pulong binisaya - say a little prayer

saturday, september 8 was the celebration of mother mary's birth and this coming tuesday, september 11 the world will also remember the death of innocent lives from a series of terror attacks. as a blogger i can only offer my prayer to hail our lord's mother and for the souls of the victims. let us join our hands as we pray to our mother mary...in cebuano:

Maghimaya ka Maria, napuno ka sa grasya
Ang Ginoong Diyos ma'ana'a kanimo.
Bulahan ikaw sa mga babayeng tanan,
Ug bulahan usab ang bunga sa tiyan mo nga si Hesus.
Santa Maria, inahan ka sa Diyos,
Ig-ampo mo kaming mga makasasala,
Karon ug sa oras sa among ikamatay.
Amen.
wikipedia.com

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fairygodflower says:....amen.

bitchywitch says:....amen.

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean
- Ryunosuke Satoro

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pulong binisaya - the size of a word

haym vhaak! yey! nasindak lang ng sore throat at lagnat ang prinsesa. pero di yan ang ultimate reason ng silent mode ek-ek ng lola nyo kaya may rebelasyon na mangyayari. pero di pa ngayon ahihihi. matatandaan natin na nag-iwan ng promise si bitchywitch ng isang malaswang entry para sa ipamudmud sa lahat. ready na ba kayo?!... then, get your appetites ready, and your mouths wet.

bitchywitch says: leche, ang halay naman ng introduction! but anyway ladies, i'll go straight to our pulong binisaya. our topic today will be seriously green so let me just shout something...

our entry today contains words that may be disturbing to young or immature minds. read with caution.

oh hayan. may pademure effect pa akong sinali. now that my warning colors are displayed, let's begin. open your legs and look between it, you may touch it if you want. you should know what that is since we will be talking about that.

to a group of people with humongous sense of humor, joking with the genitals would usually hop in to most adult conversation. as a result, appropriate terms have been given to appropriate sizes. yes dear, we name them according to size. i will not include those figurative words that we also use. just the terms that would come up on regular daily adult conversations. are you itching to know? then read on... let's start with the males:

tin-tin (small e.g. babies)
otin/utin (medium e.g. teens)
lagay (large e.g. yours)

females do have their own term with the same trend of naming them:

giti' (small)
bisong (medium)
bilat (large)

so just imagine what would a visayan man think if he is asked by a tagalog lady with "kamusta na ba ang kalagayan mo dyan?" hehehehe and if your lost with which word is for which size, try saying the word and observe how big (or small) you'd open your mouth.

well that's it for now baka ma ban tayo ng mtrcb...charing

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fairygodflower says: ahaay mala bombang sumabog ang entry mo day. gudlak sa mtrcb ahihihi

the function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
-Leonardo da Vinci

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pulong binisaya - buy me this, buy me that

a magical day to you all. finally, i've completed my entry. so welcome to another 'pulong binisaya' session from us. i hope you enjoyed the last 'pulong binisaya' post.

anyway, let's start. first i want to say thank you to those who dropped a few words. we will be using them on this entry. now fairygodflower will take you from here.

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fairygodflower says: hi - hello ninyong tanan(to you all). from the comments of the last pulong binisaya entry kiks popped three words/phrases for us to translate. here they are with their translations:

(1-a) care or pakialam - given the meaning, the translation is labot. "i don't care" in bisaya would be: "wala ko'y labot".

(1-b) but if you want to express your care to another, you will use the word: "amping". so, in bisaya "take care of yourself" would be "ampingi imong kaugalingon" and if the person is dear to you, add "ha" at the end of the phrase. so if you whisper to someone "take care" say the words "pagamping ha".

(2) enraging or nakakapanggalaiti - makalagot or makasurok are the nearest equivalent words for this.

(3-a) i hate you - the root word would be the same as above. so you shout this translated phrase: "naglagot ko nimo!"

