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particle

diay

Particle indicating speaker has received new information

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adverb

didto

In that as opposed to other places

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adverb

dinha

Do something right then and there

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adverb

dinhi

Here (by me)

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adverb

Diri na

Here now

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particle

g

Grammar infix (-g- inserted after first vowel)

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particle

gani

Peso

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particle

gid

Very / really (intensifier)

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preposition

gikan

Ancestral origin

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adverb

gyud

Emphatic particle (really / indeed)

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preposition

hangtod

Point in space or time

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verb

hinay-hinay

Slowly / little by little

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conjunction

human

Reaching a conclusion

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pronoun

ikaw

You

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pronoun

imoha

Yours

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pronoun

imong

Your

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noun

isa

Increase in degree, quantity, value

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pronoun

iyang

His / hers

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particle

jud

Emphatic particle (really / indeed)

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pronoun

ka

And noun

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adverb

kaayo

Very / really (intensifier)

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pronoun

kadto

Things one has to get

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particle

kaha

Truck

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pronoun

kami

Just us, no one special

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pronoun

kamo

You (plural)

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pronoun

kana

That (near listener)

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pronoun

kani

(lit

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pronoun

kanimo

To you

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adverb

kanunay

Always, frequently

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demonstrative

katong

That (far from both)

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conjunction

kay

New car, he has to brag about it

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pronoun

kini

This

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pronoun

kita

We / us

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pronoun

ko

I (topic clitic)

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particle

lagi

Particle expressing emphasis or realization

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particle

lang

Houseboy, but he wants to have the say

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particle

man

Statement contradicting a previous statement or presumption

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adverb

mas

more

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particle

mga

Abbreviation for manga

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pronoun

mo

You (clitic); future verb prefix

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particle

mura'g

It seems like / looks like

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particle

na

Sentence

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verb

naay

There is / there are

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pronoun

nako

My / by me

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pronoun

namo

Our

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particle

nga

Two-headed endocentric construction

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noun

ngalan

Name

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particle

ni

Just us, no one special

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pronoun

nila

Townmates

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pronoun

nimo

You / your (oblique)

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pronoun

ninyo

Treat with the fear and respect accorded the image of the Christ Child

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pronoun

niya

Gossip

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conjunction

o

Or

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particle

okay

Something to stir with

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particle

pa

Short form for pápa

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adverb

palihug

Please

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preposition

para

For / in order to

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adverb

pirmi

Always

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particle

pud

Also / too

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adverb

pwede

River in flood

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particle

ra

Particle (only / just)

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preposition

sa

Preposition (in / on / to)

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conjunction

samtang

Time in the meanwhile

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particle

si

Particle marking personal names (nominative)

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particle

sige

Continue or go on doing something

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adverb

siguro

Insurance

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pronoun

sila

Townmates

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noun

singko

A nickle

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pronoun

siya

Gossip

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pronoun

ta

Let's (inclusive we particle)

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pronoun

tika

you

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adverb

tingali

Say ‘perhaps’ to signify uncertainty

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conjunction

ug

Book

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adverb

una

Ahead, earlier

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adverb

usab

Changes that have taken place

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adverb

usahay

Sometimes

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adverb

wala

None / there is not / don't have

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adverb

walay

There is no / without

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