Nalugay En!

Hello there! It's been a while. A friend saw this blog recently and it was like a wake up call to go back and write again. Hi Michelle!

I rarely use Binukid nowadays and even Waray (!!!) so it will be nice to write simple but helpful phrases or sentences again. Here are some useful phrases and sentences you can use:

1. Amin kad ... ? ( Do you have...?)

• You can say like "Amin kad wahig?" (Do you have water?)
• If you do have it you can reply with: "Amin!" (I do have it)
• If you don't have that thing, you can say "huda" (none)

2. Naamin en (spent, used up, consumed, or exhausted)

• "Amin kad wahig?" "Naamin en" which means you don't have water anymore and it has been used up or consumed already.
• "Naamin en sa kamote ko" which translates to "My sweet potatoes are gone or consumed"

3. Nalugay en (It's been a while)

• the word "lugay" means lengthy or prolonged as in a time duration and when you say "Manay nalugay kad?" it loosely translates to what took you so long? Manay or imba denote "why".
• "Lugay ayuwa" means it's sooooo looong. For example: "Lugay ayuwa sa pila ta bangko" which means you took such a long time in the lines (pila) at the bank (bangko).

4. Matino ayuwa (It's super cold)

• As in the previous example, the word "ayuwa" is used to denote intensity. When it takes so long you may say "lugay ayuwa" and when it's cold (matino) you can say "matino ayuwa" which means it's not just cold BUT very cold.
• It's very cold in Bukidnon recently but in the communities where several of our IP tribes live it's "matino ayuwa".

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