CEBUANO LESSON 31 How to Order at a Sari-Sari Store in Cebuano

2021/8/3

Ever wondered how to order something at a small neighborhood store in the Philippines? 🌴
In this lesson, you’ll learn useful Cebuano phrases while experiencing a real shopping conversation at a sari-sari store.

👉 What you’ll learn in this video:

  • How to ask “Do you have…?” in Cebuano
  • Common vocabulary for shopping (coffee, biscuits, pieces, etc.)
  • Practical phrases like “How many?” and “How much is the total?”
  • A step-by-step dialogue you can use in real life

Whether you’re planning to travel to the Philippines or simply want to improve your Cebuano, this video will give you easy and practical expressions you can use right away.

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VOCABULARY

Directions: Listen and repeat after your teacher.

Got it! I’ll format it so the word comes first, then the explanation.

Ayo

Meaning

  • Good / well
  • To repair / fix
  • Favor / kindness
  • In expressions like “ayo-ayo” → take care

Part of Speech

  • Adjective / Adverb (good, well)
  • Verb (to repair, to fix)
  • Noun (favor)

Situations Where It’s Used

  • Greeting or leave-taking (“Ayo-ayo!” → Take care!)
  • Describing something in good condition (“ayo kaayo” → very good)
  • Asking for repair (“ayo-a ang relo” → fix the watch)
  • Requesting a favor (“mangayo kog ayo” → ask for a favor)

Example Sentences

  1. Ayo-ayo diha! → “Take care there!”
  2. Ayo kaayo ang panahon karon. → “The weather is very good today.”
  3. Pwede nimo ayo-a ang akong relo? → “Can you fix my watch?”
  4. Mangayo unta ko’g gamayng ayo. → “I would like to ask a small favor.”

Kapi

Meaning

  • Coffee

Part of Speech

  • Noun

Situations Where It’s Used

  • Everyday conversations when ordering, drinking, or offering coffee.
  • Used both in casual and polite contexts.
  • Common in greetings or small talk, e.g., inviting someone to drink coffee.

Example Sentences

  1. Ganahan ka’g kapi? → “Do you want some coffee?”
  2. Magluto ko’g kapi para nimo. → “I will make coffee for you.”
  3. Kapi ang akong gina-inom kada buntag. → “I drink coffee every morning.”
  4. Mangadto ta sa tindahan kay mopalit ko’g kapi. → “Let’s go to the store because I’ll buy coffee.”

Biskwit

Meaning

  • Biscuit / cookie (a baked snack, often sweet, sometimes used more generally for crackers or biscuits)

Part of Speech

  • Noun

Situations Where It’s Used

  • Talking about food, especially snacks.
  • Common when buying in a store, offering to someone, or describing what children like to eat.
  • Can appear in casual daily conversations about meals or snacks.

Example Sentences

  1. Ganahan ang bata ug biskwit.
    → “The child likes biscuits.”
  2. Palita kog usa ka pakete nga biskwit sa tindahan.
    → “Buy me a pack of biscuits at the store.”
  3. Nagpangaon sila ug biskwit samtang nagtan-aw sa TV.
    → “They were eating biscuits while watching TV.”
  4. Biskwit ug gatas ang akong pamahaw.
    → “Biscuits and milk are my breakfast.”

Ninyo

Meaning

  • Your / yours (plural form, addressing more than one person, or polite form when speaking to one person respectfully).

Part of Speech

  • Pronoun (second-person plural possessive).

Situations Where It’s Used

  • When referring to something that belongs to you (plural).
  • Used in both casual and polite contexts.
  • Often appears after the thing being possessed (postposed possessive pronoun).

Example Sentences

  1. Asa man ang balay ninyo?
    → “Where is your house?”
  2. Unsa ang ngalan sa maestro ninyo?
    → “What is the name of your teacher?”
  3. Dako kaayo ang problema ninyo.
    → “Your problem is very big.”
  4. Naa ba sa balay ang libro ninyo?
    → “Is your book at home?”

Unsa pa man

Meaning

  • Literally: “What else?”
  • Used as:
    • What else (is there)?
    • What else (do you want)?
    • Sometimes rhetorical, like “What more could it be?”

Part of Speech

  • Phrase (interrogative expression)

Situations Where It’s Used

  • When asking if there is anything more to add, do, or want.
  • In casual talk, when someone has already given information or items and you ask if there’s something else.
  • Can be rhetorical, implying “Of course, what else?”

Example Sentences

  1. Human na nako buhat tanan. Unsa pa man?
    → “I already finished everything. What else (is there)?”
  2. Nihatag nako ug kwarta. Unsa pa man ang imong gipangayo?
    → “I already gave you money. What else are you asking for?”
  3. Unsa pa man ang atong kinahanglan paliton sa merkado?
    → “What else do we need to buy at the market?”
  4. Ikaw ra gihapon akong gihigugma, unsa pa man?
    → “You’re still the one I love, what else (could it be)?”

Kabuok

Meaning

  • Piece / unit / item
  • Used as a counter word in Cebuano, often when talking about numbers of objects, people, or things.

