Greetings
General Greetings
Maray na aldəw - Good day (from sunrise to sunset)
Maray na gab-ī - Good evening (from sunset to sunrise)
- The said greetings can be shorten to "Aldəw" and "Gab-ī" as they are like "Bonjour" and "Bonsoir" of the French language.
Specific Greetings
Maray na ramrag - Good morning (from 6AM to 11AM)
Maray na mudtō - Good noon (from 11AM to 1PM)
Maray na apon - Good afternoon (from 1PM to 6PM)
Maray na gab-ī - Good evening (from 6PM to 11PM)
Maray na lawəd - Good midnight (from 11PM to 1AM)
Maray na mararamrāgən - Good dawn (from 1AM to 6AM)
People of Rinconada classify dim or dark hours as night time and light hours as day time. As such, even with the introduction of Modern Standard Time, they consider the hours of 12 midnight until 6 o'clock in the morning as night time. Therefore, the general greeting from 6AM to 6PM is "Maray na aldəw", and "Maray na gab-ī" for the hours that start from 6PM to 6AM.
e.g. Maray na mudtō tabî kaninyō ŋāmin!
Occasional Greetings
Maogmaŋ Pagkaməndag! - Happy Birthday.
Maogmaŋ Bagoŋ Taon! - Happy New Year.
Maogmaŋ Anibersaryo! - Happy Anniversary.
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