Mga Aspekto ng mga Pandiwang AN

This post has tables that are best viewed using a laptop or desktop. It is possible that you may not be able to view the tables using a mobile phone. My previous post dealt with the verbal aspects of object-focus verbs with the suffix -in or -hin. This post lists object-focus verbs with the suffix -an or -han (AN verbs). Like the IN verbs, the conjugation of AN verbs depends on whether the root word begins with a vowel or a consonant (location of the affix IN changes), whether it has the letter O in its final syllable (the O becomes a U), or whether the root word ends in the letter D (the D becomes R). The first table lists verbs with the suffix -an and the second table lists verbs with the suffix -han. Some verbs with root words that end in a vowel are suffixed with -han…

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Mga Aspekto ng mga Pandiwang IN

My previous posts were about actor-focus and experiencer-focus Filipino verbs. This post will be the first to deal with object-focus verbs, particularly those verbs with the suffix -in or -hin (IN verbs). This post has several tables that are best viewed using a laptop or desktop. It is possible that you may not be able to view the tables using a mobile phone. If the subject of the sentence is the object (or person) that is the receiver of the action expressed in the verb, then the verb is an object-focus verb. In other words, the action is being done TO the subject and the subject is called the direct object. Therefore, only Filipino transitive verbs (mga pandiwang palipat) are object-focus verbs. The most common object-focus Filipino verbs take the suffixes -in or -hin and -an or -han. Others have the prefix i- and ma-. This post tackles the conjugation…

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