u/summerskyyy

So I work remotely, and while chatting with my co-worker (from Manila), I casually said “ay nem” and then they asked me what it meant O_O

That’s when I realized “nem” is hard to translate 😅 I didn’t even know it was a purely Bikol expression haha

I know it can be used casually to ask “How are things going?” or “What’s up?” depending on the context. But I’m struggling to explain expressions like “aw nya nem”

how would you explain or translate “nem” to non-Bicolanos?

**not sure if I used the right flair for this