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Ma- ² : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something unintentionally; or,
to get into a certain state unintentionally

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
dulas	slipperiness	madulas	to slip
bangga’	colliding	mabangga’	to bump or collide (with)
hulog	falling	mahulog	to fall
gutom	hunger	magutom	to get hungry
patay	dead	mamatay	to die
bingi	deaf	mabingi	to become deaf
huli	late	mahuli	to be late
basag	a crack	mabasag	to crack or break
sira’	damage	masira’	to get damaged

root	dulas
meaning	slipperiness
root + affix	madulas
meaning	to slip

root	bangga’
meaning	colliding
root + affix	mabangga’
meaning	to bump or collide (with)

root	hulog
meaning	falling
root + affix	mahulog
meaning	to fall

root	gutom
meaning	hunger
root + affix	magutom
meaning	to get hungry

root	patay
meaning	dead
root + affix	mamatay
meaning	to die

root	bingi
meaning	deaf
root + affix	mabingi
meaning	to become deaf

root	huli
meaning	late
root + affix	mahuli
meaning	to be late

root	basag
meaning	a crack
root + affix	mabasag
meaning	to crack or break

root	sira’
meaning	damage
root + affix	masira’
meaning	to get damaged

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
madulas	nadulas	nadudulas	madudulas
mahuli	nahuli	nahuhuli	mahuhuli

basic form	madulas
completed	nadulas
uncompleted	nadudulas
unstarted	madudulas

basic form	mahuli
completed	nahuli
uncompleted	nahuhuli
unstarted	mahuhuli

Sentences:

Nadulas si John.	John slipped.
Nahuli si Mike.	Mike was late.

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