we should say

an bata ng̃a tinauag co

which literally is: the boy who was called by me.

The personal, demonstrative and possessive pronouns agree in person and number with their antecedents or the word [[103]]or words that they represent. There is no agreement in gender because the pronouns have no gender.


[1] The fact that there are three classes of passive voice in Bisayan show the great importance of the said voice in this tongue. Thus if we wish to say “I love you”, it is more expressive to say: hinihigugma co icao (literally: you are loved by me) than to say: nahigugma aco ha imo. [↑]

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CONNECTIVE RELATIONS

The prepositions join the nouns, their equivalents, or the pronouns to some other word. They place in the objective case the word that depends on them.

The most important preposition in, Bisayan is ha, which is equivalent to nearly all of the prepositions of other languages. Examples: