Sing- / Kasing-: Tagalog Affix

as… as

used when comparing with one person or thing

singganda

kasingganda

as pretty as

simbilis

kasimbilis

as fast as

sintangkad

kasintangkad

as tall as

Sentence:

Kasintangkad ni John si Paul.

Paul is as tall as John.

See also: Sound changes when combining roots and affixes (p. 25)

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