-in +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
linis	cleaning	linis-linisin	to clean a little (etc.)
isip	mind	isip-isipin	to think about or consider a little (etc.)

root	isip
meaning	mind
root + affix	isip-isipin
meaning	to think about or consider a little (etc.)

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
linis-linisin	nilinis-linis	nililinis-linis	lilinis-linisin
isip-isipin	inisip-isip	iniisip-isip	iisip-isipin

Sentences:

Nilinis-linis ni Katrina ang garahe.	Katrina cleaned the garage a bit.
Inisip-isip ni Walter iyon.	Walter thought a bit about that.

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