(3-b)mahulog ka sana sa kanal! - this one will be easy for the tagalog speakers since most of the words are the same in tagalog except 'sana'. just change 'sana' with 'unta'. so will say: "mahulog ka unta sa kanal!" or "mahulog unta ka sa kanal!". most of the time our words are cut short so you might hear us shout "mahug 'ta ka's kanal", but they all mean the same.

goodFUNK also asked how hope is said in bisaya. the word for that is paglaum[noun](pronounced pagla-um). other forms of the word (used as a verb in a sentence) are:

*i am hopeful for this- malaumon ko ani.

*you made me hope for nothing - imo akong gipalaum sa wala.

*we were hoping you could come - naglaum 'mi nga mu-anhi ka.

*here's a catch, if you want to say "i hope so" don't use any of the words above, instead you say: "maayo unta".

ayyyy ang dami ko pang gustong sabihin pero parang kakapusin tayo sa time and space. charing hehe. i'll have to stop here for now. reactions are always welcome for this entry but we're not at our end yet. bitchywitch has prepared a practical lesson for you guys... it's your turn girl...

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bitchywitch says: oh thank you my friend. salamat ha!

alright, ladies. let's pretend you're in a bisaya-speaking region and you realized that you forgot to bring in a sanitary napkin. on top of that, you're expecting for 'it' to come tomorrow and every body's out so no one is near to help you. so you strut your butt to the nearest store then you find yourself talking to a salesclerk with incomprehensible english . what to do?

well let's play out a conversation which would likely come up and we will make the conversation a bit generic:

you: 'day, naa mo'y [name of product or brand]?

digest: 'day, do you have [product name]? 'day(or inday) if you're talking to a younger or a female of the same age. 'dong(or ondong) for younger male and bai for men of your age. 'nang(or manang) for older female. 'nong(or manong) for older male.

clerk: oo, naa. pila kabuok?(or pila?)

digest: yes, we have. how many? if the clerk says wala na(none), politely say salamat(thanks) and look for another store.

you: usa lang. tagpila ang usa?

digest: just one. how much is it for one? pila can be both used in aking both the price and quantity. add prefix tag- if asking for the price and add the word kabuok(pronounched kabu-ok) if your asking for the quantity

clerk: sinko pesos ang usa.

digest: five pesos for one. bisayan numbers are used in reference to the quantity but only until ten. spanish numbers are used to tell the price except for one peso which is referred only as piso. the bisayan number system are 1-usa, 2-duha, 3-tulo, 4-upat, 5-lima, 6-unom, 7-pito, 8-walo, 9-siyam, 10-napulo, then after ten you may use spanish numbers 11-onse, 12-dose...etc. of course, there are bisayan words for numbers after ten, that will probably on another entry.

you: bayad 'day(insert your smile here).

digest: here's my cash, 'day. i'm assuming you're on a sari-sari store/ mini store so it is proper to use cash as your bayad(payment)

then after this, you will exchange each others salamat(thanks)

whew. i hope, you learned a few words from this entry and i'm also hoping you could use some of it. well, my part ends here guys and remember "pagamping kanunay ha"(take care always).

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princess aries says: wow this is a change. i'm now writing at the end of my entry hehe. there you go comrades. i would also like to thank those people who reads my entries and for the bisya bloggers(i know there are a lot of you), i would like to ask for inputs and corrections. it would be good if you do. i'm thinking of featuring bisrock on my next 'pulong binisaya entry'. ok ba mga bai?

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"dili ko man ko man mahatag ang tanang bahandi ning kalibutan apan inday, dungga intawn ang alaot nga naulipon sa gugmang gi-atay."

-Gugmang Giatay(2003?) The Ambassadors

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pulong binisaya - the launching

my first bisaya post received the most comments among my blog entries so far. so thought it would be proper to launch a special name for it. gosh parang true. well here we go.

blogosphere, my royal court presents...

pulong binisaya(visayan word): a celebration of visayan language, culture and ethnicity

in these entries i and my servants will be posting translations of common words, presenting a little of visayan literature and who knows, we might also be featuring celebreties who are bisaya speakers. to start this battle, fairygodflower will lead the way...

