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Bikol Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations

20 everyday verbs in Bikol, each with its Tagalog equivalent and an English gloss. Entries come from our phrasebook, compiled from published references rather than produced by the translation engine. Bikol entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.

Everyday verbs

The actions that carry most sentences.

Everyday verbs: Bikol phrases with Tagalog and English translations
BikolTagalogEnglish
Magturogpending reviewMatulogTo sleep
Mahilingpending reviewMakitaTo see
Sabihonpending reviewSabihinTo sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red.
Arampending reviewAlamTo know
Gustopending reviewGustoTo wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm.
Magtaopending reviewMagbigayTo give
Magtrabahopending reviewMagtrabahoTo work
Maglakawpending reviewMaglakadTo walk
Magtarampending reviewMagsalitaTo speakThe Visayan languages disagree with each other completely here — sulti, hambal, yakan — which is a useful corrective to the idea that they are one language.
Maghinanyogpending reviewMakinigTo listen
Magsuratpending reviewSumulatTo write
Magbasapending reviewMagbasaTo read
Magtukawpending reviewUmupoTo sit
Magtindogpending reviewTumayoTo stand
Magdalaganpending reviewTumakboTo run
Maghalatpending reviewMaghintayTo wait
Buksanpending reviewBuksanTo open
Isarapending reviewIsaraTo close
Maghugaspending reviewMaghugasTo wash
Magdigdipending reviewPumunta ritoTo come here

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