Mag- +rep2 2 : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

walis

broom

magwalis-walis

to sweep a little (etc.)

lakad

walking

maglakad-lakad

to do a little walking (etc.)

isip

mind

mag-isip-isip

to do a little thinking (etc.)

hanap

something sought

maghanap-hanap

to do a little searching (etc.)

root

walis

meaning

broom

root + affix

magwalis-walis

meaning

to sweep a little (etc.)

root

lakad

meaning

walking

root + affix

maglakad-lakad

meaning

to do a little walking (etc.)

root

isip

meaning

mind

root + affix

mag-isip-isip

meaning

to do a little thinking (etc.)

root

hanap

meaning

something sought

root + affix

maghanap-hanap

meaning

to do a little searching (etc.)

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

maglakad-lakad

naglakad-lakad

naglalakad-lakad

maglalakad-lakad

mag-isip-isip

nag-isip-isip

nag-iisip-isip

mag-iisip-isip

basic form

maglakad-lakad

completed

naglakad-lakad

uncompleted

naglalakad-lakad

unstarted

maglalakad-lakad

basic form

mag-isip-isip

completed

nag-isip-isip

uncompleted

nag-iisip-isip

unstarted

mag-iisip-isip

Sentences:

Naglakad-lakad si Gloria.

Gloria did a little walking.

Nag-isip-isip si Gerard.

Gerard did a little thinking.

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