Tagalog verb focus (actor, object, and locative focus) and aspect conjugation patterns, a hallmark of Tagalog grammar, with an example sentence per card. Front: the Tagalog word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Konektado focus
- Actor focus; marks the subject as the performer of the action; formed with mag- prefix
- Direktang focus
- Object focus; marks the direct object as the focus of the action; formed with i- or in- prefix
- Lokal na focus
- Locative focus; marks the location or destination as the focus; formed with ipag- or sa- prefix
- Instrumental focus
- Marks the tool or instrument as the focus; formed with ipang- or gamitin
- magkain
- Actor focus perfective of kain (eat); the eater is the focus
- nagkain
- Actor focus perfective past tense of kain; he/she/they ate
- kumakain
- Actor focus imperfective of kain; is eating or eats habitually
- kakain
- Actor focus contemplative of kain; will eat or about to eat
- kumakain siya ng bigas
- He/she is eating rice; actor focus imperfective showing ongoing meal
- ipinagmalaki niya ito
- He/she is proud of it; object focus perfective showing the object was the focus of the pride
- kinain niya ang pagkain
- She/he ate the food; object focus perfective where the food is the focus
- inibabayad niya ang bili
- She/he is paying for the purchase; object focus imperfective
- iniwan niya dito
- She/he left it here; object focus perfective where the object left is the focus
- ipinagsasabi niya
- What she/he is saying; object focus imperfective of sabi (say)
- ipinakita niya ang larawan
- She/he showed the picture; object focus perfective where the picture is what was shown