bumili

Bumili is a Filipino/Tagalog verb meaning to buy or purchase. It denotes the act of obtaining goods or services in exchange for money and is used across informal and formal speech.

In Tagalog, verbs are marked for aspect and voice with affixes. The word bumili appears in several common forms: bumibili (present/progressive form, “is buying”), bumili (past or completed action, “bought”), and bibili (future, “will buy”). The passive form nabili indicates that something has been bought, as in nabili na ang isda (the fish has already been bought). These forms are used with the object marker ng to identify what is being purchased. For example: Bumili ako ng tinapay (I bought bread); Bumibili kami ng prutas (We are buying fruits); Bibili ako ng gulay bukas (I will buy vegetables tomorrow).

Usage notes: Bumili is typically used with a subject and ng to introduce the item purchased. Pronouns can be placed before the verb, after the auxiliary if present, or in clitic form. The imperative or request form is bilhin mo ito, meaning “buy this,” and is commonly used to instruct someone to make the purchase. The related noun form pagbili means the act or process of buying, as in pagbili ng gamot or ang pagbili ng bagong kagamitan.

See also: Tagalog verb system, aspects of Filipino verbs, pagbili.