Pa-…-in: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to let, make or have someone do something; or,
to cause something to get bigger, faster etc.

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
ganda	beauty	pagandahin	to make someone or something more beautiful or attractive
tulog	sleep	patulugin	to let or make someone sleep, to knock out
lakad	walking	palakarin	to make someone or an animal walk
kain	eating	pakainin	to let or make someone or an animal eat
tuyo’	dry	patuyuin	to let something dry
laki	size	palakihin	to make something bigger
bilis	speed	pabilisin	to make something faster

root	ganda
meaning	beauty
root + affix	pagandahin
meaning	to make someone or something more beautiful or attractive

root	tulog
meaning	sleep
root + affix	patulugin
meaning	to let or make someone sleep, to knock out

root	lakad
meaning	walking
root + affix	palakarin
meaning	to make someone or an animal walk

root	kain
meaning	eating
root + affix	pakainin
meaning	to let or make someone or an animal eat

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
patulugin	pinatulog	pinapatulog pinatutulog	papatulugin patutulugin
palakihin	pinalaki	pinapalaki pinalalaki	papalakihin palalakihin

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

patulugin

pinatulog

pinapatulog

pinatutulog

papatulugin

patutulugin

palakihin

pinalaki

pinapalaki

pinalalaki

papalakihin

palalakihin

Sentences:

Pinatulog ni Justine ang bata’.	Justine put the child to bed.
Pinalaki ni Dane ang picture.	Dane enlarged the picture.

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