Bikol/Where Are You From?

Contents • Grammar • Pronunciation • Diacritics • Alphabet • Greetings • Introducing Yourself • Where Are You From? • Telling Time • Inclusive and Exclusive We • Affirmation • Negation • This and That • Here and There • Adjectives • Interrogative Pronouns • Past and Future When • Personal Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns • Singular and Plural Nouns • Singular and Plural Verbs • Singular and Plural Adjectives • External Links

In this lesson we learn how to express where you live and where you come from. We will also see a few more common phrases for introductions.

Lesson 1: Tagasaen ka? - Where are you from?
Bikol	English
Kumusta! Tagasaen ka?	Hello! Where are you from?
Taga-Legazpi ako. Tagasaen ka man?	I'm from Legazpi. And you?
Taga-Hapon ako. Saro akong Hapones.	I'm from Japan. I'm Japanese.

Kumusta, means both hello and how are you?, the phrase kumusta ka na means more exclusively how are you?. You recognise the word ka, which stands for ika and means you. The new word na, means now.

Translation Exercise

Kumusta! Koreano ka?
Taga-Albay ka?
Saro akong Bikolano.
Tagasaen ako? Taga-Manila ako.
Tagasaen ka?

Exercise Answers
Hi! Are you Korean? Are you from Albay? I am a Bicolano. Where am I from? I'm from Manila. Where are you from?

Contents • Grammar • Pronunciation • Diacritics • Alphabet • Greetings • Introducing Yourself • Where Are You From? • Telling Time • Inclusive and Exclusive We • Affirmation • Negation • This and That • Here and There • Adjectives • Interrogative Pronouns • Past and Future When • Personal Pronouns • Possessive Pronouns • Singular and Plural Nouns • Singular and Plural Verbs • Singular and Plural Adjectives • External Links