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Mang- ⁴ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do a recreational activity

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
kabayo	horse	mangabayo	to go horseback riding
bangka’	boat	mamangka’	to go boating
pasyal	visiting	mamasyal	to visit and take a walk around, to go for a walk in

root	kabayo
meaning	horse
root + affix	mangabayo
meaning	to go horseback riding

root	bangka’
meaning	boat
root + affix	mamangka’
meaning	to go boating

root	pasyal
meaning	visiting
root + affix	mamasyal
meaning	to visit and take a walk around, to go for a walk in

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
mangabayo	nangabayo	nangangabayo	mangangabayo
mamasyal	namasyal	namamasyal	mamamasyal

basic form	mangabayo
completed	nangabayo
uncompleted	nangangabayo
unstarted	mangangabayo

basic form	mamasyal
completed	namasyal
uncompleted	namamasyal
unstarted	mamamasyal

Sentences:

Nangabayo si Erik.	Erik went horseback riding.
Namasyal si Samantha sa Rizal Park.	Samantha went for a walk in Rizal Park.

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