Lesson 1 On Lesson 1 we will deal with First Class Personal Pronouns. Personal Pronouns are things like “I, You, He, She, We or They”. They are words we use to call out people, although not their names. There are other classes of personal pronouns, which we will learn at during later lessons. Follow along […]
Lesson 2 Lesson 2 will focus on First Class Markers. What is a marker? A marker is a word that marks the topic or the emphasis word of the sentence. Markers are used with nouns, either proper nouns (like people’s names) or with common nouns (thing, places). There are three different classes of markers. In this […]
For Lesson 3 we will be focusing on First Class General Pronouns. What are general pronouns? In English they would be words like: this, that and such. In Bisaya they are broken down even further by adding the distance away. In other words you could say “that” or “that nearby” or “that far away”. When […]
Lesson 4 will focus on Second Class Personal Pronouns and Second Class Markers. Much like in previous lessons where you have dealt with First Class versions of these words, but now you will be working with second class version of the same types of words. Making the words second class makes them a less important part of […]
Lesson 5 will focus on Verbal Sentences & Focuses, particularly on the Mo- Actor Focus. This means that the sentence focuses on the person who is doing the action, and the verb in the sentence will begin with “Ni”, “Mi”, or “Mo”. The verb prefix that you use will determine the tense of the sentence. It […]
Lesson 6 will continue working on the “Mo Actor Focus” which we started in lesson 5. Additionally, we will work on Second Class General Pronouns. Many times, mo-actor focus verbs have an object. These objects will be marked by the second class markers: sa or ug. Watch the video lesson and you will see how it […]