the answer?)
Answer.—“Oo guincoan co na gad” (Yes I already have).
Q.—¿Háin an basahón? (Where is the book?)
A.—Inin ... aadto ada ha ac solód (why ... I guess it is in my
room)
Q.—Mapiráu, ¿ano in bubuhaton co? (I am sleepy, what shall I do?)
A.—Ada ... catúrog (Why ... to sleep).
POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE, AND SUPERLATIVE.
As in other languages, there are three degrees for adjectives, also
used for substantives in Bisayan. These degrees are positive,
comparative and superlative.
Nothing particular needs be observed about the positive degree, except
what is mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs:
The comparatives are formed exactly in the same way as the figuratives
[45], the number of syllables being disregarded, as if all has more
than two syllables.
from hatáas (high), harohataás (higher),
,, hobóg (intoxicated), horohobóg (more intoxicated),
,, táuo (man), tarotauó (more of a man).
In the formation of adjectives prefixed with ma, this particle is
preferably disregarded, as if such particle did not exist, as
from maópay (good), maoroopáy (better)
,, magbuság (white), maboroboság (whiter), etc.
There is another form of comparative consisting in the use of the
combined particles labi (more) and ca, as
labí ca maopay (better),
labí ca mabusag (whiter).
This last form is sometimes used for superlatives.
The superlatives are of three classes:
Those which do not admit any comparison, and which we call absolute or
supreme superlatives, as
guimaopáyi (the best of all);
those which are not so absolute, and which we call ordinary
superlative, as,
capín ca maópay }
maopay nga capín } (very good);
maopay hin sogóng̃ [46] }
and those which convey the idea of excess, and which we call excessive
superlatives, as
uraúra [47] ca maópay } (to good).
maópay ng̃a uraúra }
As is seen from the preceding examples, the supreme supertive is formed
by adding to the beginning of the primitive the prefix gui and by
appending to said primitive the affíx i. The first syllable of the
primitive may be doubled as use permits. As,
from hatáas (high, tall), guihataási, or (the highest)
guihahataasi
táuo (man), guitáu’i (a true and
perfect man).
The first form is also adopted for the substantives to show the highest
degree of identity as in this phrase:
An guiaamáyi mo gud an natauág ha imo
(It is your very father who calls you).
The ordinary superlative is formed with the particles capin ca or labí
ca placed before the primitive, or with the particles caópay, ng̃a
capin, or hin sogong̃ put after the primitive. As,
from mabido (sorry)
capín ca mabidò }
labí ca mabidò }
mabidò caopay } (very sorry)
mabidò ng̃a capín }
mabidò hin sogóng̃ }
Some of the adjectives formed with particle ma, have another form for
ordinary superlative, in doubling their root and disregarding the
prefix ma, as from “masiróm” (dark), “masiromsiróm” [48] (very dark).
The excessive superlative is formed with the particle uraúra ca placed
before the primitive, or the particle ng̃a uraúra located after the
root. As,
from maasín (salty)
uraúra ca maasín } (excessively salty)
maasín ng̃a uraúra }
The idea of the excessive superlative is also expressed sometimes with
the particles “lapás ca” (excessively), or with the phrase “dirí sonô
hin ca” or “dirì socól hin ca” (out of measure), placed before the
primitive, as
lapás ca maasín
dirì sonô hin ca maasín
dirì socól hin ca maasín.
NOTE.—The particles “labi” and “capin” take sometimes the affix an, as
from mahúsay (orderly, beautiful),
labínan ca mahúsay (very beautiful);
from masáquit (painful),
masáquit ng̃a capínan (very painful).
CARDINAL, ORDINAL, PARTITIVE, AND DISTRIBUTIVE.
The cardinal adjectives are the following:
usá, contracted us, (one)
duhá (two)
tuló (three)
upát (four)
limá (five)
unóm (six)
pitó (seven)
ualó (eight)
siyám (nine)
napulò [49] (ten)
napulo cag [50] usá (eleven).
caruhaán [51] (twenty)
catloán (thirty)
cap’atán (forty)
calim’an (fifty)
caúnman (sixty)
capitoán (seventy)
caualoán (eighty)
casiyamán (ninety)
usá ca gatós (one hundred)
duhá ca gatós (two hundred)
usá ca yocót (one thousand)
usá ca ríbo [52] (ten thousand)
usá cagatós ca ribo (one million), etc.