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oh hello there people of the world, mabuhay! or mabuhi! as we say it in bisaya. we will start from where we dropped our weapons last time. remember bitchywitch's little quiz? here are the answers:

(1)"taste me!" - tilawi ko
(2)"try me" - sulayi ko/suwayi ko
(3)"bitch"[not the female dog] - burikat
(4)"i like your pants" - ganahan ko sa imong pantalon
(5)"are you gay?" - bayot ka? / bayot ka ba? / bayot ka ba?
(6)"bisaya kong dako" - this phrase is the title of the last entry and it is already in bisaya. it literally translates into english as "im a big bisaya" but a proper translation would be "i'm a full blooded bisaya". i just placed it there because...well because...ummm...wala lang nyahahaha

the royal court would like to commend rye for translating one phrase, although you used bisaya gay swardspeak. but since i'm a good fairy, you have a point from us. and to harold, i think pupil is that part of the eye which we call kalimutaw. we would also like to thank empress maruja, dazedblu, q, schmuck and to anon(whoever you are) for the support. vonggah mong tanan!

also to pisanu, i assume you went to mindanao, right? most of them actually talk in mixed tagalog and bisaya. bisaya might be widely spoken but tagalog/filipino is understood by many. it is actually good that they taught you tagalog, so you can be understood around the country.

of course we should not forget mandaya moore-orlis who yelled it all out straight from the mountains. she translated it all correctly. actually we mentioned that the quiz is for non-visayan speakers, but i think no one might translate it and since i'm a really good fairy, mandaya shall be honored with a silky long black hair. yun lang! nyahahaha

observe my comrades the use of ko, kong, ka and imong(except for "bitch" hehe). all are derivatives of 'ako' and 'ikaw'.

• ko or ako would mean me or i. example: 'i am aries' would be ako si aries(formal) or si aries ko(informal). another example: 'call me' would translate as tawagi(or tawaga) ko.
• akong (short for ako nga)would mean i am ormy. example. 'my name is aries' would be aries akong pangalan(or ngalan) another example: nagbasa mo* sa akong blog is bisaya for 'you are reading my blog'. 'i'm walking drunk' would be naglakaw kong hubog.
• ka is bisaya for 'you'. example: naa ka sa cebu is the bisaya for 'you are in cebu'.
• imong(short for imo nga) would be 'your'(not you're). example: 'i enjoyed your blog' would translate as nalingaw ko sa imong blog.
• *note that mo and ka both means 'you'. use ka when talking to an individual, use mo when referring to more than one person.

i hope we got it right. this is the fairygodflower for pulong binisaya...

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thank you fairygodflower. there ladies, i hope you're enjoying this little battle that we've started. now for more duel, here's bitchywitch...

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well, hello akong mga igsoon(my brothers / sisters). since it was us who gave you a few words to translate last time, we would like you to send(on comment 'ang nakibaka' section) english words for us to translate on the next pulong binisaya entry. mechanics are:

• three english words plus three phrases/sentences per commenter/blogger.
• profanities/dirty/green words are welcome but not encouraged

and a little disclaimer here, we are composing this article through our daily observations as we are native speakers of the visayan(cebuano) languange. kaya kung gusto niyong magcomment, magreact at maglandi samin, avah eh sige go lang ng go...basta libre hah???nyahaha

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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

-Rabbi Hillel

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bisaya kong dako!

relaxing in between war breaks, i happen to pass by gwapito.com and was very impressed by his efforts to spread bisaya – the language of central and most of southern philippines. you see, more people consider bisaya as their mother tongue though everybody understands tagalog. before i go further let me define some words here.

filipino
-the austronesian language that is based on tagalog, draws its lexicon from other philippine languages, and is the official language of the philippines.(may also refer to the native of the country)
tagalog
-the austronesian language of the tagalog on which filipino is based.
bisaya/binisaya
-a member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to the philippines, found in the visayan islands.
-the austronesian language of the visayans.

