Introductions, perhaps?

Before I hit the sack now, I'd like to share two introductory phrases/questions you can use for yourself or when trying to interpret what a native/Binukid speaker says to you or when you want to ask the other person to know more about him or her. Let us take these as examples:

1) Inu sa ngaran nu? What is your name?
inu - what
sa - is (oftentimes it is used as the: sa kagpa, the chest)
ngaran - name (Tagalog/Visayan: ngalan or pangalan)
nu - your (example: suled nu, your sibling)

• This question may be answered by using or starting with Ako hi (pronounced as a-ko hee, I am..) or you can say *insert name* sa ngaran ko (*insert name* is my name)

2) Hindu ka tagtima? Where do you live?
Hindu - where
ka - you
tima - live or reside

• You may respond with Tagtima ah ta *insert place* (I live at *insert place*) or when you're from quite a farther place you may use Napoon ah ta *insert place* (I am from *insert place*)
• If you notice, ta has been used in both answers. ta is usually used to denote a place. It may loosely translate to AT (making it so easy to remember). When you arrive at Bukidnon, you'll often see the welcome sign that says: "Maayad ha pag-uma dini TA Bukidnon" which means (if you remember the first post) A pleasant arrival dini (here) ta (at) Bukidnon!

Hope you learned even a tiny bit, stranger :) Hehe.
Kitakits ulit soon! :)

Let's start with the GREETINGS

So I may not be sure about how others would do basic greetings in Binukid but this entry is about how I usually hear it here in Bukidnon. We have learned during the previous entry that Maayad ha Pag-uma is a greeting that means Welcome or A Pleasant Arrival to you. Now, we'll do the basic greetings in Binukid which all starts with Maayad (Good or Pleasant):

Good morning: Maayad ha selem or Maayad ha maselem (Sulom, pronounced here as se-lem means morning)
Good noon: Maayad ha udto or Maayad ha maudto (Udto means noon)
Good afternoon: Maayad ha hapon or Maayad ha mahapon (Hapon means afternoon)
Good evening: Maayad ha dalemen (Daluman, pronounced here as da-leh-men means evening)

Good day! (Maayad ha anlaw!) anlaw is the word for day but also is the word for sun which is not hard to comprehend as to why. ;)

Maayad ha Pag-uma! Welcome!

WELCOME!! This blog is what I hope to be a go-to blog of individuals interested to learn Binukid words and phrases easily (specifically the Higaonon and Talaandig dialects since I think albeit not certain that even the Manobo, Matigsalug, and Umayamnon dialects can also be considered Binukid). Binukid I believe is basically a general term for the languages used in Bukidnon, a large province in the northern part of Mindanao. There are seven tribes in Bukidnon and these are the Manobo, Talaandig, Higaonon, Umayamnon, Bukidnon, Tigwahanon, and Matigsalug.

I myself is currently learning the native language and I have yet to learn more about etymologies and histories of the language and the culture. I love languages and dialects in general so I wish to write down these experiences and these new knowledge. So pardon me if I have mistakes and just correct me. And for beginners out there, let's learn together!

For people who visit Bukidnon every now and then especially during the Kaamulan festivities during late February to March every year, you'll get to understand what some phrases you see around mean. For example is the Maayad ha Pag-uma! which happens to also be the title of this blog entry--and for now let us start with that.

It can be translated basically to Welcome! however if you wish to understand the meanings of the words involved you can say that it may translate literally to pleasant arrival since maayad is a term loosely used to say or describe good or pleasant and uma means arrive (thus pag-uma means arrival or to arrive).

Maayad ha Pag-uma! | (English) Pleasant Arrival or Welcome! | (Filipino) Maligayang Padating! | (Cebuano) Maayong Pag-abot! | (Waray-waray) Maupay nga Pag-abot!

I'll be trying to figure out how to help you with the intonations and pronunciation as well since it has been of the greatest challenge for me so watch out for more :)