As it is noticed above, the cardinals are formed by the preposition
“cag” (and), the prefix “ca” (which means collection) and the affix
“an”, added to the primitives “usá, duhá, tuló, upáo, lima, unóm, pitó,
ualó, siyám, napulo, gatós, yocót, ribo”, the phonetical reasons being
taken in consideration. Thus we say:
caruhaán, not caduhaán,
catloan, not catuloán,
cap’atán not caupatán,
calim’an not calimahán,
caúnman, not caunoman.
The word “usa” is frequently contracted, especially in familiar
language, by the supression of the last vowel. Thus:
us ca gatos }
us ca yocót } instead of “usá” ca etc.
us ca ribo }
In reading the numbers, the English way is followed, the particles “uga
may” being sometimes employed especially in cases of large amounts.
Thus, to read this number
987654321,
we would say:
“Casiyamán cag ualó cayocót, pitó cagatós caúnman cag limá caribo,
ng̃a may upát ca yocót, tuló ca gatós caruhaán cag usá.”
NOTE—In Bisayan, there is no word corresponding to the English zero
(0). However, its figure is used in Bisayan. It is suggested that the
word “lung̃ág” (empty), or “uaráy” (nothing) be adopted as corresponding
to the word “zero” which is derived from modern Latin zephiram from
Arabic cafrun, cifrun or sefer (empty).
The ordinals are formed by employing the particles “ica” (which bears
the idea of order), placed before the cardinal. As
ica usá,
ica napulò
ica calim’an
ica upat ca gatós
ica siyam ca yucót
icá pito ca ribo.
The ordinal of usa has also simple forms, as siyahan, siyapá, and
frequently admits the particle icag instead of ica, as icag usá.
The partitives have exactly the same form, as the ordinals, except in
that the ordinals cag usa, siyahan and siyapá are never used as
partitives; and that there is the form tung̃â and its variants catung̃â,
tung̃â or catung̃â hin or ng̃a (half), employed instead of icaduhà.
The phrase ca bahín (part) is frequently used in the partitives to
avoid confusion. Thus
an icaupát ca bahín (the fourth part)
The particle ica is sometimes contracted into caas “catung̃a” (half),
“cauróg” (most).
The distributives are formed by adding to the cardinals the particle
tag (which conveys the idea of distribution). As
tag dúha (two, each)
tag caualóan (eighty, each)
tag yúcot (thousand, each)
When the distributive bears the meaning of portion, the particle iquina
is combined with tag. As
iquina tag duha (each two), etc.
COLLECTIVE
The collective nouns are formed by adding at the beginning of the
primitive the prefix ca (which bears the idea of collection or reunion)
and the affix an. As,
from bata (boy or girl), cabatáan (reunion of boys or girls)
táuo (person), catauóhan (reunion of persons).
duhá (two), caruhaán (twenty).
These forms are very frequently used to make the plural of the nouns,
as of the singular batá we make the plural.
mga batà or cabataan.
NOTE—The particle ca is also employed to express abstract ideas, as
from buság (white color), mabuság (white), camabuság (whiteness)
The particle pag is sometimes added at the beginning of the particle,
as
pagcamabuság (whiteness).
The collectives take also the form of the figuratives with or without
the particles ca and an, as the use may permit, as
caborobong̃tóhan,
borobóng̃to.
NOTE.—There is another class of nouns which may be called depreciative.
They are limited in number. The following belong to such class:
for batà (child),
nagbobóto (a being born thru an explosion)
lumátud (person of big abdomen)
lugtuc, [53]
motatô [54]
motó, from botó (report of a gun, explosion);
for anác (son or daughter)
nahólbot (past participle of “hólbot” to pull out of a hole);
for baba (mouth)
nasárag (of “sárag” to put something in the mouth);
for camót (hand)
camrauón (from “cámram”, what an eagle does with its fingers);
for tiil (foot)
sincádol [55] etc.
There are despectives derived from their primitives, as,
for húbya (lazy), “húbsac” [56]
The variations to which the Bisayan names are subject, are: gender,
number, and cases.
GENDER.
The gender is scarcely regarded. We have however for few nouns the
natural and grammatical genders.
Examples of natural gender:
MASCULINE FEMININE
laláqui (male person) babaye (woman)
lalaquí (male not person) babayé (female not person)
amay (father) iróy (mother)
bána (husband) asáua (wife)
bata (uncle) dadâ (aunt)
baylo (brother in law) hipág (sister in law), etc.
