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Mang- ³ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something harmful or destructive deliberately

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
abala	bothering	mang-abala	to bother
daya’	deceit	mandaya’	to cheat
gulo	commotion, mess	manggulo	to create disorder, to cause trouble or confusion
sakit	pain	manakit	to hurt
gantso	hook	manggantso	to deceive with a confidence trick

root	abala
meaning	bothering
root + affix	mang-abala
meaning	to bother

root	daya’
meaning	deceit
root + affix	mandaya’
meaning	to cheat

root	gulo
meaning	commotion, mess
root + affix	manggulo
meaning	to create disorder, to cause trouble or confusion

root	sakit
meaning	pain
root + affix	manakit
meaning	to hurt

root	gantso
meaning	hook
root + affix	manggantso
meaning	to deceive with a confidence trick

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
mandaya’	nandaya’	nandadaya’	mandadaya’
manggulo	nanggulo	nanggugulo	manggugulo

basic form	mandaya’
completed	nandaya’
uncompleted	nandadaya’
unstarted	mandadaya’

basic form	manggulo
completed	nanggulo
uncompleted	nanggugulo
unstarted	manggugulo

Sentences:

Nandaya’ si Dan.	Dan cheated.
Nanggugulo sila.	They’re causing trouble (or confusion).

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