Mag- 3 : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to use or wear something

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

bus

bus

magbus

to take a bus

shorts

shorts

magshorts

to wear shorts

Tagalog

Tagalog

mag-Tagalog

to speak Tagalog

French

French

mag-French

to speak French

sigarilyo

cigarette

magsigarilyo

to smoke

root

bus

meaning

bus

root + affix

magbus

meaning

to take a bus

root

shorts

meaning

shorts

root + affix

magshorts

meaning

to wear shorts

root

Tagalog

meaning

Tagalog

root + affix

mag-Tagalog

meaning

to speak Tagalog

root

French

meaning

French

root + affix

mag-French

meaning

to speak French

root

sigarilyo

meaning

cigarette

root + affix

magsigarilyo

meaning

to smoke

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

magbus

nagbus

nagbubus

magbubus

mag-Tagalog

nag-Tagalog

nagta-Tagalog

magta-Tagalog

basic form

magbus

completed

nagbus

uncompleted

nagbubus

unstarted

magbubus

basic form

mag-Tagalog

completed

nag-Tagalog

uncompleted

nagta-Tagalog

unstarted

magta-Tagalog

Sentences:

Nagbus si Madeline.

Madeline took a bus.

Nagta-Tagalog si Michelle.

Michelle speaks Tagalog.

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