LEARNING HILIGAYNON LANGUAGE

My dad came from the province of Iloilo. Although most of his life was spent here in Manila, he never stopped speaking his native dialect. 4 years of my childhood were spent there so I also learned the dialect but I never used it as often as my dad. Mainly because most of the people I know never speak and understand the language. Now you may be wondering why am I sharing this with you. You see for the past few days our helper and I have been talking in Hiligaynon and my husband is always left clueless and I need to translate it for him to understand. So just for fun, we started teaching my hubby the language. At first, just words like: 


Idô -Dog
Diin- Where
Hu-o -Yes
Indî -No
Bulig! -Help!
Namit -Delicious
Pila -How many

Then sentences:  Diin ka naga-istar? -Where do you live? May Idô (a)ko -I have a dog Tagadiin ka? -Where are you from? Diin ka na? -Where are you now? Maayong aga -Good morning Maayong Udto -Good noon Maayong Gab-i -Good evening Ano imo ngalan? -What is your name? Palang ga kita -I love you Salamat gid - Thank you very much Pila na ang edad nimo? -How old are you? Kumusta ka? -How are you? Maayo man, Ikaw ya? -I'm fine, How about you? Ambut -I don't know Dugay ka na diri sa manila? -Have you been here long in Manila? Tagpilá ini? -How much is this?
And of course the bad language but I'm not posting it here.

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