based on the above definitions, our official language is predominantly tagalog. i can’t make a statement though, as to why tagalog was declared the wikang pambansa back 1939(or 1937?) by pres. manuel quezon, other than he is also tagalog himself. (no discrimination here) based on the map below(by wikipedia) bisaya and its dialects are widely spoken in the philippines a compared to tagalog. since the declaration is already done centuries ago and all schools are using filipino/tagalog as one of the two media of instruction(the other one is english), us visayan bloggers will be spreading our language through our blogs.

katagalugan

kabisaya-an(kabisay-an)

bisaya/binisaya is actually made up of several dialects with cebuano being widely spoken. other's include boholano, surigaonon, waray-waray, masbatenyo, ilonggo and other dialects.

so, let's start. we will use cebuano here in my blog. here are some common words/phrases from gwapito.com:

Everyday Conversation
English – Cebuano
Good day – Maayong adlaw
Good morning – Maayong buntag
Good noon – Maayong udto
Good afternoon – Maayong hapon
Good evening/night – Maayong gabii
Thank you – Salamat; salamat sa imo, salamat nimo
Thank you very much – Daghan kaayong salamat; salamat kayo
You are welcome – Wala’y sapayan
Please – Palihug
Come in – Dayon
Welcome – Maayong pag-abot
Excuse – Tabi
I am sorry – Gikasubo nako(expressing regret), Pasayloa ko(as an apology)
At once – Karon dayon
Later on – Taod-taod
By and by – Unya
Who – Kinsa
What – Unsa
Where – Asa
When – Kanus-a
What else – Unsa pa
Who else – Kinsa pa
Where else – Asa pa, Hain pa

i have also made a list of words in english-tagalog-bisaya translation below.

body parts:
english - tagalog - bisaya
head - ulo - ulo
hair - buhok - buhok
forehead - no'o - agtang
ear - tenga - dalunggan
eyebrow - kilay - kilay
eyelash - pilik'mata - pilok
eye - mata - mata
nose - ilong - ilong
cheek - pisngi - aping
lip - labi - wa'it
mouth - bibig - ba'ba'
teeth - ngipin - ngipon
tongue - dila - dila
chin - baba' - suwang
neck - le'eg - li'og
nape - batok - tangkugo
shoulder - balikat - abaga
arm - braso - braso
elbow - siko - siko
hand - kamay - kamot
finger - daliri - tudlo
nail - kuko' - kuko'
palm - palad - palad
chest - dibdib - dughan
breast - suso - totoy
rib - ??? - gusok(help on this please hehe)
tummy - tiyan - tiyan
belly button - pusod - pusod
hip - bewang - hawak
genital(both) - ari' - kinataw
butt - puwet - lubot
thigh - binti - paa'
knee - tuhod - tuhod
calf - ??? - bagtak(help on this please hehe)
ankle - sakong - tikod
leg/foot - pa'a - ti'il
sole - talampakan - lapa'lapa'

some tagalog and bisaya words are actually the same but i can't conclude that bisaya descended from tagalog or vice versa. i'm sure of one thing though, the malay-speaking balangay communities had most of their settlements in central philippines and most of our languages are from those natives.

i am not proposing that bisaya shall be our wikang pambansa(national language). gwapito.com and i are aiming for education, awareness , to lessen discrimination and to celebrate our ethnicity and comments are welcome.

more word translations will follow soon or you can read a blog of pure bisaya here.

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fairygodflower says: and a little game here for non-visayan speakers. para nman hindi boring ung post ever! cge mare, simulan mo na...

bitchywitch says: sa mga wa-ing alam sa bisaya i-translate ang sumusunod at ilagay sa comment. cge go:

(1)"taste me!"
(2)"try me"
(3)"bitch"[not the female dog]
(4)"i like your pants"
(5)"are you gay?"
(6)"bisaya kong dako"

Language is a social art.
-Willard Van Orman Quine

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