“How are you?” in every Philippine language
How are you? across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | How are you? |
|---|---|
| English | How are you? |
| Tagalog | Kumusta ka? |
| Ilocano | Kumustaka? |
| Cebuano | Kumusta ka? |
| Hiligaynon | Kamusta ka? |
| Waray | Kumusta ka? |
| Bikol | Kumusta ka? |
| Kapampangan | Komusta ka? |
| Pangasinan | Kumusta ka? |
What the pattern shows
The one phrase that is effectively identical everywhere, because all eight borrowed it from Spanish '¿cómo está?'. Do not read that as evidence the languages are close.
Where they agree
- Kumusta ka? — Tagalog, Cebuano, Waray, Bikol, Pangasinan
Standing alone: English (How are you?), Ilocano (Kumustaka?), Hiligaynon (Kamusta ka?) and Kapampangan (Komusta ka?).
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Where this comes from
This row is one of 84 concept pages drawn from a parallel set of everyday vocabulary held across nine languages. You can browse all of them, download the whole set under CC BY-SA 4.0, or paste text to find out which language it is.
Compiled from published general reference and pending review by native speakers. If something here is wrong in a language you speak, please tell us.