Part of Speech

  • Noun (used as a classifier / counter)

Situations Where It’s Used

  • When specifying how many of something there are.
  • Very common in everyday speech, especially in buying, counting, or describing quantities.
  • Often combined with numbers (usa ka buok, duha ka buok, etc.).

Example Sentences

  1. Usa ka buok nga saging ang akong gikaon.
    → “I ate one piece of banana.”
  2. Pila kabuok inyong anak?
    → “How many children do you have?”
  3. Tulo kabuok ang misulod sa klase.
    → “Three (people) entered the class.”
  4. Hatagi kog lima kabuok nga itlog.
    → “Give me five eggs.”

Duha

Meaning

  • Two

Part of Speech

  • Numeral

Situations Where It’s Used

  • Counting objects or people.
  • Describing quantity in daily life.
  • Often paired with classifiers like “ka” or “kabuok.”

Example Sentences

  1. Duha ka saging ang gipalit nako.
    → “I bought two bananas.”
  2. Aduna koy duha ka igsoon.
    → “I have two siblings.”
  3. Duha kabuok ang niabot sa balay.
    → “Two (people) arrived at the house.”
  4. Duha ra among gipili sa tanan.
    → “We only chose two among all.”

FLASHCARDS

DIALOGUE PRACTICE

Directions: Listen and repeat after your teacher.
Situation: Joyce is buying something in the store.

Cebuano Dialogue

Joyce: Ayo ate, naa moy kapi?
Leah: Unsa nga kapi day?
Joyce: Kopiko brown te ug katong stick.
Leah: Pila man kabuok day?
Joyce: Duha ka kopiko brown ate katong doble ug usa ka kapi stick.
Leah: Kani ra day?
Joyce: Biskwit sad diay ate.
Leah: Unsa nga biskwit day?
Joyce: Unsa nga biskwit ang naa ninyo te?
Leah: Kini day ay. Mao ra ni among biskwit.
Joyce: Kini lang te. Duha kabuok.
Leah: Unsa pa man day?
Joyce: Kana ra te. Pila tanan?
Leah: Traynta tanan day.
Joyce: Tara te o.
Leah: Naa lang kay traynta day?
Joyce: Naa ra te. Tara te o.
Leah: Tara day o.
Joyce: Salamat kaayo.
Leah: Way sapayan.

English Translation

Joyce: Excuse me Ms, do you have coffee?
Leah: What kind of coffee?
Joyce: Kopiko brown twin and those black coffee stick.
Leah: How many?
Joyce: Two Kopiko brown twin and one black coffee stick.
Leah: Only these?
Joyce: And also biscuit Ms.
Leah: What biscuit do you want?
Joyce: What biscuit do you have?
Leah: This one, Ms. We only have this biscuit.
Joyce: I want this. Two pieces.
Leah: What else Ms?
Joyce: Only that, Ms. How much is the total?
Leah: 30 pesos only.
Joyce: Here it is, Ms.
Leah: Do you only have 30 pesos?
Joyce: Yes, I have. Here it is.
Leah: Here it is.
Joyce: Thank you so much.
Leah: You’re welcome.

LESSON

⚫ Naa mo’y (S) + N ?
Do you have …?

For example:
Naa mo’y litro nga coke?
Do you have a liter of coke?

Naa mo’y utanon?
Do you have vegetables?

Naa mo’y internet?
Do you have an internet?

Naa lang kay traynta day?
Do you only have 30 pesos?

⚫ Unsa nga + noun ?
What …?

For example:
Unsa nga biskwit ang naa ninyo te?
What kind of biscuit do you have?

Unsa nga pagkaon imong ganahan?
What food do you like?

Unsa nga butang ang importante para nimo?
What thing is important for you?

Unsa nga lugar ang imong ganahan adtuon?
What place do you want to go?

⚫ Pila man kabuok?
How many?

For example:
Pila man kabuok day?
How many?

COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Directions: Choose the correct answer.

  1. What do you say in Cebuano when you want to know if someone’s there?
    a. unsa
    b. ayo
    c. kapi
    d. taw
  2. How do you say ‘How much is the total?’ in Cebuano?
    a. Kanus-a?
    b. Taga-asa?
    c. Pila tanan?
    d. Asa mo?
  3. How do you say ‘what’ in Cebuano?
    a. ngano
    b. kanus-a
    c. unsa
    d. asa
  4. What do ‘Unsa paman?’ mean?
    a. What else?
    b. Why is it?
    c. What did you say?
    d. What is it?
  5. How do you ask in Cebuano if someone has coffee?
    a. Pila man kabuok?
    b. Tag-pila man?
    c. Unsa nga kapi?
    d. Naa mo’y kapi?

EXERCISE

Arrange the words to make sentences.

  1. imong / nga / ganahan / unsa / pagkaon / ?
  2. kabuok / day / pila / man / ?
  3. lang / traynta / naa / kay / ?
  4. nga / naa / coke / litro / mo’y / ?
  5. ang / nga / te / unsa / naa / biskwit / ninyo / ?

REVIEW

Directions: Let’s use the pattern that you’ve learned during the lesson and make some sentences.

For example:
Naa mo’y litro nga coke?
Do you have a liter of coke?

Naa mo’y (S) + N ?
1.
2.
3.

Unsa nga + noun ?
1.
2.
3.

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