Mga Aspekto ng mga Pandiwang MAG na may Pokus sa Aktor

In my previous posts, I talked about translating English verbs with different tenses to Filipino. Strictly speaking, instead of tense, the Filipino language has what linguists would call the verbal aspect. The verbal aspect indicates whether an action or event has begun, is still in progress, has been completed, or has yet to begin. This is accomplished by changing the root word by reduplication and affixation. According to Maria Sheila Zamar in Filipino: The Essential Grammar (2023), the four aspects of Filipino verbs are infinitive, completed, incompleted, and contemplated. Schachter and Otanes in Tagalog Reference Grammar (1972) identify the three aspects of the Tagalog verb system as perfective, imperfective, and contemplated. However, according to Ramos and Bautista in Handbook of Tagalog Verbs: Inflections, Modes, and Aspects (1986), the infinitive form of the verb (the imperative form of the verb) does not imply an aspect. In Filipino, these three aspects of…

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Translating Future Tense Verbs in English to Filipino

We learned how to translate past tense verbs and present tense verbs in English to Filipino in the last two posts. In this post, we’ll look into translating English verbs in the future tense to Filipino. We'll consider the simple future tense and the future continuous tense. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE In English, a verb expressed in the simple future tense talks about an action or event that will take place in some future time. There are two ways to form the simple future tense: (1) using the helping verb will + the base form of the verb (e.g., will eat) and (2) am/is/are + going to + the base form of the verb (e.g., is going to eat). In Filipino, there are no direct equivalents for the words will or going to when expressing the future tense. The Filipino action verb is just conjugated appropriately to express the future tense.…

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Translating Present Tense Verbs in English to Filipino

In the previous post, we learned how to translate past tense verbs (simple past and past continuous) in English to Filipino. In this post, I’ll discuss how to translate English verbs in the simple present tense and present continuous tense to Filipino. Recall that Filipino has three main tenses: past, present, and future. For both the simple present tense and present continuous tense verbs in English, the present tense of Filipino action verbs is used. There are a few ways to make the present tense form of Filipino action verbs. The first syllable or letter, or first two letters of the root word is reduplicated. Then a specific prefix or infix is added. The prefixes may be nag-, na-, or um-. The infix -um- is inserted between the first two letters reduplicated. Note that this rule applies for actor-focus verbs. In conjugating Filipino verbs, reduplication comes first before affixation. SIMPLE…

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Translating Past Tense Verbs in English to Filipino

DISCLAIMER: I am not a Filipino teacher. Filipino is not my first language. The content of this post is based on my personal experience and what I have researched on the topic. If you find any errors in the information provided here or in the translations that I have made, let me know by leaving a comment or contacting me by using the contact form above. I would be happy to make any changes, if necessary. This is a discussion post. It does not have a worksheet at the end. The clipart used in this post is by Little Red. In English, there are verbs of being or “to be” verbs and these have different forms that depend on the tense and on whether the subject is singular or plural. The table below shows the positive “to be” verbs. It is claimed that the Filipino language does not have “to…

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2022 Samut-samot & Oliotopia 50-50

In celebration of my turning half a century old this year, I’m posting a new product in my Samut-samot store. (Click the menu item STORE above, then select Special Products). The Samut-samot & Oliotopia 50-50 is a 50-page compilation of worksheets and activities. It consists of sample pages from the products in my Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) store Oliotopia, as well as totally new worksheets. The product is comprised of 5 printable PDF files: 11 pages of math worksheets, 5 pages of shapes worksheets, 18 pages of writing activities, 6 pages of reading activities, and 10 pages of various activities. You can view most of the pages in the previews below, although not all 50 pages are shown. A few math worksheets have English instructions, otherwise all the other instructions and text are in Filipino. The pages are in black and white and are designed to be printed on letter-sized/short paper (8.5” x…

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