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Grammar · 28 lessons · 7 stages

Bisaya grammar, in order.

The whole system in 28 short lessons — easiest and most useful first. Start at greetings, finish at the focus system. Free, on the site and in the app.

STAGE 1 · A0

Hello, Cebu

Greetings, your name, pointing, saying no

  1. LESSON 1

    Greetings that come in pairs

    Say hello, and say the half that comes back

    kumusta ka · maayo man · salamat

  2. LESSON 2

    Your name, your town

    Introduce yourself in two short frames

    ako si · taga-Cebu · ngalan

  3. LESSON 3

    This, that, that over there

    Point at anything and ask what it is

    kini · kana · kadto

  4. LESSON 4

    Three ways to say no

    Bisaya needs a different no for each job

    dili · wala · ayaw

STAGE 2 · A0–A1

Ask anything

Pronouns, question words, where it is, counting

  1. LESSON 5

    I, you, we

    The pronouns, and the two kinds of we

    ko · ka · kita · kami

  2. LESSON 6

    The question words

    Who, where, how much, why, when

    kinsa · asa · pila · ngano

  3. LESSON 7

    Where it is

    Naa and wala, plus already and not yet

    naa · wala · sa · na · pa

  4. LESSON 8

    Counting to ten

    The native numbers and the counting linker

    usa · duha · tulo · ka buok

STAGE 3 · A1

Say what you see

Describing, very and most, whose, having

  1. LESSON 9

    Describe it first

    Dako ang balay — no word for is

    dako · gamay · nindot · pula

  2. LESSON 10

    Very, a bit, the most

    Turning the dial up and down

    kaayo · og gamay · mas · pinaka-

  3. LESSON 11

    Whose it is

    Two shapes for mine, yours, hers

    ako · akong · imo · iyang

  4. LESSON 12

    Who you have

    Naa koy — having, family, and what to call people

    naa koy · igsoon · Nang · Bay

STAGE 4 · A1

Done, doing, not yet

Your first verbs — intent, progress, denial

  1. LESSON 13

    Your first verbs

    Mo- is going to, mi- is did

    molakaw · milakaw · mokaon

  2. LESSON 14

    Doing it right now

    Nag-, and the truth about ga-

    naglakaw · nagkaon · gakaon

  3. LESSON 15

    Saying no to a verb

    Wala for didn't, dili for won't

    wala ko · dili ko · wala pa

  4. LESSON 16

    Going and coming

    Adto, anhi, ari — direction is built in

    adto · anhi · ari · balik

STAGE 5 · A1–A2

Out in the city

Money, food, the clock, directions

  1. LESSON 17

    Money and prices

    Spanish numbers, and how to haggle

    pila · tagpila · pisos · barato

  2. LESSON 18

    Ordering food

    A whole carinderia in one lesson

    kan-on · ulam · usa pa · lami

  3. LESSON 19

    Clock and calendar

    Alas dos, the days, the months

    alas · adlaw · ugma · Lunes

  4. LESSON 20

    Finding your way

    Left, right, and which jeep to take

    liko · tuo · wala · atubangan

STAGE 6 · A2

Ask nicely

Requests, patient focus, giving, particles

  1. LESSON 21

    Asking for things

    The request form, and ha? on the end

    tagai · kuhaa · ha · palihug

  2. LESSON 22

    Doing it to something

    -on and gi- put the thing in focus

    kan-on · gikaon · palita

  3. LESSON 23

    Giving and getting

    -an, and who ends up with what

    hatagan · ihatag · tagai

  4. LESSON 24

    The little words that set the tone

    Na, pa, lang, man, gud, bi

    na · pa · lang · gud · bi

STAGE 7 · A2–B1

Deep end

Linking, focus, can and could, word-building

  1. LESSON 25

    Joining ideas with nga

    One linker, and when it shrinks to -ng

    nga · -ng · nga naa

  2. LESSON 26

    Choosing what to focus on

    The whole focus system, in one place

    mokaon · kan-on · kaonan

  3. LESSON 27

    Can, could, by accident

    Maka-, naka-, and the accidental ma-

    makabasa · nakabasa · nalimot

  4. LESSON 28

    Reading words you've never seen

    Spotting the parts inside a long word

    pag- · pang- · ka- · -anan

Then hear it, a few thousand times.

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