Learning Tagalog

Essential Tagalog Grammar: Terminology

Note: To understand why we use the term POD, see The Tagalog focus, subject or Point of Departure (POD).

term used in this book	other name(s)
Point of Departure (POD)	subject, topic, trigger, focus, theme
News	predicate, comment, focus, rheme
doer	actor, agent, performer
completed	perfective
uncompleted	imperfective
unstarted	contemplated
recently completed	recent perfective

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From Essential Tagalog Grammar: A Reference for Learners of Tagalog, Second Edition
By Fiona De Vos

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