All About Directions

All About Directions

1.    Excuse me, pwede ko mangutana?

  Excuse me, can I ask something?

Can – Pwede

I - ko

Ask – mangutana

Usual answer: Unsa man?

                          What is it?

What – unsa

Is it – man

2.    Asa ang ______?

Where is the _____?

Where – asa

The – ang

Riding a Taxi

Asa ta?

Where to?

Where – Asa

Ta is a short cut to “kita” means “us”

Common answer:

Adto ta sa ______.

Let’s go to______.

Adto – to go

Ta (kita) – us

Sa – to

Examples:

Adto ta sa Marriott Hotel

Adto ta sa Ayala Center

Adto ta sa Shangri-la

Vocabulary:

Go straight – diretso (diretcho) is a Spanish word

Turn right – liko sa tuo Spanish term: dimano

    Turn – liko

    Right – tuo

    Left - wala

Turn left – liko sa wala  Spanish term: diselya

Go up – saka

Go down – naug

Turn back – talikod

At the side – sa kilid

    Side – kilid

    At the – sa

Just around the corner – naa ra sa eskina

     Corner – eskina (Spanish word)

     Just – ra

     Just around the – naa ra

      “naa” is “have” in English.

      “naa ra” mean “here it is” or can be use when talking about location

        For example: Naa ra ko sa library – I am just at the library

                              Naa ra sa eskina – just at the corner or around the corner

Far – layo

Near – duol

To cross – tabok

In between – tunga

Across/ other side – atbang

To go to a certain place:

Unsaon pag-adto sa ____?

How to go to ____?

Sample directions:

Sakay ug jeepney #13C unya naug sa HSBC Ayala Business Park unya tabok sa atbang.

Ride a jeepney #13C then alight at HSBC Ayala Business Park then cross to the other side

Sakay – ride

Ug – connecting word like “a”

Unya – then

Naug – to alight

Sa – at, in, of, with, on

Tabok – cross

Atbang – other side