This states that the action is still ongoing and still not done. If the affix is hin, then hin will become in. The affix in in an infinitive will be a prefix if the root word begins with a vowel and an infix if the root word begins with a consonant. This states that the action has been completed.Īn infinitive with the affix um and a complete aspect are the same.Īn infinitive with the affixes ma, mag and mang will become na, nag and nang in the complete aspect. = nagpalít (changed), nagpapalit (changing), magpapalit (will change) = tumukâ (pecked), tumútukà (pecking), tútukà (will peck)

This is the combination of the root word and an affix. Tagalog verbs are conjugated for time using aspect rather than tense. It specifies whether the action happened, is happening, or will happen. The aspect of the verb indicates the progressiveness of the verb. Old: C-ungm-V: bungmabasa (unassimilated), nanasa (assimilated) Old: -ungm-: bungmasa (unassimilated), nasa (assimilated) The imperative affixes are not often used in Manila, but they do exist in other Tagalog speaking provinces. An example of this is basa which becomes basahin rather than basain. This does not usually happen with root words ending in pseudo-vowels such as w and y. With the suffixes -in and -an, if the root word ends in a vowel, the suffixes insert an h at the beginning to become -hin and -han to make speaking more natural. But the allophones, D and R are still preserved when it comes to verbs like 'dating (to arrive)' but is sometimes ignored. Also, when a verb starts in a 'B' or 'P', it becomes a N for complete and progressive like 'nasok and nanasok' and M for contemplative and infinitive like 'mamasok and masok.' Though they're lost in the Manila dialect, they are preserved in the Tagalog dialects.

'Tingmitingin' is meant for complete and progressive, and '-im-' is meant for infinitives like 'timingin' this is also known as vowel harmony. When a verb starts in an 'i', it becomes '-ingm-' like 'tingmingin. In old Tagalog, for actor trigger I, the affix '-ungm-' like 'sungmulat and sungmusulat' is meant for complete and progressive,'-um-' used to be an infinitive form like 'sumulat'. With object-focus verbs in the completed and progressive aspects, the infix -in- frequently becomes the infix -ni- or the prefix ni- if the root word begins with /l/, /r/, /w/, or /y/ e.g., linalapitan or nilalapitan and inilagáy or ilinagáy. Its other conjugated forms are susulat (su~sulat) and sumusulat (s ⟨um⟩u~sulat). The word sumulat (s ⟨um⟩ulat) (actor focus and completed aspect or infinitive) is composed of the root word sulat and the infix ⟨um⟩.

Punctuation marks indicate the type of affix a particular bound morpheme is hyphens mark prefixes and suffixes, and ⟨um⟩ is an infix that is placed between the first consonant and the first vowel of a root word.

∅ means that the verb root is used, therefore no affixes are added.

N stands for a nasal consonant which assimilates to ng, n, or m depending on the consonant following it.

CV~ stands for the reduplicated first syllable of a root word, which is usually the first consonant and the first vowel of the word.

Below is a chart of the main verbal affixes, which consist of a variety of prefixes, suffixes, infixes, and circumfixes. Tagalog verbs are morphologically complex and are conjugated by taking on a variety of affixes reflecting focus/trigger, aspect, voice, and other categories. Pronouns are inflected for number and verbs for focus, aspect and voice. Tagalog is an agglutinative yet slightly inflected language. In Tagalog, there are nine basic parts of speech: nouns ( pangngalan), pronouns ( panghalíp), verbs ( pandiwà), adverbs ( pang-abay), adjectives ( pang-urì), prepositions ( pang-ukol), conjunctions ( pangatníg), ligatures ( pang-angkóp) and particles. Tagalog grammar (Tagalog: Balarilà ng Tagalog) is the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the Tagalog language, the language of the Tagalog region of the Philippines. ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it to make it understandable to non-experts, without removing the technical details.

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