Examples of gramatical gender:
MASCULINE FEMININE
dudoy [57] duday
tutoy tutay
idoy iday
intoy inday
mano mana
manoy manáy
manong manang [58]
tío tía [59], etc.
NUMBER
The plural is determined by the particle mga or by those for
collectives as formerly seen [60], or by the interfix g among the
adjectives. Examples:
of táuo (man) “mg̃a táuo,” or “catauóhan” (men),
of dacò (large), dagcò (large, plural).
of matam-is (sweet), magtam-is (sweet, plural),
of hatáas (high), hagtáas (high, plural).
When the noun is preceded by numeral adjectives, the singular keeps its
form, as
usá ca táuo (one man), napulò ca tauo (ten men),
usá ng̃a baláy (one house), calim’an ng̃a baláy (fifty houses).
Some adjectives do not admit the interfix g, for euphonical reason, as
of hubyà (lazy), mg̃a hubya, not húgbyà, etc.
CASE.
There is no inflection for Bisayan nouns to distinguish their different
cases, as in Greek and Latin. The cases are determined by the
prepositions and by variable parts of speech preceding the noun.
IMPORTANT OBSERVATION.
There are great many Bisayan nouns composed of the same letters, but
which have different meanings according to the accent they bear. Of
these are the following:
anáy (she-hog), ánay (before)
apó (grandson or ápò (a thing fully
grand-daughter), introduced)
áyao (distributive ayáo (no, imperative)
possession),
bábà (mouth), babá (to carry a thing on
the back)
babáye (woman), babayé (female not person)
baga (red-hot coal or bága (lung), bagá (like)
wood),
bálay (turn), baláy (house)
bálod (a kind of dove), balód (wave)
bálos (return), balós (revenge)
bánus (abundant, thick), banús (to scrub)
bárang̃ (an amulet), baráng (knot)
bayáo (brother-in-law), báyao (to lift up)
bucád (flower), búcad (to dig up)
búhat (work), buhát (to raise)
buhi (alive), buhi (losse)
buláo (yellow), búlao (to provoke a stranger)
búrong [61] (fog), buróng (to throw)
busà (reprimand), búsà (therefore)
cóbal (thread), cobál (corn, callosity)
comót (sinked), cómot (quick)
dósol (pain of the dosól (despective form of
stomack), “cáon”, to eat)
hóron (to pass the night), horón (farm)
igo, (just), igô (to be hit)
lága (flame), lagà (cooked)
láya (a net for fishing), layà (to wither), layâ
(withered)
laláqui (man), lalaquí (male, not person)
látos (reaching, latós (to whip)
overtaking),
lúya (weakness), luyà (lime), luyâ
(restlessness), luy-a
(ginger)
muláy (play), múlay (to teach)
obós (low), óbos (to exhaust)
usá or usâ (one), úsa (to marvel)
úpa (reward), upá (rice chaff)
pátag (plane), patág (a kind of basket)
píli (a tree so called), pilì (to select)
pálad (palm), palád (a fish)
pusò (flower of banana), pusô (rice especially
cooked)
pusâ (pounded), pusà (to wash the feet)
púto (a dainty so called), pútò (partition), putó (last
son or daughter)
sábot (agreement), sabót (filement or to
understand)
sácay, (passenger or sacáy (to embark)
companion on a boat),
sócot (frequent), socót (to collect)
súso (teat), susò (thickset), susô (a
mollusk so called)
tíao (joke), tiáo (maniac)
tíma (finished), timá (uneven)
túba (a plant so called), tubâ (wine from cocoanut or
nipa)
tubó (sugar-cane), túbò (to grow), etc.
TRANSPOSITION OF ACCENTS.
The accent of a word frequently changes its place upon its
transformation.
In the diminutives formed by repetition of the root or by the affix ay,
the acute accent is always placed upon the penult. As
from baláy, balaybálay
,, saróual, sarouálay
,, balóto, balotóhay.
The grave accent of the root is preserved; and its angular accent
becomes grave, which is preserved in its repetition. As
from dacò, dacòdácò
,, bohô (hole), bohòbóhò (little hole).
