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Most Common Hiligaynon Words
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Essential Hiligaynon vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| tawo | person | TA-wo |
| balay | house | BA-lay |
| tubig | water | TOO-big |
| pagkaon | food | pag-ka-ON |
| trabaho | work | tra-BA-ho |
| dalan | road | DA-lan |
| ngalan | name | NGA-lan |
| bata | child | BA-ta |
| tatay | father | TA-tay |
| nanay | mother | NA-nay |
| duta | land / earth | DOO-ta |
| kahoy | tree / wood | KA-hoy |
| suba | river | SOO-ba |
| abyan | friend | AB-yan |
| gab-i | night | GAB-i |
| adlaw | day / sun | AD-law |
| kwarta | money | KWAR-ta |
| libro | book | LIB-ro |
| kalayo | fire | ka-LA-yo |
| langit | sky | LA-ngit |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| kadto | to go | KAD-to |
| anhi | to come | AN-hi |
| kaon | to eat | ka-ON |
| inom | to drink | EE-nom |
| tulog | to sleep | TOO-log |
| kita | to see | KEE-ta |
| hambal | to speak / say | HAM-bal |
| kilala | to know | ki-LA-la |
| trabaho | to work | tra-BA-ho |
| bakal | to buy | BA-kal |
| tuon | to study / learn | TOO-on |
| dungog | to hear | DOO-ngog |
| gusto | to want / like | GOOS-to |
| dalagan | to run | da-LA-gan |
| lingkod | to sit | LING-kod |
| tindog | to stand | TIN-dog |
| bulig | to help | BOO-lig |
| hatag | to give | HA-tag |
| makita | to find | ma-KEE-ta |
| himoon | to do / make | hi-MON |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| dako | big | DA-ko |
| gamay | small | GA-may |
| maayo | good | ma-A-yo |
| malain | bad | ma-LA-in |
| bag-o | new | BAG-o |
| daan | old | dan |
| maputi | white | ma-POO-ti |
| maitom | black | ma-EE-tom |
| pula | red | POO-la |
| bugnaw | cold | BOO-gnaw |
| mainit | hot | ma-EE-nit |
| matig-a | hard / strong | ma-TEE-ga |
| malumo | soft | ma-LOO-mo |
| madamo | many | ma-DA-mo |
| diutay | few / a little | DYOO-tay |
| mataas | tall / high | ma-TA-as |
| mababa | short / low | ma-BA-ba |
| matamis | sweet | ma-TA-mis |
| mabaskug | strong | ma-bas-KUG |
| matahum | beautiful | ma-TA-hum |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| subong | now | SOO-bong |
| bukas | tomorrow | BOO-kas |
| kahapon | yesterday | ka-HA-pon |
| diri | here | DEE-ri |
| didto | there | DID-to |
| na | already | na |
| pirme | always | PIR-me |
| gid | very / indeed | gid |
| lang | only / just | lang |
| man | also / too | man |
| madali | quickly | ma-DA-li |
| hinay-hinay | slowly | HI-nay HI-nay |
| upod | together / with | OO-pod |
| tungod | because | TOO-ngod |
| kon | if | kon |
| pero | but | PE-ro |
| kag | and | kag |
| una | first | OO-na |
| pagkatapos | after | pag-ka-TA-pos |
| man lang | even / also just | man lang |