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Differences of Bicol Dialects

Found this great article here on how the dialects of Bicol region are way different from each municipalities though regardless of different words and tongues, Bicolanos still pretty much understand each other :) IMO

RNC – Rinconada Bikol. NAG – Naga Bikol. TAG – Tagalog. ENG – English.

-UM- verbs
note 1: Naga Bikol doesn’t make use of the -UM- prefix.
note 2: -UM- and MAG- prefixes are interchangeable and thus don’t
affect meaning in Rinconada Bikol unlike in Tagalog.

RNC: Kumaon
NAG: Magkakan
TAG: Kumain
ENG: To eat (infinitive)

RNC: Kinnaon ya.
NAG: Nagkakan siya.
TAG: Kumain siya.
ENG: He ate.

RNC: Kinnakaon ya.
NAG: Nagkakakan siya.
TAG: Kumakain siya.
ENG: He is eating.

RNC: Kumkaon ya OR Kumakaon ya. (Note loss of vowel after -UM-)
NAG: Mákakan siya.
TAG: Kakain siya.
ENG: He will eat.

MAG- verbs

RNC: Magtutturo
NAG: Magtukdo
TAG: Magturo
Eng: To teach.

RNC: Nagtutturo sira.
NAG: Nagtukdo sinda.
TAG: Nagturo sila.
ENG: They taught.

RNC: Nagtututturo sira.
NAG: Nagtutukdo sinda.
TAG: Nagtuturo sila.
ENG: They are teaching.

RNC: Migtutturo sira.
NAG: Mátukdo sinda.
TAG: Magtuturo sila.
ENG: They will teach.

And some miscellany…

RNC: Isadto ya sa baloy namo.
NAG: Yaon siya duman sa harong mi.
TAG: Nandoon siya sa bahay namin.
ENG: He’s there at our house.

RNC: Ono ‘di?
NAG: Ano ini?
TAG: Ano ito?
ENG: What’s this?

RNC: Agko ka igin?
NAG: Igwa kang aki?
TAG: Mayroon ka bang anak?
ENG: Do you have any kids?

RNC: Migtrabawo a agom ko sa Maynila udma.
NAG: Mátrabaho an agom ko sa Maynila saaga.
TAG: Magtatrabaho ang asawa ko sa Maynila bukas.
ENG: My husband will work in Manila tomorrow.

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5 Responses to " Differences of Bicol Dialects "

  1. criscruz says:

    Pwede ba magpaturo ng Rinconada Bicol??? thanks for helping

  2. brian tracy says:

    diba nga ne une yung sa nag kumaon din dahil sa muya ang kain kaon

  3. aynon says:

    paturo po ng dialect nyo..kasi i have a report on thursday about bicol..so, i need to learn some of your dialect..thanks

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