Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Bagobo 101

Ulo means head or hair

The following are Bagobo terms which mean the same in Tagalog dialect:

 
  1. Hagdan  - stairs
  2. Ulo – head (which can also mean hair)
  3. Pinggan – plates
  4. Aso – dog
  5. Kagat – bite (but it is pronounced differently from the Tagalog term – the stress is on the first syllable)  
  6. Labas – outside; go out

Let's use them in sentences:

  1. Sun-nod mallayat to hagdan katò bale dan.
Translation: The stairs of their house is very high.
Vocabulary:
a.       sun-nod – very
b.      mallayat – high, long
c.       bale – house
d.      hagdan - stairs

  1. Dakil to ulo din.
Translation: His/Her head is big.
Vocabulary:
a.       dakil – big
b.      ulo - head

  1. Mallayat to ulo din.
Translation: His/Her hair is long.
Vocabulary:
a.       mallayat – long
b.      ulo – hair
c.       din – pronoun which applies to male and female

  1. Kange no to pinggan duton labas.
Translation: Get those plates from outside.
Vocabulary:
a.       kange – get, take
b.      labas – outside
c.       duton – is a preposition

  1. Ag kagat yan aso dan.
     Translation: Their dog bites.
Vocabulary:
a.       kagat –bite
b.      aso – dog
c.       dan – is a pronoun (in this context it means their)

More of Bagobo 101 next posts..... Nah! Ginawa yo....!!!



4 comments:

  1. Goodday, ano po yung 'my name is' in bagobo? Ty

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    1. I always hear this: "Norma to ngadan ko..." (Norma is my name...) Most people ask, "Andin to ngadan no?" (What is your name?) and one replies by simply saying one's name or one may add some identification like "Bata ah e Agawe." (I am Agawe's child.)

      Please note that I am writing what I hear from my older Bagobo folks. They may not be the exact "letter" to use, such as the "e" before Agawe.

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