Essential Tagalog Grammar: Terminology
Note: To understand why we use the term POD, see The Tagalog focus, subject or Point of Departure (POD).
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term used in this book |
other name(s) |
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News |
predicate, comment, focus, rheme |
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doer |
actor, agent, performer |
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completed |
perfective |
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uncompleted |
imperfective |
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unstarted |
contemplated |
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recently completed |
recent perfective |
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