pinag-
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piˈnaɡ/ [pɪˈn̪aɡ̚]
- Syllabification: pi‧nag-
Prefix
[edit]pinág- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔)
- attaches to a noun or a root verb which:
- indicates that someone willingly did it for oneself or another someone
- Pinagluto ko siya ng sinigang.
- I cooked sinigang for him.
- Pagod na pagod ako kahapon, kaya ginawa ko pinagpahinga ko muna sarili ko.
- I'm really tired yesterday, so what I did was I took a rest (for the sake of myself).
- indicates that someone tasked someone else to do something
- Pinagsulat ba naman ako ni Dwayne ng documentation naming kahaba-haba, nanakit tuloy nang sobra kamay ko!
- Dwayne literally made me write that super lengthy documentation of ours, it made my hand hurt so badly!
- Imbes na isuspinde ako dahil dun sa offense ko, pinaglinis na lang nila ako ng school grounds kada umaga nang isang buwan.
- Instead of me being suspended because of my offense, they simply made me clean the school grounds every morning for a month.
- indicates that someone willingly did it for oneself or another someone