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Monday, November 10, 2008

How Much? (Pila?)

    0.01– one centavo – usa ka sintabos

    0.50 – fifty centavos – kalim'an ka sintabos; singkwenta sintabos

    1.00 – one peso – (usa ka ) pisos; piso

    2.00 – two pesos – duha ka pisos; dos pisos

    3.00 - three pesos – tulo ka pisos; tres pisos

    4.00 – four pesos – upat ka pisos; kwatro pisos

    5.00 – five pesos – lima ka pisos; singko pisos

    10.00 – ten pesos – napulo ka pisos; dyes pisos

    20.00 – twenty pesos – kawhaan ka pisos; baynte pisos

    30.00 -thirty pesos – katloan ka pisos; traynta pisos

    100.00 – one hundred pesos – usa ka gatus ka pisos

    500.00 – five hunded pesos – lima ka gatus ka pisos; kinyentos pisos

    1,000.00 – one thousand pesos – usa ka libo ka pisos

    Notice:

    Above is a cebuano translation of the specific amount of money. One can observe that some borrowed Spanish words are still widely used for a quick answer and for brevity.

                Ex. How much is that? - Pila kana?
                The usual and promt answer if the price is Fifty pesos is not Kalim'an ka pisos but “Singkwenta pisos”. Or, if it is, say, P138.00, the quick response is not Usa ka gatus katloa'g walo ka pisos, but Syento traynta'y otso pisos.

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