Learning Tagalog

Maki- ¹ : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to join in an act

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
kain	eating	makikain	to join in eating
kanta	song, singing	makikanta	to join in singing
sakay	passenger, load, riding	makisakay	to get a ride (to join in riding a vehicle)

root	kain
meaning	eating
root + affix	makikain
meaning	to join in eating

root	kanta
meaning	song, singing
root + affix	makikanta
meaning	to join in singing

root	sakay
meaning	passenger, load, riding
root + affix	makisakay
meaning	to get a ride (to join in riding a vehicle)

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
makikain	nakikain	nakikikain	makikikain
makisakay	nakisakay	nakikisakay	makikisakay

basic form	makikain
completed	nakikain
uncompleted	nakikikain
unstarted	makikikain

basic form	makisakay
completed	nakisakay
uncompleted	nakikisakay
unstarted	makikisakay

Sentences:

Nakikain sa kanila si Mimi.	Mimi joined them in eating.
Nakisakay kay Madeline si Arthur.	Arthur asked Madeline for a ride.

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