These are articulated as follows:

/a/ is low central vowel -- asucar아쑤까르 (sugar), papa빠빠(dad), abog아보그(dust), awto 아으또(car)

/i/ is mid-front vowel -- it has two forms: [ i ] and [ e ] -- ikaw?이까우(you), tseke떼케 (check), papel?(빠펠?paper), sekretaryo쎄크레따르요 (secretary), tiil 띨(feet)

/u/ is mid-high back vowel -- it has also two forms: [ o ] and [ u ] -- tuo뚜오 (v. believe) tinuod띠누옷드 (true), bastos바스또쓰 (ill-mannered), ulo을로 (head), tuhod뚜홋드 (knee), tubig뚜빅그 (water)

**Stress is indicated by an apostrophe [ ?]. Stress is phonemic in Cebuano.

**Common phrases

• kape ug asukar (coffe and sugar)
• 까페 옥 아쓰까르
• papa sa bata (father of the child)
• 빠빠 싸 바따
• tiil ug tuhod (feet and knee)
• 띨 옥 뚜호드
• relo sa tawo (the man's watch/clock)
• 렐로 싸 따우
• sabon ug tubig (soap and water)
• 싸본 옥 뚜비그
• yawi sa awto (the car key)
• 야위 싸 아으또

[ug -- and; sa -- possessive of]