When the primitive has the acute accent on its penult, said accent is
transferred to the last syllable of the original primitive, the
repeated primitive following the preceding rules. As.
from dáhon, dahóndáhon
,, cáhoy, cahoycáhoy
,, halípot, halipótay
,, maópáy, maopay-ópay
,, hatáas, hataastáas
In the figuratives, the same rules are followed; and when the interfix
ro is employed, the primitive generally loses its acute accent which is
placed upon the penult of the figurative. As
from sacayán, sarosacáyan.
In the verbal nouns, it is a general rule that when the verb root has
its acute accent on its penult, its verbals have said accent trasplaced
to their last syllables, and viceversa, as
from sarát, (to write), from bása (to read)
parasúrat parabasá
tigsúrat tigbasá
magsusúrat magbarasá
susurátan barasahán
susuráton barasahón
masúrat mabasá
isusúrat, ibarasá;
except when the transformative particle is ma meaning desirableness, in
which case the acute accent is always on the last syllable; and also in
case of the particle hi, where the accent is always put on the penult.
As
masuratsurát,
himása.
In case where the penult, of the verb root is necessarily long, as when
its vowel is followed by more than one consonant, and when the last
syllable of the root is pronounced independently from the consonant or
consonants preceding it, then the original acute accent of the root is
preserved on the penult of the verbal. As
from cánhi (to come), dól-ong (to bear, to accompany)
paracánhi paradól-ong
tigcánhi tigdól-ong
cumaránhi domoról-ong
caranhían dorol-óngan
caranhíon dorol-óngon
macanhíon madol-óngon
icaránhi idoról-ong
hang̃aránhi hinonól-ong
In the derivatives, when the accent is on the penult of the primitive,
it is also placed on the penult of the derivative; and when the accent
is on the last syllable of the primitive, it is also put on the last
syllable of the derivative, as
from áram, maáram
bayáu, mabaráyau
púsod, himósod
búua, buuáon
tubác, tubacón.
It must be noted that we refer to the acute accent. It sometimes
happens that the last syllable of the primitive has angular accent, in
which case such accent is discomposed, the grave being kept and the
acute being transposed to the penult of the derivative, as
from salâ, saláan,
where the a of the penult really bears two accents, angular and grave,
the angular not being employed for the reason that is it not necessary,
as the last two aa are pronounced separately [62], and because it is
not proper, as the angular accent is only used at the endings of the
words. [63]
In the derivatives formed with taga, or tag, or maqui the accent of the
root is not changed. As
from bódo, (salted fish), tagabódo
baláy (house), tagbaláy
calámay (dark sugar) maquicalámay
The comparatives formed with, the interfix ro, have always the accent
on the last syllable no matter where it was in the primitive. As
from halábà (long), harohalabâ
uguis (white), urouguís.
The superlatives formed with the prefix gui and the affix i always have
the accent on the penult, without regarding where it was in the
primitive. As
from halárum (deep), guihahalarúmi
matahúm (beautiful), guimamatahúmi
The collectives follow the way in which their primitives are accented,
so, if their, primitives have the accent on the penult, they have it on
the penult, and when the primitives have the accent on the last
syllable they also have it on their last syllables. As
from bátà (child), cabatáan
baláy (house), cabalayán.
It must be observed also that there are nouns which, thru phonetical
variations, have more than one forms. Of such words are the following:
báchò, bíchò (groaning)
bándoc, búndac (kick)
guipic, guipác (broken)
guisî, gusî, quisî, cusî (sagged)
Panalaron, Palanaron, Planaron (one of the suburbs of
the town of Tacloban), [64]
piló, lopí (fold)
quíróg, coróg (trembling)
quirógpos, corógpos (surtout)
sitsit, sutsut (whistle)
taclap, taplac (blanket), etc.
There are also words composed of the same letters but sounding
differently and having different meanings thereby, on account of the
separation with which some of their syllables are pronounced. As
bágo (a tree), bag-o (new)
lauay (saliva), lau-ay (repugnance)
tagóc (resin), tág-oc (inarticulate voice).
bágang (an insect), bág-ang (grinder)
bútol (bulky), bút-ol (throat)
bulánon (moony), bul’ánon (from Bohol), etc.
PRONOUNS
There are four classes: personal, demonstrative, possessive, and
relative.
PERSONAL.
