In our first Cebuano-English lesson, we went over some basics that an English-speaking visitor to the Cebu (Visayan) area of the Philippines might want to know. Let us continue with some basics. Excuse me and-or Pardon me. “Usba gud” can be used for Excuse me, I don’t understand what you meant by that. “Oos-bah good.”…
There are not many Cebuano-English lessons online as we write this. It is mainly for Americans or other foreigners who enter the Cebu region of the Philippines and want to have some level of communication with the locals. People often say, “Filipinos mostly speak English,” and while that is technically true, there are lots of…