
If the infinitive has the affixes ma, mag and mang, change it to na, nag and nang and repeat the first syllable or first two letters of the root word.

If the infinitive has the affix um, the first syllable or the first two letters of the root word will be repeated. 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. = nagpalit (changed), nagpapalit (changing), magpapalit (will change) = tumuka (pecked), tumutuka (pecking), tutuka (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. 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. 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 inilagay or ilinagay. 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⟩.

1.1.3 Progressive (Nagaganap/Imperpektibo).
