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Part of speech
- Verb (root): puyo — “to live, reside, dwell, stay”
- Common noun: puyo — “residence, stay”
Sentence-position rule
Conjugated puyo normally heads the predicate and any clitic actor pronoun follows it: Mo-puyo ko sa Cebu karong tuig.
I will live in Cebu this year.
Example sentences
- Mo-puyo ko sa lungsod sunod bulan. — I will live in the town next month.
  - Mo-puyo – Verb, actor focus, future aspect
  - ko – Personal pronoun, first-person singular clitic (actor)
  - sa – Locative-marker particle
  - lungsod – Common noun (location)
  - sunod bulan – Adverbial phrase “next month”
- Nag-puyo sila og tulo ka tuig sa Davao. — They have been living in Davao for three years.
  - Nag-puyo – Verb, actor focus, progressive/continuous aspect
  - sila – Personal pronoun, third-person plural (actor)
  - og – Object-marker particle (duration)
  - tulo ka tuig – Numeral phrase “three years”
  - sa Davao – Proper noun (location)
- Gi-puy-an sa pamilya ang bag-ong balay. — The new house was occupied by the family.
  - Gi-puy-an – Verb, locative focus, past aspect
  - sa pamilya – Genitive phrase (actor)
  - ang – Subject-marker particle
  - bag-ong balay – Noun phrase (location/patient)

Form	Voice & aspect	Typical translation	Sample sentence
mag-puyo	Actor focus, habitual / future	“will habitually live / will be staying”	Mag-puyo sila sa probinsya kada bakasyon. — They stay in the province every vacation.
mo-puyo	Actor focus, non-past / imperative	“will live / live!”	Mo-puyo ta diri hangtod mahuman ang proyekto. — Let’s stay here until the project is finished.
nag-puyo	Actor focus, progressive / recent past	“is / was living”	Nag-puyo siya sa dormitoryo karon. — She is currently living in the dormitory.
mi-puyo / ni-puyo	Actor focus, completed past	“lived / stayed”	Ni-puyo ko sa Manila kaniadto. — I once lived in Manila.
gi-puyo	Patient focus, completed past	“was lived in / occupied”	Gi-puyo sa boarders ang bakanteng kwarto. — The vacant room was lived in by boarders.
puy-on (-on)	Patient focus, future / imperative	“to be lived in / occupy it”	Puy-on nato ang apartment sunod tuig. — We will occupy the apartment next year.
puy-an (-an)	Locative / beneficiary focus	“to live in (place) / let someone stay”	Puy-i ang lola sa iyang balay. — Let grandma stay in her own house.

Duration marking – use og + length (nag-puyo siya og lima ka tuig — “he has lived for five years”).
Actor-focus forms highlight the resident (mo-puyo, nag-puyo, ni-puyo).
Patient-focus forms (gi-puyo, puy-on) stress the place being occupied.
Locative/beneficiary focus (puy-an, puy-i) emphasizes where or for whom one lives/stays.
Reduplication – puyo-puyo can imply casually staying put or loitering.

Mistake	Issue	Correct form
Mo-puyo ako ug Cebu.	Actor clitic misplaced.	Mo-puyo ko sa Cebu.
Gi-puyo ko ang kwarto.	Actor with gi- must be genitive (ni / sa).	Gi-puyo ni ko ang kwarto.
Puy-on ta siya!	Beneficiary/locative imperative needs -i.	Puy-i siya!

A: Asa ka mo-puyo karong sem break? — Where will you stay this semester break?
B: Mo-puyo ko sa balay sa akong ginikanan. — I’ll stay at my parents’ house.
A: Nag-puyo pa ba ka sa dorm? — Are you still living in the dorm?
B: Dili na; ni-puyo na ko sa apartment sa downtown. — Not anymore; I moved to a downtown apartment.
A: Pwede ba ko mag-puyo dinhi og duha ka gabii? — May I stay here for two nights?
B: Oo, puy-i lang ang guest room. — Yes, just stay in the guest room.
A: Nganong gi-puy-an man sa uban ang atong daang opisina? — Why did others occupy our old office?
B: Gihimo nila nga training center. — They turned it into a training center.
A: Mag-puyo ta og daghang tuig diri? — Are we going to live here for many years?
B: Depende sa trabaho; kung okay, puy-on nato dugay. — Depends on the job; if it’s good, we’ll stay long-term.