kumusta
kumustá with stress marks
form of greeting (How are you?)
Usage Note
Kumusta is a Spanish loanword from ¿Cómo está? and is the most common Tagalog greeting, used across all ages and social settings to ask how someone is doing. It can stand alone or be followed by a name, and the everyday form kumusta ka is one of the first phrases any learner should master.
Examples
" Kumusta ka ngayon? "
Natural Translation
How are you today?
Literal Translation
How-are you today?
" Kumusta ka na? Matagal na tayong hindi nagkita. "
Natural Translation
How are you? It's been a long time since we've seen each other.
Literal Translation
How-are you now? Long already we not saw-each-other.
" Kumusta na ang trabaho mo sa bagong opisina, sana hindi ka masyadong napapagod araw-araw. "
Natural Translation
How's your job at the new office, I hope you don't get too tired every day.
Literal Translation
How-are now the work your at new office, hopefully not you too-much getting-tired day-day.
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