A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan - iTeX translation reports

... Mau pay kisì, ímu pung iuran ug sígi, nadúnut, It
was already torn. You kept wearing it, so it was ruined.
{3d1} mau y [verb, adj.] ... mau y [verb, adj.]
he [did, does] and yet dared, dares to do [so-and-so] in
addition. Mau pay sad-an mau pay mangísug, He is
at fault, but he dares to get mad. Mau pay nangáyù
mau pay mipílì, He is asking the favor and yet he is
choosy. {4} [subject] is still in a group with other
things mentioned. Ang íhu isdà. Isdà pa ba ang pági?
Sharks are fish; are rays also considered fish? {4a}
málu nà thats not so bad, is it? Sígi málu pa nà ug
makadiyis ka, Go ahead. If you make ten bucks on it,
that aint bad. {5} in comparisons: even more. Gwápa
pa ka kang Maríya, You are more beautiful than Mary.
{5a} [adj.] pay [subject] [subject] is more [adj.] than
... Lamì pay lamaw niíni, This is worse than garbage.
(Lit. Garbage is more delicious than this.) Lisud pay
magkaug mani, Its harder to eat peanuts than do this.
{6} in quotations, preceded by gen.: [gen.] said. Ug
mau tu ang nahitabù, níya pa, And that is all what
happened, he said. {6a} mátud [gen.] [gen.] says,
said. Mátud pa níla aku dílì ángay, They say I am not
worthy. {6b} siya he said. Kay na, siya pa, unsáun
man nákù? Well, said he, what can I do? {6c} sa
átù in other words. Aw, sa átù pa diyis ákung ibáyad
nímu, Oh, in other words, ten is what I pay you. {7}
with the apodosis of a condition contrary to fact. Ug
walà pa nímu kawáta, ngánung náa man nà nímu? If
you hadnt stolen it, why do you have it? {7a} [noun]
y [noun, pronoun, adj.] if [noun] were [noun, pronoun,
adj.]. Aku pay Huwan, If I were John. Aku pay ikaw
(aku pa nímu), If I were you. Aku pay dátù, If I were
rich. Aku pa nímu, níya, If I were you, him. Kami
pa ninyu, níla, If we were you, them. {7b} [predicate]
y ímu! [so-and-so] is stupendous in quantity, quality
(lit. if you could only see [such-and-such]). Mais pay
ímu, sus kadaghan! If you could only see my corn. My!
Theres a lot. Si Pidru pay ímu, káun giyud tug irù,
Believe me, Pedro will eat dog meat, and how! {7b1}
[noun] y ákù I never thought [so-and-so] was what he
was. Si Pidru pay ákù may kirída diay nà siya, I never
thought it was possible, but Pedro has a mistress. {7c}
lámang see lámang, 4b, c. {7d} agad, maáyu it would
be, would have been better if, it would have been good.
Maáyu (agad) pa untà ug átung napintálan ang kahun
úsà gawía, It would have been better if we had painted
the box before we used it. Agad (maáyu) pa ug magtuun
ka kay sa magkantakanta, You would do better
to study than just sit around singing. {7e} hináut,
básin, básun I hope that. Hináut pang dílì muulan, I
hope it wont rain. {8} modifying a phrase referring to
time: [so-and-so] recently happened, wont happen until
... Dílì madala ug bálik ugmà, Huybis pa, I cannot
bring it back tomorrow. Not until Thursday. Bag-u