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Category Archives: Bisaya
Learning Bisaya long distance
My wife and I continue to wait for the birth of our son any day now. Meanwhile, It’s summer vacation and I continue to take language lessons in the Philippine language of Bisaya. My Bisaya lesson went well on Tuesday night. We usually start around 8:30 pm EST, which is 8:30 am Philippine time. Usually [...]
Bisaya lesson 21
My Bisaya lesson last week went well. My teacher is Bebe and she lives in Davao, Philippines. I learned in this lesson that Bisaya has a way to verbalize a noun. Mag computer ako, which translates to I will use the computer. Another example is: Kevin will cook adobo–Mag-adobe si Kevin. The main part of [...]
Bisaya Lessons
I have started taking my Bisaya lessons again with my teacher, Bebe, who lives in the Philippines. We are using Wiziq, an online teaching platform. I have scanned in the first ten lessons as we will need to review these so I can get back up to speed. Our first lesson online was difficult as [...]
I’m learning to speak Bisaya
I took my first Bisaya lesson on Thursday in Davao. My teacher is Bebe, and she is helping me to learn to speak the native language here in Mindanao. I have been trying to learn on my own, but it’s difficult as there are few resources available for self study. Bisaya, aka Cebuano, is mostly [...]