BL4: Days of the Week

               Bismillah. This is the 4th Bonus lesson for “Tausug 101: Learning Bahasa Sug” by Anak Iluh. For lists of lessons, please go to: Lists of Lessons.

                Alhamdulillah, after yet another long time of no updates in this blog, we finally managed to come back. Alive. No, the lectures in Tausug 101 have not yet ended. There are still a lot of wonderful things to be learned in Bahasa Sug. We are just—how do we say this—preparing, to improve our lessons in shaa Allah. We know that our readers are already itching for the next lessons to be published. So today, we have prepared a short bonus lesson for our readers: The days of the Week.

The Days of the Week

               There are seven days of a week (of course). And because the Tausugs are among the Muslims, we also follow the Hijrah Calendar and thus the Arabic version of the “months” and “days” as well. We will not talk about the Hijrah Months coz it would take us another lesson (and another title than above); we will just talk about the names of the “days” in Bahasa Sug and other “things” that are indirectly or directly related to them.

               Adlaw is the equivalent of the English word “Day”. And Duwm, on the other hand is the equivalent of “Night”. Other terms that we must learn by heart are:

Bahasa Sug	English
Adlaw	Day
Duwm	Night
Biháun	Today
Káhapun	Yesterday
Ta’kisa	The day before yesterday
Kunsuwm	Tomorrow
Ku’nisa	The day after tomorrow (No, not the Movie.)
Duwm ini	Tonight
Kábii	Last night
Mahinaat/Maynaat	Morning
Mahapun	Afternoon
Mataas Suga	Noon
Tungaan Duwm	Midnight
Hangka pitu	A week

                Learning the terms above will make you an expert in learning the days and nights of Bahasa Sug. The names of the seven days in the week are as follows:

Ngán sin manga adlaw ha lawn sin hangka pitu

(Names of the days in a week)

Bahasa Sug	English
Ahad	Sunday
Isnin	Monday
Salása	Tuesday
Albaa	Wednesday
Hammis	Thursday
Jumaat	Friday
Sabtu’	Saturday

*Note: There are no nursery-songs for these names. Feel free to make your own.

                Now let us put those terms we just learned into applications. Here are the common statements using the “days” of the week:

Numbers 100 to 1000 and beyond!

              Bismillah. This is the 3rd Bonus lesson for “Tausug 101: Learning Bahasa Sug” by Anak Iluh. For lists of lessons, please go to: Lists of Lessons.

[Update! Don't forget to watch the video at the end of this post! There is also a playable audio and a downloadable mp3 file for this! Salam kasilasa! -T101 team]

             Last time we have introduced the Tausug Numbers and the rules in naming numbers from 1-99. Now, we will go higher up the ladder and talk about naming numbers from 100 to 1000 and beyond! Sounds numerous to learn…

            Let us start by introducing the names of the Hundreds and the Thousands.

THE HUNDREDS (Gatusan)

One Hundred (100)	Hanggatus
Two Hundred (200)	Duwanggatus
Three Hundred (300)	Tuwnggatus
Four Hundred (400)	Upat ngagatus
Five Hundred (500)	Limanggatus
Six Hundred (600)	Unum ngagatus
Seven Hundred (700)	Pitunggatus
Eight Hundred (800)	Walunggatus
Nine Hundred (900)	Siyam ngagatus

(Note that Hundreds in Tausug always end with –nggatus or –ngagatus. Listen to the audio files for the proper pronunciations. Keep practicing on these terms.)

THE THOUSANDS (Ibuhan)

One Thousand (1000)	Ha’ngibu or Hangibu
Two Thousand (2000)	Duwa ngaibu
Three Thousand (3000)	Tuw ngaibu
Four Thousand (4000)	Upat ngaibu
Five Thousand (5000)	Lima ngaibu
Six Thousand (6000)	Unum ngaibu
Seven Thousand (7000)	Pitu ngaibu
Eight Thousand (8000)	Walu ngaibu
Nine Thousand (9000)	Siyam ngaibu

(Note that Thousands in Tausug always end with –ngaibu. Listen to the audio files for the proper pronunciations. Keep practicing on these terms.)

Okay…The Tausug Numbers from 100 to 1000 above are really exhausting to pronounce at first try. Just like the other lessons we had, it all takes practice to master them all. Just remember that –gatus is for “Hundreds” and –ibu or –ngaibu is for “Thousands”. The rules in counting them is either EASIER or HARDER, depending on how we look at it.

Counting numbers 100-1000

Counting Numbers 1-99 (Umbulan)

              Assalamu Alaykum. This is the 2nd Bonus lesson for “Tausug 101: Learning Bahasa Sug” by Anak Iluh. For lists of lessons, please go to: Lists of Lessons.

[Update! Don't forget to watch the video at the end of this post! There is also a playable audio and a downloadable mp3 file for this! Salam kasilasa! -T101 team]

              Counting numbers in Bahasa Sug is as easy as 1-2-3! :-) We’ll start with the names of numbers 1-10 and also the other groups of tens (20, 30, 40, and so on). And then we’ll talk about the rules in naming numbers. (listen to the audio file for this lesson, download link provided below)

Numbers 1 to 10

One (1)	Isa (Hambuuk*)
Two (2)	Duwa
Three (3)	Tuw
Four (4)	Upat
Five (5)	Lima
Six (6)	Unum
Seven (7)	Pitu
Eight (8)	Walu
Nine (9)	Siyam
Ten (10)	Hangpu’

The Group of Tens

Twenty (20)	Kawhaan or Kawaan
Thirty (30)	Katluan
Forty (40)	Ka’patan
Fifty (50)	Kay’man
Sixty (60)	Ka’numan
Seventy (70)	Kapituhan
Eighty (80)	Kawaluhan
Ninety (90)	Kasiyáman
One Hudred (100)	Hanggatus

Here are the rules in naming:

Asking Questions (Pangasubu)

               Bismillah. This is the 1st Bonus lesson for “Tausug 101: Learning Bahasa Sug” by Anak Iluh. For lists of lessons, please go to: Lists of Lessons.

               The very basic way of learning something is by asking questions. And learning “how to ask questions” is what we will discuss today, in shaa Allah. The following are terms used in asking question (Pangasubu = interrogatives):

English	Tausug Questions (Pangasubu)
	Regular Form	*past	*future
What	Unu	---	---
Who	Hisiyu	---	---
Whom	Kansiyu	---	---
Why	Mayta’	---	---
When	Ka’nu	Ka’nu (Kahnu)	Ku’nu (Kuhnu)
Where	Hain	Piyakain, Daing hain	Pakain
How (functional, “how it works”)	Biyariin or Biya’diin	---	---
How (Conditional or situation)	Maunu-unu or Maunu	---	---

Examples of these in regular forms:

Unu in ngan mu?	What is your name?
Hisiyu in usug yaun?	Who is that guy?
Kansiyu in badju ini?	Who own this shirt? (whom)
Hain hi Inah?	Where is mother?
Ka’nu kaw piyag-anak?	When was your birth date?
Mayta’ kaw timangis?	Why are you crying?
Biyariin kaw magtuwg?	How do you sleep?
Maunu-unu na hi Jamal?	How is Jamal doing?

               

 

* THE PAST AND FUTURE FORMS

               One might wonder why we have the columns *past and *future in the table above. It is yet another unique feature we have in Bahasa Sug: a way of differentiating questions that are affected by time. This feature only applies on Hain (where) and Ka’nu (when).