Pa-…-an ² : Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: direction

to let, make or have someone do something in the (physical or psychological) direction of

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
sulat	letter, writing	pasulatan	to have someone write someone
lagay	putting	palagyan	to have someone put something somewhere
bigay	giving	pabigyan	to have someone give something to someone
tingin	look	patingnan	to have someone look at something
bayad	payment	pabayaran	to have someone pay something

root	sulat
meaning	letter, writing
root + affix	pasulatan
meaning	to have someone write someone

root	lagay
meaning	putting
root + affix	palagyan
meaning	to have someone put something somewhere

root	bigay
meaning	giving
root + affix	pabigyan
meaning	to have someone give something to someone

root	tingin
meaning	look
root + affix	patingnan
meaning	to have someone look at something

root	bayad
meaning	payment
root + affix	pabayaran
meaning	to have someone pay something

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
patingnan	pinatingnan	pinapatingnan pinatitingnan	papatingnan patitingnan
palagyan	pinalagyan	pinapalagyan pinalalagyan	papalagyan palalagyan

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

patingnan

pinatingnan

pinapatingnan

pinatitingnan

papatingnan

patitingnan

palagyan

pinalagyan

pinapalagyan

pinalalagyan

papalagyan

palalagyan

basic form	patingnan
completed	pinatingnan
uncompleted	pinapatingnan pinatitingnan
unstarted	papatingnan patitingnan

Sentences:

Pinatingnan ni Thelma sa vet ang pusa’.

Thelma had a vet look at the cat.

Lit. Thelma had the cat looked at by a vet.

Pinalagyan ni Maribel ng carpet ang sahig.

Maribel had someone put a carpet on the floor.

Maribel had the floor carpeted.

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