Pag- +rep2-…-in: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to put three or more things together or closer to one another

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
sama	joining, including	pagsama-samahin	to put 3 or more things together
dugtong	joining	pagdugtung-dugtungin	to join 3 or more things together
tabi	side	pagtabi-tabihin	to put 3 or more things next to one another

root	sama
meaning	joining, including
root + affix	pagsama-samahin
meaning	to put 3 or more things together

root	dugtong
meaning	joining
root + affix	pagdugtung-dugtungin
meaning	to join 3 or more things together

root	tabi
meaning	side
root + affix	pagtabi-tabihin
meaning	to put 3 or more things next to one another

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
pagsama-samahin	pinagsama-sama	pinagsasama-sama pinapagsama-sama	pagsasama-samahin papagsama-samahin
pagtabi-tabihin	pinagtabi-tabi	pinagtatabi-tabi pinapagtabi-tabi	pagtatabi-tabihin papagtabi-tabihin

basic form

completed

uncompleted

unstarted

pagsama-samahin

pinagsama-sama

pinagsasama-sama

pinapagsama-sama

pagsasama-samahin

papagsama-samahin

pagtabi-tabihin

pinagtabi-tabi

pinagtatabi-tabi

pinapagtabi-tabi

pagtatabi-tabihin

papagtabi-tabihin

basic form	pagsama-samahin
completed	pinagsama-sama
uncompleted	pinagsasama-sama pinapagsama-sama
unstarted	pagsasama-samahin papagsama-samahin

basic form	pagtabi-tabihin
completed	pinagtabi-tabi
uncompleted	pinagtatabi-tabi pinapagtabi-tabi
unstarted	pagtatabi-tabihin papagtabi-tabihin

Sentences:

Pinagsama-sama nila ang mga picture.	They put the (3 or more) pictures together.
Pinagtabi-tabi nila ang mga lamesa.	They put the (3 or more) tables next to one another.

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