“Stop here, please” in every Philippine language
Stop here, please across 8 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Stop here, please |
|---|---|
| English | Stop here, please |
| Tagalog | Para po |
| Ilocano | Para man |
| Cebuano | Para lang |
| Hiligaynon | Para lang |
| Waray | Para anay |
| Bikol | Para tabi |
| Pangasinan | Para la |
1 language is missing here because we could not confirm a form, not because the language lacks the word.
What the pattern shows
'Para' comes from Spanish 'parar', to stop, and is the universal way to get off a jeepney anywhere in the country.
Where they agree
- Para lang — Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Standing alone: English (Stop here, please), Tagalog (Para po), Ilocano (Para man), Waray (Para anay), Bikol (Para tabi) and Pangasinan (Para la).
More getting around
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.