Ma- 6 : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to perceive something

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

kita’

seeing

makita’

to see

halata’

noticeable, obvious

mahalata’

to detect, to notice

root

kita’

meaning

seeing

root + affix

makita’

meaning

to see

root

halata’

meaning

noticeable, obvious

root + affix

mahalata’

meaning

to detect, to notice

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

makita’

nakita’

nakikita’

makikita’

mahalata’

nahalata’

nahahalata’

mahahalata’

basic form

makita’

completed

nakita’

uncompleted

nakikita’

unstarted

makikita’

basic form

mahalata’

completed

nahalata’

uncompleted

nahahalata’

unstarted

mahahalata’

Sentences:

Nakita’ ni Ralph si Elvira.

Ralph saw Elvira.

Nahalata’ ni Mary iyon.

Mary noticed that.

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