Ka-…-an 1 : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: location

to do something in/on/at; or,
to occur in/on/at

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

patay

dead

kamatayan

to die in

lunod

drowning

kalunuran

to drown in

root

patay

meaning

dead

root + affix

kamatayan

meaning

to die in

root

lunod

meaning

drowning

root + affix

kalunuran

meaning

to drown in

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

kamatayan

kinamatayan

kinakamatayan

kinamamatayan

kakamatayan

kamamatayan

kalunuran

kinalunuran

kinakalunuran

kinalulunuran

kakalunuran

kalulunuran

basic form

kamatayan

completed

kinamatayan

uncompleted

kinakamatayan

kinamamatayan

unstarted

kakamatayan

kamamatayan

basic form

kalunuran

completed

kinalunuran

uncompleted

kinakalunuran

kinalulunuran

unstarted

kakalunuran

kalulunuran

Sentences:

Kinamatayan ni Magellan ang dalampasigan.

Magellan died on the shore.

Kinalunuran ng babae ang ilog.

The woman drowned in the river.

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