SAMPLE SENTENCE STRUCTURES
- Existential
Bicol: Igwang aki.
English: There’s a child.
2. Declarative
Bicol: Naghibi su aki.
English: The child cried.
3. Yes/No Question
Bicol: Naghibi ba su aki?
English: Did the child cry?
3. WH- Question
Bicol: Siyay su naghibi?
English: Who cried?
4. Transitive Sentence
Bicol: Nagkakan ng pamanggihan su aki.
English: The child ate dinner.
5. Intransitive Sentence
Bicol: Naghilang su aki.
English: The child got sick. / The child was sick.
6. Sentence with a prepositional phrase
Bicol: Nagkakan ng pamanggihan su aki sa satuyang harong.
English: The child ate dinner at our house.