They are the following:
SINGULAR PLURAL
Acó (I) Quitá, camí (we) [65]
Icáo, ca, [66] (thou, you) Camó (you)
Hiyá, or siyá [67] (he or she) Hirá, or sirá (they)
DECLENSION
The cases are four; nominative, genitive, objective, and vocative.
First person.—Singular.
Nominative.— Acó (I)
Genitive.— Nácon, [68] ácon, co (of, by me)
Objective.— Ha ácon, dácon [69] (to, for, in, at, on, upon, over,
under, etc. me)
Plural.
Nominative,— Camí—quitá. [70] (we)
Genitive.— Nímon, ámon—aaton, aton, ta (of, by us)
Objective.— Ha ámon, dámon—ha áton, dáton (to, for, etc. us)
Second person.—Singular.
Nominative.— Icáo, ca (thou, you)
Genitive.— Nimo, imo, mo (of, by thee, or you)
Objective.— Ha imo, dimo (to, for, etc. thee, or you)
Vocative.— Icao (thou, or you)
Plural.
Nominative.— Camó (you)
Genitive.— Niyo, iyo (of, by you)
Objective.— Ha iyo, díyo (to, for, etc. you)
Vocative.— Camó (you)
Third person—Singular.
Nominative.— Hiyá (he, or she)
Genitive.— Niya, iya (of, by him, or her)
Objective.— Ha iya, díya (to, for, etc. him or her)
Vocative— Hiyá (He, or she).
Plural.
Nominative— Hirá (They)
Genitive— Nira, ira (of, by them)
Objective— Ha ira, dira (to, for etc., them)
Vocative— Hirá (they).
DEMONSTRATIVE.
They have the same forms both for the singular and plural, as follows:
adí (this, these, nearer to the speaker than to the listener)
ini (this, these)
itó (that, those, nearer to the speaker than to the listener,
corresponding to the Spanish “ese, esa, eso, esos, esas”)
adto (that, those, far from both the speaker and the listener, and
corresponding to the Spanish “aquel, aquella, aquellos,
aquellas”).
When used before the nouns, they have the particle nga after them; said
particle being frequently contracted with the pronun. As
adí ng̃a, contracted adín,
iní ng̃a, contracted inín,
itó ng̃a, contracted itón,
ádto ng̃a, contracted ádton.
The form itón sometimes takes again the particle ng̃a. So it is said
itón ng̃a batâ (that boy or girl).
Adí, adto in some places have their variants yadi, yadto.
In plural, the particle mga is placed after the preceding combinations;
They have two cases: subjective and objective.
DECLENSION.
Adí.—Singular
Subjective— Adí, adí ng̃a, adín (this)
Objective— Hadí, hadí ng̃a, hadín, or hadin mg̃a (of, etc. this)
Plural.
Subjective— Adí, adi ng̃a mg̃a, adín mg̃a (these)
Objective— Hadí, hadi ng̃a mg̃a, hadín, or (of, etc., these).
hadin mg̃a
Iní.—Singular
Subjective— Iní, iní ng̃a, inín (this)
Objective— Hiní, hiní ng̃a, hinín (of, etc., this)
Plural.
Subjective— Iní, ini ng̃a mg̃a, inín mg̃a (these)
Objective,— Hiní, hini ng̃a mg̃a, hinin mg̃a (of, etc., these).
Itó.—Singular.
Subjective.— Itó, itó ng̃a, itón, itón ng̃a (that)
Objective— Hitó, hitó ng̃a, hitón, hitón, ng̃a (of, etc. that)
Plural.
Subjective.— Itó, itó ng̃a mg̃a, itón mg̃a, itón (those)
ng̃a mg̃a
Objective.— Hitó, hitó ng̃a mg̃a, hitón mg̃a, (of, etc., those)
hitón ng̃a mg̃a
Adto.—Singular.
Subjective.— Adto, adto ng̃a, adton (that)
Objective.— Hadto, hadto ng̃a, hadton (of, etc., that)
Plural.
Subjective.— Adto, adto ng̃a mg̃a, adton mg̃a (those)
Objective.— Hadto, hadto ng̃a mg̃a, hadton mg̃a (of, etc., those)
The forms adton and hadton are frequently used instead of itón, hitón
when the object referred to is very close to the listener. Itón is
sometimes replaced by the forms hadto and haton. Examples:
mopáy adtón hiní (that one is better than this)
condî darodacô iní hadton (but this is larger than that)
say co hatón (I prefer that one).
