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Ipa-: Tagalog Verb Affix

POD: object

to let, make or have someone do something

root	meaning	root + affix	meaning
hiram	borrowing	ipahiram	to let someone borrow something, to lend
luto’	cooking, cuisine	ipaluto’	to make someone cook something
kain	eating	ipakain	to make someone or an animal eat something
linis	cleaning	ipalinis	to make someone clean something
kita’	seeing	ipakita’	to make or let someone see something, to show

root	hiram
meaning	borrowing
root + affix	ipahiram
meaning	to let someone borrow something, to lend

root	luto’
meaning	cooking, cuisine
root + affix	ipaluto’
meaning	to make someone cook something

root	kain
meaning	eating
root + affix	ipakain
meaning	to make someone or an animal eat something

root	linis
meaning	cleaning
root + affix	ipalinis
meaning	to make someone clean something

root	kita’
meaning	seeing
root + affix	ipakita’
meaning	to make or let someone see something, to show

Aspects:

basic form	completed	uncompleted	unstarted
ipahiram	(i)pinahiram	(i)pinapahiram	ipapahiram
ipakita’	(i)pinakita’	(i)pinapakita’	ipapakita’

basic form	ipahiram
completed	(i)pinahiram
uncompleted	(i)pinapahiram
unstarted	ipapahiram

basic form	ipakita’
completed	(i)pinakita’
uncompleted	(i)pinapakita’
unstarted	ipapakita’

Sentences:

Pinahiram ni Peter kay Heidi ang libro.	Peter lent the book to Heidi.
Pinakita’ ni Andrew kay Mike ang picture.	Andrew showed Mike the picture.

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