Learning Tagalog

Maki- ² : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: doer

to do something involving someone else’s possessions or personal space with their permission

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
daan	path, road	makiraan	to pass through with someone’s permission
tawag	call	makitawag	to use someone’s phone with his or her permission

root	daan
meaning	path, road
root + affix	makiraan
meaning	to pass through with someone’s permission

root	tawag
meaning	call
root + affix	makitawag
meaning	to use someone’s phone with his or her permission

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
makiraan	nakiraan	nakikiraan	makikiraan
makitawag	nakitawag	nakikitawag	makikitawag

basic form	makiraan
completed	nakiraan
uncompleted	nakikiraan
unstarted	makikiraan

basic form	makitawag
completed	nakitawag
uncompleted	nakikitawag
unstarted	makikitawag

Sentences:

Nakiraan si Marlene sa kapitbahay.	Marlene passed through a neighbor’s yard (with permission).
Nakitawag si Martin sa kapitbahay.	Martin used a neighbor’s phone (with permission).

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