Example sentence
How to use basa in Bisaya
Ganahan kaayo ko mobasa og mga libro sa buntag.
English: I really like reading books in the morning.
Cebuano word · other
Basa means “read; wet, in a different sense” in English.
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Pronunciation: basa
Level
beginner
Type
other
Example sentence
Ganahan kaayo ko mobasa og mga libro sa buntag.
English: I really like reading books in the morning.
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to read
verbBasa ko ug libro.
I read a book.
read (root)
verbBasa ka.
Read.
read
verbBasa ka ug libro.
Read a book.
wet
adjectiveBasa ang akong sinina.
My clothes are wet.
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sun / day
AHD-low
go there
adto
drizzle / light rain
AHM-bon
come here
anhi
join; include
apil
assignment
ah-SAYN-ment
flood
baha
school building
bah-lay-toong-HAH-han
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