Ma-…-an ¹ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to experience a quality or a condition

Note: In this and a few other cases, the “doer of an action” is the person or thing experiencing the action, state or condition.

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
sira’	damage	masiraan	to have something break down on someone
wala’	nothing	mawalan	to have something disappear on someone, to lose something
ubos	used up	maubusan	to have something run out on someone, to run out of

root	sira’
meaning	damage
root + affix	masiraan
meaning	to have something break down on someone

root	wala’
meaning	nothing
root + affix	mawalan
meaning	to have something disappear on someone, to lose something

root	ubos
meaning	used up
root + affix	maubusan
meaning	to have something run out on someone, to run out of

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
masiraan	nasiraan	nasisiraan	masisiraan
mawalan	nawalan	nawawalan	mawawalan

Sentences:

Nasiraan si John.	Something broke down on John. Lit. John had something break down on him.
Nasiraan ng kotse si John.	John’s car broke down on him. Lit. John had a car break down on him.
Nawalan si John.	John lost something. Lit. John had something disappear on him.
Nawalan ng pag-asa si John.	John lost hope. Lit. John had hope disappear on him.
Naubusan si John.	John ran out of something. Lit. John had something run out on him.
Naubusan ng pera si John.	John ran out of money. Lit. John had money run out on him.

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