Pa-…-an ¹ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to let, make or have someone do something

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
bukas	open	pabuksan	to have someone open something
palit	changing	papalitan	to have replaced
hugas	washing	pahugasan	to have someone wash something
laba	washing of clothes	palabhan	to have someone wash clothes
pinta	paint	papintahan	to have someone paint something

root	bukas
meaning	open
root + affix	pabuksan
meaning	to have someone open something

root	hugas
meaning	washing
root + affix	pahugasan
meaning	to have someone wash something

root	pinta
meaning	paint
root + affix	papintahan
meaning	to have someone paint something

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
papintahan	pinapintahan	pinapapintahan pinapipintahan	papapintahan papipintahan
pabuksan	pinabuksan	pinapabuksan pinabubuksan	papabuksan pabubuksan

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

papintahan

pinapintahan

pinapapintahan

pinapipintahan

papapintahan

papipintahan

pabuksan

pinabuksan

pinapabuksan

pinabubuksan

papabuksan

pabubuksan

basic form	papintahan
completed	pinapintahan
uncompleted	pinapapintahan pinapipintahan
unstarted	papapintahan papipintahan

Sentences:

Pinapintahan ni Fred ang dingding.

Fred had the wall painted.

Lit. “Had painted by Fred the wall.”

Pinapintahan ni Fred kay John ang dingding.

Fred had John paint the wall.

Lit. “Had painted by Fred by John the wall.”*

Pinabuksan ni Mildred ang box.

Mildred had the box opened.

* First “by…” – permitter/causer of action; Ng phrase (p. 59)
Second “by…” – person permitted or asked to perform the action; Sa phrase (p. 59)

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