r/Bisaya

Bisag nidako ko sa Caraga ky dili gihapon ko tanto maayo sa bisaya labi na sa mga laglom na pulong.

Nangutana nako diri kung naa bay dictionary tas naa tuy ni ingon nga bohol.ph or kadtu Wolff's Dictionary.

Naga translate ko ug mga english news into bisaya para masanasana nako akong Bisaya (Nangita kog Bisaya sa practice, sanasana ra ang pinakaduol ako makita man)

Pero pag abot sa grammar dili kayko switu. Kaparihas raba na sila sa English or Tagalog?

Cebu peeps, ask lang ko 🙏 naa ba moy nailhan nga urologist nga naga-handle ug penis size/penile length concerns? Kanang discreet and comfortable kastorya. Salamat daan sa recommendations! 🙏

maka luya kaayo ang init do huhu kanang matug ka nya ig mata nimo puno naka sa singot, mura kog saputon. hasta ang aircon mura nag mamatay, di na maka bangbang sa kainit kay sige pud ka palong tungod sa ka hinay sa kuryente

I was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao. I am a Kagay-anon, a Misamisnon, and a Mindanaon. I speak Cebuano, specifically the Kagay-anon dialect (Chada, dawbi, unsa lugar, kaŷ, etc.).

Just like many of Cebuano speaking people in Mindanao, my ancestry can be traced back to Visayas. We are not natives of Mindanao so I consider myself as a Bisaya, too.

My relatives in Panay and Bohol consider themselves Bisaya naturally because they are from the Visayas region. I would even argue that they are more Bisaya than the Visayans of Mindanao could ever be.

What I'm trying to say is that, Bisaya is both an ethnic and a language family made up of various ethnic groups each having their own separate languages. Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Waray languages may be unintelligible to one another, but the similarities are undeniable.

Cebuano speakers cannot just assume the "Bisaya" label as its own because it alienates the other Visayan groups who also have a rightful claim to the term due to their geographical location. I find it disappointing and sad that many Waray, Hiligaynons, Ilonggos, Akeanons, etc. no longer consider themselves Bisaya as it may refer daw to the Cebuano-speaking people.

While it's true Cebuano is the dominant Bisaya language in terms of number of speakers with the highest concentration in Central Visayas and much of Mindanao, it is simply wrong and even linguistically incorrect to lay exclusive claim on the Bisaya label. So guys, let us please correct ourselves - if someone asks you what language you speak, say Cebuano (even if you're not from Cebu).

I am Bisaya, but there’s this one word that has confused me for a really long time. I often hear people use this word whenever someone ends up in an unfortunate or unlucky situation. I’ve tried searching for its meaning, but the information I found was pretty limited, and some explanations didn’t really match how I’ve heard people use the word in the appropriate scenario.

I was honestly too shy to ask my friends or family about it because I felt like I should already know what it meant. I did eventually ask my mom once, but she kept joking around and wouldn’t give me a straight answer, almost like she was messing with me. The only thing I vaguely remember her saying was something about being “disqualified”, but I’m not even sure if that was actually what she meant.

Could someone please explain what this word actually means, especially how it’s commonly used in Bisaya? It would also really help if you could give me a few example sentences or situations where the word would naturally be used.

Now it would honestly be really embarrassing for me if the meaning turns out to be something very simple and I’ve just been overthinking it all this time.

I understand it, but I don't know how to articulate it.

How do you explain the concept of focus to someone who doesn't natively speak the language?

Ihatag og libro sa bata - give the book to the child

Hatagi ang bata og libro - give the child the book

Is it just me, or is “Puhon, if maayong lawas” basically a lowkey way of saying No?

Like, if manginvite mo ug laag sa friends, then mao na ilang response.

Murag nahimo na siya’g catchphrase para makabalibad without actually saying “No” directly. Maikog ta muingon ug straight-up “No," maong pina soft rejection ni at the initial invite? Like dili immediate"Yes" ug di pud final No? Hahaha naglibog ko. Kay ending, wala man sila nijoin, pero okay ra man ilang lawas. 🫣🤣

Repost diay nako diri sa r/Bisaya kay di pwede sa r/Cebu

I am Bisaya but posting this in English for our Bisaya learners.

