Karao - songbat1

Answer; reply.

Bimongetak tep ngaaw i songbat to.

I got angry because his answer was bad.

ma- masongbat

Always talking back; implies disrespectful behavior.

Masongbat iwan a nga-nga na ineto.

That child is always talking back to her mother.

Masongbat na ineto nem bekaen cha.

He always talks back to his mother when they send him on an errand.

on- (TH) onsongbat/ mansongsongbat/ simongbat

To answer; reply.

Eg onsongbat i dahi tep onsahit i sangi tho.

The man will not answer because he has a toothache.

Simongbat si Maria nonta inbagaan na police.

Maria answered when the police questioned her.

Simongbat si Pedro iy nat si-katho chiyan ibaga. [check if it should be si-kathoy??]

Pedro answer even though he was not the one they were asking.

man- mansongbat/ iyansongbat

To answer, reply.

Niyana setan i inpasing mon iyansongbat cha si-katho?

Why is that the way that you answered him?

-an (LOC) songbathan/ songbathi/ siyongbathan,

meN- menongbat/ mansongsongbat/ enongbat

me--an mesongbathan/ emangkesongbathi/ esongbathan

To answer or reply to someone; talk back to someone.

Siyongbathan toy bii na ngaaw a esel.

He answered the woman with bad words.

Si-kathoy menongbat na salodsod mo.

He is the one who will answer your question.

Si-kam i menongbat na kigwan na President.

You will be the one to answer/argue with what the President said.

To talk back to someone; implies disrespectful behavior.

[Fig.] To answer to someone, give an account of one's behavior to someone.

Songbathan mo ngo chechan cha Afo Chiyos.

You will have to answer to God.

Isonga si-kathayon emiin, mesepol a songbathan tayod Afo Chiyos i maypangkep na imag tayo.

Therefore all os us, it is necessary that we answer to God concerning what we have done.

i- (TH) isongbat/ insongbat,

mengi- mengisongbat/ mansongsongbat/ engisongbat,

may- maysongbat/ emangkaisongbat/ iyaysongbat

To give an answer.

Ngoy insongbat mo nonta inbagaan to ka?

What did you answer when he questioned you?

Insongbat tod bii i nat mengan.

He replied to the woman that he would not eat.

i--an (LOC) isongbathan/ isongbathi/ insongbathan,

may--an maysongbathan/ emangkaisongbathi/ iyaysongbathan

To give someone an answer.

Insongbathan toy bii i nat mengan.

He answered the woman that he would not eat.

Insongbathan toy bii na ngaaw a esel.

He answered the woman with bad words.

Dodop moy esel; nahol ni isongbathan chaka na ngaaw.

You speak politely; otherwise, they might answer you with harsh words.

To answer for someone.

Isongbathan kos Anna tep ekapsot a mekisongbat.

I will answer for Anna because she is not good at debating.

ke--an kesongbathan [ prob. kasongbathan]

The person to whom one answers or gives an account to.

Et si-kathoy kesongbathan na emiin a ima-imag tayo tan niyemnemnem tayo.

And he is the one to whom will we answer for all that we have done and thought.

salodsod

To ask a question.

baga

To ask a question.