Cebuano Word: manok — chicken – the bird itself or its meat
1. Part of Speech, Meaning, Usage, and Example Sentences
- Part of speech: noun
- Meaning: a domestic fowl (rooster or hen); also the meat of chicken when used for food.
- Usage examples:
2. Singular & Plural Forms
3. Where You Use the Word in a Sentence
- Subject: Ang manok makamata sa mga tawo buntag. — “The chicken wakes people up in the morning.”
- Object: Palita ang manok sa merkado. — “Buy the chicken at the market.”
- Locative / complement: Daghan og manok ang farm. — “The farm has many chickens.”
4. Common Collocations
- bag-ong manok — new chicken / newly bought
- manok sa sabong — fighting cock
- mga manok sa backyard — backyard chickens
- tinolang manok — chicken ginger soup
- manok ug kan-on — chicken and rice
5. Detailed Usage
- Refers to live poultry (buhi nga manok) or prepared meat (lutong manok).
- Can specify parts: pakpak sa manok (chicken wing).
- Widely appears with verbs mang-umang (raise), luto (cook), palit (buy).
- Idiom: manok ni Mayor — favored candidate (“Mayor’s chosen one”).
6. Common Mistakes to Watch For
- • Writing manoks for plural; always say mga manok.
- • Dropping ang / og / sa when manok is subject or object.
- • Forgetting nga after adjectives (dako manok ❌ → dakong manok ✅).
- • Confusing manok (chicken) with manok-manok (toy kite) in some dialect jokes.
7. Conversational Phrases
- Tag-pila ang manok? — “How much is the chicken?”
- Presko ba ang manok? — “Is the chicken fresh?”
- Lutua ang manok og adobo. — “Cook the chicken as adobo.”
- Daghan pa’g manok didto. — “There are still many chickens there.”
- Ang manok nag-tok-tok tibuok buntag. — “The chicken kept pecking all morning.”
8. Everyday Conversation Exchanges
Exchange 1
A: Asa ka mopalit og manok?
B: Sa merkado sa baybay.
Exchange 2
A: Kinsa nag-atiman sa mga manok?
B: Akong lolo.
Exchange 3
A: Unsa’y paborito nimo nga putahe sa manok?
B: Tinola gyud.
Exchange 4
A: Ngano nga saba ang manok gabii?
B: Na-hayagan tingali sa suga.
Exchange 5
A: Kanus-a ka mo-ihaw og manok?
B: Inig piyesta sa baryo.
Question–Answer Exercise
Part 1 – Five Questions
- Asa gi-butang ang manok sa ref?
- Unsa’y gipalit nga manok?
- Kinsa ang mo-prito og manok karon?
- Kanus-a nimo gi-timprahan ang manok?
- Ngano nga nag-mahal ang manok?
Part 2 – Correct Answers
- Correct: C — Gi-butang ang manok sa ref.
- Verb first, then subject, then location = natural word order.
- Correct: A — Gipalit ang native nga manok.
- Verb first; specifies the kind of chicken bought.
- Correct: A — Si Mark ang mo-prito og manok karon.
- Si marks the person; ang focuses him as the cook.
- Correct: B — Kanus-a nimo gi-timprahan ang manok.
- Question word leads; pronoun + verb + object follow.
- Correct: A — Tungod sa taas nga feed nag-mahal ang manok.
- Cause phrase first; verb-subject order after.