Cebuano Grammar

The Cebuano grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Cebuano and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: ug	Under: ilawm
Before: wa pa	After: humana
Inside: sulod	Outside: gawas
With: uban	But: pero
For: para	From: gikan
To: inig	In: sa

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: unsa?	Who?: kinsa?
How?: giunsa?	Why?: nganu?
Where?: asa?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: dili jud	Rarely: panagsa
Sometimes: usahay	Usually: sa kanunay
Always: kanunay	Very: kaayo

Most commonly used pronouns in Cebuano:

I: ako	You: ikaw
He: siya	She: siya
We: kita	They: sila

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: Ako-a	Your: imuha
His: iyaha	Her: iyaha
Our: Ato-a	Their: ilaha

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: makasulti ko ug Ingles

You speak French: makasulti ka ug Prench

He speaks German: makasulti siya ug German

She speaks Italian: makasulti siya ug italiano

I visited France: nibisita ko sa Pransya

I will drink milk: muinom mi ug gatas

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: nakasabot ko nimu

I don't understand you: wa ko kasabot nimu

I don't speak French: di ko musulti ug French

This is my house: ako ni balay

That restaurant is far: kana nga kan-anan kay layo

No problem: way problema

The above Cebuano grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Cebuano vocabulary to obtain some popular Cebuano phrases.