Bibili

Bibili is a form of the Filipino verb bili, meaning to buy. It functions as the future tense form, used to express an intention to purchase something. In standard Tagalog, bili is the root meaning “to buy,” and bibili marks that the action will take place in the future.

In use, bibili is typically combined with a subject pronoun and an object introduced by the marker ng. For example: "Bibili ako ng tinapay." (I will buy bread.) "Bibili siya ng libro mamaya." (She will buy a book later.) "Bibili kami ng bagong sasakyan bukas." (We will buy a new vehicle tomorrow.) The sentence structure often places the time adverb or phrase after the verb, such as mamaya, bukas, or mamaya.

Morphologically, bibili is formed from the root bili with a future-tense marking. Other related forms include bumibili, which marks present ongoing action (is buying), and bumili, which can indicate past action (bought) in different contexts or sentence patterns. This reflects Tagalog’s aspectual system, where different affixes express time and aspect rather than relying on separate tense conjugations.

Bibili is not commonly used as a proper noun in standard Filipino writing. If encountered as a name in fiction or a place name in a non-Filipino context, its meaning would depend on the surrounding usage and should be treated as a label rather than a grammatical form. See also: bili, Tagalog grammar, Filipino language.