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Ma- ³ : Tagalog Verb Affix

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to feel an emotion

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
tuwa’	joy, happiness	matuwa’	to become happy
lungkot	sadness	malungkot	to become sad
takot	fear	matakot	to be afraid
galit	anger	magalit	to get angry
hiya’	shame	mahiya’	to be embarrassed, to be ashamed, to be shy
gulat	surprise	magulat	to be surprised, to be startled
inis	annoyance	mainis	to be annoyed

root	tuwa’
meaning	joy, happiness
root + affix	matuwa’
meaning	to become happy

root	lungkot
meaning	sadness
root + affix	malungkot
meaning	to become sad

root	takot
meaning	fear
root + affix	matakot
meaning	to be afraid

root	galit
meaning	anger
root + affix	magalit
meaning	to get angry

root	hiya’
meaning	shame
root + affix	mahiya’
meaning	to be embarrassed, to be ashamed, to be shy

root	gulat
meaning	surprise
root + affix	magulat
meaning	to be surprised, to be startled

root	inis
meaning	annoyance
root + affix	mainis
meaning	to be annoyed

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
mahiya’	nahiya’	nahihiya’	mahihiya’
magulat	nagulat	nagugulat	magugulat

basic form	mahiya’
completed	nahiya’
uncompleted	nahihiya’
unstarted	mahihiya’

basic form	magulat
completed	nagulat
uncompleted	nagugulat
unstarted	magugulat

Sentences:

Nahiya’ si Natalie.	Natalie felt shy.
Nagulat si Alfred.	Alfred was startled.

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