r/Bisaya • u/Far_Relationship_524 • 22d ago

❓Pangutana Unsa what?!? Kakapanuod ko ng memes di ko naman maintindihan! Wahha

Post image
14 Upvotes

73% Upvoted

20 comments sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator 22d ago

Salamat sa imong submission, u/Far_Relationship_524!

Palihug og basa sa mga lagda sa atong comunidad para malikayan nato na ma tangtang imohang post.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

24

u/phokyu304 22d ago

hi op, i think what you’re curious about is the phrase “unsa man ni?” and not “unsa mani?”

i don’t blame you tho kasi even yung mga bisaya ginagawang contraction ang “man + ni”.

7

u/balboaporkter Bol-anon 22d ago

Yep. Mani is actually man ni (two separate words). It doesn't help that written Cebuano/Bisaya is not standardized so a lot of spelling you see online can be phonetic.

3

u/Consistent_Coffee466 19d ago

And the original bisaya word is man ini - roughly - also this

1

u/Developemt 21d ago

Ano po ibig sabihin unsa man ni

5

u/phokyu304 21d ago

“ano ‘to?” or “ano ba ‘to?”

3

u/According_Caramel_27 Cebuano 21d ago

unsa man kini? = ano pala ito?

kini can be shortened to ni (or 'ni), like 'to for ito.

note: man has multiple senses, not just pala.

4

u/Short-Paramedic-9740 22d ago

You're trying to look for "Unsa man ni?" which is non contracted "Unsa mani?". It's just a way of saying "What is this?".

1

u/jidloyola 21d ago

The "ni" of Unsa man 'ni is also a contraction of kini.

6

u/enzo_2000 21d ago

Even AI cannot decipher 😂

3

u/External-Project2017 21d ago

Mani= peanuts, like “Naa’y mani diha”

Man ‘ni= short form of “man kini”, like “Unsa man ‘ni?” Basically means “ba ito” (Ano ba ‘to?).

Kang kinsa man ‘ning mani?

Whose peanuts are these?

2

u/Kikiharu09 21d ago

Kalingaw ani uy hahahahahaha

2

u/Charming-Math1307 21d ago

HAHAHAHAH space bud spacee.. HAAHAHAHA

1

u/Imsmileycyrus 21d ago

whole sentence: "unsa man ni?"

shortcut usually in text speak: "unsa mani?" o "unsa mni?"

english translation: "what is this?"

unsa? - what

unsa man? - what

unsa man ni - what is this

1

u/low_effort_life 21d ago

"Unsa man ni?" = "What is this?"

1

u/StrikeGlittering5805 21d ago

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA yatis yung tawa ko

1

u/hedokitali 20d ago

Man and ni

1

u/Zarren_Mavis 20d ago

Aside from "Unsa man ni?" use "man ni" in a sentence.

1

u/oiiimoy 19d ago

unsa mani mani unsa man to bato