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Mag- ¹ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something (expresses various kinds of actions)

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
luto’	cooking, cuisine	magluto’	to cook
aral	lesson, studying	mag-aral	to study
lakad	walking	maglakad	to walk
sulat	writing, letter	magsulat	to write
bigay	giving	magbigay	to give
laro’	game	maglaro’	to play
isip	mind	mag-isip	to think
linis	cleaning	maglinis	to clean
tanong	question	magtanong	to ask

root	luto’
meaning	cooking, cuisine
root + affix	magluto’
meaning	to cook

root	aral
meaning	lesson, studying
root + affix	mag-aral
meaning	to study

root	lakad
meaning	walking
root + affix	maglakad
meaning	to walk

root	sulat
meaning	writing, letter
root + affix	magsulat
meaning	to write

root	bigay
meaning	giving
root + affix	magbigay
meaning	to give

root	laro’
meaning	game
root + affix	maglaro’
meaning	to play

root	isip
meaning	mind
root + affix	mag-isip
meaning	to think

root	linis
meaning	cleaning
root + affix	maglinis
meaning	to clean

root	tanong
meaning	question
root + affix	magtanong
meaning	to ask

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
magluto’	nagluto’	nagluluto’	magluluto’
maglakad	naglakad	naglalakad	maglalakad

basic form	magluto’
completed	nagluto’
uncompleted	nagluluto’
unstarted	magluluto’

basic form	maglakad
completed	naglakad
uncompleted	naglalakad
unstarted	maglalakad

Sentences:

Nagluto’ si Mary.	Mary cooked.
Naglakad si Alfred.	Alfred walked.

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