I- +rep2: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to do something occasionally, at random, a little, a bit, now and then or here and there

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
urong	moving back	iurong-urong	to move (something) back a little (etc.)
handa’	ready, prepared	ihanda-handa’	to prepare (something) a little (etc.)

root	urong
meaning	moving back
root + affix	iurong-urong
meaning	to move (something) back a little (etc.)

root	handa’
meaning	ready, prepared
root + affix	ihanda-handa’
meaning	to prepare (something) a little (etc.)

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
iurong-urong	inurong urong iniurong urong	inuurong urong iniuurong urong	iuurong-urong
ihanda-handa’	(i)hinanda-handa’	(i)hinahanda-handa’	ihahanda-handa’

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

iurong-urong

inurong urong

iniurong urong

inuurong urong

iniuurong urong

iuurong-urong

ihanda-handa’

(i)hinanda-handa’

(i)hinahanda-handa’

ihahanda-handa’

basic form	iurong-urong
completed	inurong urong iniurong urong
uncompleted	inuurong urong iniuurong urong
unstarted	iuurong-urong

Sentences:

Inurong-urong ni Rene ang kotse.	Rene moved back the car a little.
Hinanda-handa’ ni Marge ang kwarto.	Marge prepared the room a bit.

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