Cebuano Nouns

Welcome to the third Cebuano lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Cebuano to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes patatas

tomatoes kamatis

onions sibuyas

carrots karots

fruits prutas

apples mansanas

bananas saging

oranges dalandan

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Cebuano
do you have milk? [verb + noun] naa ba kay gatas?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] naa ko'y gatas ug kape
he has three apples [number + plural noun] naa siya'y tulo ka mansanas
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] naa ra siya'y usa ka mansanas
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] nagpuyo mi sa gamay nga balay
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] ganahan ko sa amo pamahaw

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread pan

milk gatas

butter bater

cheese keso

coffee kape

sandwich pan nga naay palaman

meat karne

chicken manok

fish isda

breakfast pamahaw

lunch paniudto

dinner panihapon

Conversation in Cebuano

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Cebuano
Do you speak (English/ Cebuano)? makastorya ka ug (Iningles/ cebuano)?
Just a little ginagmay lang
I like Cebuano ganahan ko ug cebuano
Can I practice with you? pwede ko magpraktis kauban nimu?
How old are you? pila na imu edad?
I'm thirty three years old trayntay tres na ako edad
It was nice talking to you nindot kaau makigstorya nimu

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