English-Bisaya Grammar, in Twenty Eight Lessons

Impersonal Verbs.

The impersonal verbs are those which express the atmospherical phenomena, and are only used in the third person singular, compounded with the particle naga or mi out of the roots init and Tugnao which are compounded with na. Ex:

To dawn.	Pagbanagbanag.
To arrive at break of day.	Pagcabuntag, eabuntagon.
To grow dark.	Pagcagabi-i, cagabhion.
To rain like a deluge.	Pagolan sa mabascug.
To rain.	Pagolan.
To drizzle.	Pagalindahao.
To lighten.	Pagquilat.
To thunder.	Pagdalogdog, paglugung.
It is raining.	Nagaolan man.
Is it lightening?	Nagaquilat ba?
It is thundering.	Nagadalogdog.
Is it warm?	¿Mainit ba?
No: it is cold.	Dili; matugnao man.
To behave well towards.	Ma-ayo ang batasan sa.
He behaves well towards his cousin.	Ma-ayo ang batasan nia sa iyang ig-agao.
To behave ill.	Dautan ang batasan.
He use ill his friends.	Dautan ang batasan nia sa mga higala nia.
As he was always behave well towards me, I will not use him ill.	Cay ma-ayo guihapon ang batasan nia canaco, ma-ayo usab ang batasan co cania.
In vain.	Bisan onsaon.
In vain I look around, I saw neither house nor man; not the least sign of dwelling.	Bisan onsaon co pagtan-ao sa libut co, ualÁ acÓ ma-caquita ug balay, ug ug balay, ug tao ug tima-an sa puluy-anan.
We search in vain, for what we have lost, we cannot find.	Bisan onsaon ta pagpangita, dili quitÁ macaquita sa naualÁ canato.
What do you mean?	¿Onsay bu-ut ipamolong mo?
I mean, hallo!	Bu-ut cong ipamolong idiay!
That does not mean any thing.	Cana ualay casayuran.
As long, as.	Cun, pa.
As long as you behave well, people will love you.	Cun ma-ayo pa ang batasan mo, higugmaon ca.
Unless.	Cun dili.
If it should happen that.	Cun pananglit, Cun cailignon pa unta.
Although, Whatever.	Bisan ogaling, Bisan dacÓ ogaling.
Unless you speak her she will not answer you.	Cun dili ca magsulti cania, dili sia mutu-bÁg canimo.
Whatever be our patience,we will never have enough.	Bisan dacÓ ogaling ang pagantos ta dili pa igo sa guihapon.
Would to God!	Unta, Hinaut unta.
Would to God it were so!	Agad unta nga mao cana ingon niana!
May you be happy!	Hinaut unta nga mapaladan ca!
In order to....	Cay aron....
In order that....	Cay aron....
I send you this book in order that you may read it.	GuipadalÁ co canimo quining libro cay aron basahon mo.
By dint of.	Tungud sa dacÓ.
By dint of labour.	Tungund sa dacong pag-buhat.
The more, as.	Ingon nga, labi pa cay.
I am the more displeased with your behaviour, as you are under many obligations to me.	Ingon nga dili acÓ mu-angay sa imong batasan labi pa cay daghan ang utang mong bu-ut canaco.

Exercise XXV.

Why is your mother troubled?—She troubles at receiving no news from her son who is in Spain—She must be not troubled about him, for whenever he gets into a bad scrape, he knows how to get out of it again—Last year, when we were to hunt together, night grow upon us (guicagabhian camÉ) very far from our house—Where did you pass the night?—At first I was very afflicted, but your brother not so: on the contrary, he tranquillized me, so that I lost my restlessness—We found at last a shepherd's hut where we spent the night—There I had opportunity to observe the cleverness of your brother—A few canes of a truss of straw served him to make a comfortable bed—He used a bottle as a candlestick, and with two or three birds he prepared the most comfortable supper—Where we awoke in the morning we were as rested and healthy as if we had slept on the most comfortable bed in the world.

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