I’m thinking of building an AI voice companion that you can have natural conversations with in Bisaya. So basically, like having a friend you can practice speaking with. I’m thinking of using my own voice as the AI’s voice, so it would sound like a real Bisaya speaker rather than a generic AI voice. I want to focus a lot on the cultural side too, so it feels like you’re actually talking to a Bisaya person.

But before I build it, I wanted to see if people would actually use something like this. I know there are already a lot of language-learning apps out there, so what I’m thinking of building wouldn’t really be structured like a traditional language-learning app.
It would be more like you’re just talking to a friend naturally. It could respond in Bisaya or English, gently correct you when you make mistakes, and help you learn along the way.

Would you actually use something like this if I built it?

And if you’re currently learning Bisaya, how are you practicing speaking?

If you have any comments, suggestions, or thoughts on the idea, let me know!

Edit: If you already use ChatGPT, Gemini, or another AI to practice Bisaya, what do you wish it did better or what features would you want it to have?

First that I noticed is the accent. Boholanos and Cebuanos have hard accents that sounds like they are always angry or fighting. Also, they speak with loaded consonants: t sounds like "ttt", d sounds like "ddd", g sounds like " ggg", k sounds like "kkk".

I noticed that Mindanaoan Bisaya has less of the hard accent and loaded consonants. Also, it sounds like Mindanaoans have fully incorporated the full usage of E and O into their vocabularies, unlike that of the Visayas where the standard is still A-I-U, where E and O sounds appears and disappears momentarily.

There are also some word differences as well. Like fever in Cebu is hilanat, while in Davao its kalintura.

I speak with a lot of Filipinos both Cebuano and Tagalog. Because it's so hard to switch, I've frankensteined the language so that Bisaya and Tagalog are now mutually intelligible.

Uroy, kamustano na mga kaihigalabigan? Akoko si PutinangPi-inoyoy diay talagayod. Akoko dalawahuang-wawalolo ogna taonuig ugat tagitaga-Mendunau sa Pipililinasnas.

Dayontapos, gina-gigikan ko Sibunang siti. Hiliganahan akoko magsuwatlat aningyan mga abnokoying ogna posts.

Adumayroon isang-og asoiro ugat isang-og pusairing sa ako-ing bahaylay nakoko. Ako-ing dugodugo ayna mataastaas tungodahil sa aningito mga dalawahua.

Ako-ing tatayhan ayna mangtrabahotrabaho ugnat wayway trabahoho ang ako-ing nanayhan nakoko.

Auntie in the context nga Mama sa imo barkada.

Ako raman gud na hibalan kay tiya or iyaan, tas ginagamit mani sa blood related nga Tita

Ex. Daghang Salamat Auntie.

Taga-cdo ko. Everyone around me says "mientras". Karon lang ko kabantay (though I had a guess) na espanyol man diay na nga gatuon na ko.

I'm just curious, because I did my research, and the Cebu Highlands that runs from North to South and forms the central backbone of the island, has an elevation of 2,500-3,000 feet, around the same elevation as Tagaytay City.

Why is this area not being developed into an alternative Summer Capital in the Visayas? A highland city could possibly emerge from there.

I will appreciate all of your insights. Salamat kaayo!

nakalimot nako unsaon paggamit. basin nay kibaw unsaon.

Filipino-American sya( taga bohol iyang fam)tapos ako Papua New Guinean pero nadako kos cebu so bisdak na bisdak jud ko. I lived in cebu since 2 pa ko hangtud 14yrs old.

Unsaon pagsaysay bitaw ang "Oy" oy 😭 unsa ako ingon niya

" its for emphasis"

Nabuang jud ko ani. I spent almost 15 minutes trying to explain to him the usage pero wala pa gyud niya nasabtan giatayyy.