POSSESSIVE.
They are the following:
SINGULAR PLURAL
acon, co (my, mine) aton, ta, amon (our, ours)
imo, mo (thy, thine, your, yours) iyo (your, yours)
iya (his or her) ira (their)
The forms co, mo, ta are used only after the nouns.
The same distinction exists between aton and amon, as between quitá and
camí. [71]
They have also two cases: subjective, and objective.
DECLENSION.
Acon.—Singular.
Subjective.— Acon, co (my, mine)
Objective.— Ha acon, han acon (of, etc., my)
Plural.
Subjective.— Aton, ta, amon (our, ours)
Objective.— Ha aton, han aton, ha amon, han amon (of, etc., our)
Imo.—Singular.
Subjective.— Imo, mo (thy, thine, your, yours)
Objective.— Ha imo, han imo (of, etc., your, thy)
Plural.
Subjective.— Iyo (your, yours)
Objective.— Ha iyo, han iyo (of, etc., your)
Iya—Singular.
Subjective— Iya (his, her, hers)
Objective.— Ha iya, han iya (of, etc., his, her)
Plural.
Subjective.— Ira (their)
Objective.— Ha ira, han ira (of, etc., their)
These plurals refer to the subjects possessing. The plural referring to
the objects possessed, is formed in each case by using the particle
mg̃a, as
Acon mg̃a cabogtóan (my brothers or sisters)
Iyo mg̃a láuas (your bodies)
Ira mg̃a cabalayán (their houses)
RELATIVE
They are as follows:
Ng̃a (that, which)
anó (what)
bisan anó (whatever)
hín’o or sin’o [72] (who)
bisan hin’o or bisan sin’o (whoever)
háin (which)
bisan háin (whichever)
These pronouns, except hin’o and bisan hin’o have no inflection for
cases.
NG̃A.
This relative always refers to the subject of the verb. It never
relates to the complement. So the sentence:
“the house that Peter builds is big”,
cannot be translated literally into Bisayan. It is expressed by passive
voice. Thus:
“an baláy ng̃a guintitindog ni Pedro, dacô”;
literally “the house that is being built by Peter is big”, And this:
“the book which you gave me yesterday”
is translated:
“an basahón ng̃a ihinátag mo ha acon cacolóp”;
literally “the book which was given by you to me yesterday”
This pronoun is indispensable when a substantive is qualified by an
adjective, as
maópay ng̃a táuo (good man,) not maúpay táuo,
bucad ng̃a mahamót (fragrant flower) not bucád mahamot [73]
It differs from the conjunction ng̃a (that) in that the pronoun always
refers to a noun, never to a verb.
NOTE.—This particle ng̃a expresses in some instances the idea of
“saying,” “question,” “answer,” etc., as when we say:
Ng̃a ni Pedro: “tágui acó hin salapí.” Dáyon batón ni Juan, ng̃a
niya: “uaray co salapí.”
Peter said: “give me money.” John immediately replied by saying: “I
have no money.”
Pacanhía hi Guillermo. Ng̃a natón [74] “guinquiquína hang̃lan ca
didto.”
Make Guillermo come. Tell him: “you are needed there.”
When applied to the third person it is frequently combined with the
particle laóng̃ as:
Násiring̃ hi Pedro, ng̃alaóng̃: “magtotoón aco.”
Peter said: “I shall study”.
This special idea conveyed by the word ng̃a seems to show in other
instances in the Bisayan tongue, as when it is said depreciatively:
¡Ca damò hin im ng̃ang̃a!
How many things you ask or talk!
where the doubled ng̃a means request or talking.
ANÓ.
This pronoun has the same use as the English what, except when the
latter is used as an objective relative, in which case the said English
pronoun is translated by the article an. As when it is said:
“What you need is patience, not science,” which is translated:
An guinquiquinahang̃lan mo an pag-ílob, dirì hibaró.
BISAN ANÓ.
Bisan ano means “anything” or “whatever.” Examples:
Whatever you do I’ll know it.
Bisan ano in buháton mo, hisasabotán co.
Give me anything eatable.
Tágui aco hin bisan anó ng̃a hacaraón.
It is frequently replaced by ano lâ, or anoano lâ. Ex.:
Anything you may desire, I’ll give you.
Ano lâ ng̃a caruyágon mo, ihahatag co ha imo.
You wish to see everything.