Mang- 5 : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to become something partially or temporarily

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

pula

red

mamula

to redden, to blush

itim

black

mangitim

to blacken, to become dark

tigas

hardness

manigas

to become hard, to become paralyzed with fear

root

pula

meaning

red

root + affix

mamula

meaning

to redden, to blush

root

itim

meaning

black

root + affix

mangitim

meaning

to blacken, to become dark

root

tigas

meaning

hardness

root + affix

manigas

meaning

to become hard, to become paralyzed with fear

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

mamula

namula

namumula

mamumula

manigas

nanigas

naninigas

maninigas

basic form

mamula

completed

namula

uncompleted

namumula

unstarted

mamumula

basic form

manigas

completed

nanigas

uncompleted

naninigas

unstarted

maninigas

Sentences:

Namula si Cesar.

Cesar blushed.

Nanigas si Consuelo sa takot.

Consuelo froze in fear.

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