Pag- +rep1-…-in: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to do something repeatedly, continually, a lot, intensively or frequently; or,
to do something involving multiple objects

root

meaning

root + affix

meaning

gupit

cut

paggugupit­in

to cut repeatedly (etc.)

isip

mind

pag-iisipin

to think about repeatedly (etc.)

root

gupit

meaning

cut

root + affix

paggugupit­in

meaning

to cut repeatedly (etc.)

root

isip

meaning

mind

root + affix

pag-iisipin

meaning

to think about repeatedly (etc.)

Aspects:

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

paggu­gupitin

pinaggu­­gupit

pinaggugugupit

pinapaggugupit

paggugugupitin

papaggugupitin

pag-iisipin

pinag-iisip

pinag-iiisip

pinapag-iisip

pag-iiisipin

papag-iisipin

basic form

paggu­gupitin

completed

pinaggu­­gupit

uncompleted

pinaggugugupit

pinapaggugupit

unstarted

paggugugupitin

papaggugupitin

basic form

pag-iisipin

completed

pinag-iisip

uncompleted

pinag-iiisip

pinapag-iisip

unstarted

pag-iiisipin

papag-iisipin

Sentences:

Pinaggugupit ni Luz ang mga papel.

Luz cut the papers (and there were many of them).

Pinag-iisip ni Marie ang mga problema.

Marie thought about the problems (and there were many of them).

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