Bikol/Adjectives
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Adjectives are words that describe a noun. Some English examples are: "happy", "tired", "beautiful", "young" and "fresh".
Most of adjectives in Bikol starts with the prefix ma-, like magayon which means beautiful, its rootword is gayon with means beauty.
The order of an adjective and a noun is interchangeable, it can be an adjective first then followed by a noun or a noun first before an adjective.
But remember:
- you must add the connector word na if the first word (maybe an adjective or noun) ends with a consonant (especially if the word ends in -n)
- if the suffix -ng if the first word (maybe an adjective or noun) ends with a vowel before being succeeded by the second word.
For example:
aking magayon o magayon na aki both mean beautiful child.
Magayon means beautiful and aki means child.
An adjective can be used as a predicate in a sentence. Most of the time, Bikol sentences start with the predicate before the subject, but you can also put the subject before the predicate.
For Example:
Maugma si Juan. (John is happy.)
Pobre si Juan pero maugma. (John is poor but happy.)
Kinds of Adjectives[edit | edit source]
Adjectives of Quality[edit | edit source]
1. Sarong maisog na babayi si Maria Makiling.
- Maria Makiling is a brave woman.
2. Mainiton kaidtong Sabado.
- It was hot last Saturday.
3. 'Honesto si Jose.
- Jose is an honest man.
4. Sarong dakulang syudad an Manila.
- Manila is a big city.
5. Sarong magayon na burak an Sampaguita.
- Jasmine is a beautiful flower.
5. Mabata an kwarto.
- The room is smelly.
- mabaho - smelly
- kwarto - room
6. Mahamot an pahamot.
- The perfume smells good.
- mahamot - fragrant
- pahamot - perfume
Adjectives of Quantity[edit | edit source]
1. Dakul na kakanon an natada.
- There are many food left.
- dakul - many
- kakanon - Food
- natada - left
Adjectives of Number[edit | edit source]
1. Dakulon na tawo an nag-atendir sa pasale.
- There were many people that went to the concert/show.
- dakul - many
- tawo - people
- nag-atendir - visited
- pasale - show
Demonstrative Adjectives[edit | edit source]
1. Sakuya an kabayong ini.
- This horse is mine.
- kabayo - horse
- ini - this/these
- sakuya - mine
2. Saimo an kabayong iyan.
- That horse is yours.
- iyan - that
- saimo - yours
3. Masiram an mga mansanas na ini.
- These apples are delicious.
- masiram - delicious
- mga mansanas - apples
- ini - these/this
Useful Adjectives[edit | edit source]
| Word | Antonym |
|---|---|
| marhay - good | maraot - bad |
| tama - right | sala - wrong |
| mayaman - rich | tios - poor |
| magayon - beautiful | makanos - ugly |
| malinig - clean | maati - dirty |
| mainit - hot | malipot - cold |
| magabat - heavy | magian - light |
| swerte - lucky | malas - unlucky |
| aki - young | gurang - old |
| dakul - many | diit - few |
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