POD: object
to do something to a thing
root |
meaning |
root + affix |
meaning |
---|---|---|---|
bili |
buying price |
ipagbili |
to sell |
palit |
changing |
ipagpalit |
to replace with |
tapat |
faithful |
ipagtapat |
to confess |
root |
bili |
meaning |
buying price |
root + affix |
ipagbili |
meaning |
to sell |
root |
palit |
meaning |
changing |
root + affix |
ipagpalit |
meaning |
to replace with |
root |
tapat |
meaning |
faithful |
root + affix |
ipagtapat |
meaning |
to confess |
Aspects:
basic form |
completed |
uncompleted |
unstarted |
---|---|---|---|
ipagbili |
(i)pinagbili |
(i)pinapagbili (i)pinagbibili |
ipapagbili ipagbibili |
ipagtapat |
(i)pinagtapat |
(i)pinapagtapat (i)pinagtatapat |
ipapagtapat ipagtatapat |
basic form |
ipagbili |
completed |
(i)pinagbili |
uncompleted |
(i)pinapagbili (i)pinagbibili |
unstarted |
ipapagbili ipagbibili |
basic form |
ipagtapat |
completed |
(i)pinagtapat |
uncompleted |
(i)pinapagtapat (i)pinagtatapat |
unstarted |
ipapagtapat ipagtatapat |
Sentences:
Pinagbili ni Sandra ang bag. |
Sandra sold the bag. |
Pinagtapat ni John ang lahat. |
John confessed everything. |
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