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Your first useful phrase
Kumusta?
Hello! / How are you?
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First greetings and essential words
Learn six useful Cebuano items, hear the pronunciation, complete a short quiz and add them to your free smart-review deck.
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What does this mean?
Maayong buntag
ma-A-yong BUN-tag
Your first minute of Cebuano
Start learning Bisaya with three useful phrases
Say these aloud, try them in a real conversation, then start the free interactive lesson to hear, answer and remember more. These are English meanings; choose your teaching language for explanations in the app.
Maayong buntag!
Good morning
Greet someone at the start of the day.
Kumusta ka?
How are you?
Ask a friend or family member how they are doing.
Salamat kaayo!
Thank you very much
Show appreciation when someone helps you.
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Learn useful Cebuano items, hear pronunciation and answer a short quiz — no registration.
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Browse useful phrases for greetings, family, travel and everyday conversation with audio.
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Search published Cebuano words and phrases with meanings, pronunciation and examples.
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Browse vocabulary by difficulty — beginner, intermediate and advanced — with audio.
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A practical way to start learning Bisaya
The fastest progress comes from combining useful vocabulary with listening, speaking, grammar and repeated retrieval. Start small, use what you learn, then bring it back before you forget it.
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Start with useful phrases
Learn greetings, family words, food, directions and everyday questions before obscure vocabulary.
02Hear Bisaya often
Listen to clear pronunciation and repeat aloud so spelling, rhythm and meaning become connected.
03Understand the sentence patterns
Use short grammar explanations and examples to see why real Bisaya sentences work.
04Use it in conversations
Practise stories and realistic situations, then review the phrases that were difficult to retrieve.
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Speak Bisaya teaches Cebuano. “Bisaya” is the familiar everyday name many Cebuano speakers use, while Bisaya or Visayan can have a broader meaning in linguistic contexts.
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From first words to real conversation
Learning Bisaya online means more than memorising a word list. Speak Bisaya connects vocabulary, listening, pronunciation, grammar and conversation practice so each skill reinforces the others. You learn Cebuano the way people actually speak it — in context, with audio, inside realistic situations.
Start with the free starter unit to learn useful greetings and everyday words. Search the Bisaya dictionary for a specific word, or browse useful phrases by topic. When you are ready for the complete personalised course — smart spaced review, adaptive games, Story Journeys and a Conversation Coach — start a 3-day Premium trial.
Whether you call it Bisaya or Cebuano, the goal is the same: to understand the language people actually use across Cebu and other Cebuano-speaking communities, then feel comfortable answering back. Speak Bisaya keeps listening, grammar, vocabulary, review and conversation close together so they reinforce each other.
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Bring words back before they disappear from memory.
Interactive story mode
Practise a complete conversation, not another disconnected list.
Listen to each line, reveal the meaning, choose your reply and see why the response works. The first story is permanently free.
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Meeting Your Partner’s Family
Introduce yourself politely and respond to a warm family welcome.
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Practise what needs attention, not a random playlist
Speak Bisaya connects stories, games, review and your Phrasebook. A phrase you struggle with can come back in a listening round, a sentence builder or a real conversation choice until it becomes usable.
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Hear it, rebuild it, use it and try it again. Focused games also practise listening, matching, pictures, sentence order and conversation choices.
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Move from a first morning in Cebu to neighbours, family meals, transport, clinics and conversation repair. Listen first, reveal less as you improve, then use the language yourself inside the scene.
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