pag- -an
Tagalog
Circumfix
- Object trigger - perform the action of the verb on/ at/ to/ in something or someone
- pag- -an + sabi (“say”) → pagsabihan (“to reprimand, to warn”)
- Pinagsabihan ko na sya.
- I already warned him.
- pag- -an + higanti (“revenge”) → paghigantihan (“to take revenge on”)
- Pinaghigantihan nya ang pagkamatay ng lolo nya.
- He took revenge on the death of his grandfather.
- pag- -an + himasok (“meddling”) → panghimasukan (“to meddle in”)
- Huwag mong panghimasukan ang buhay ko.
- Don't poke your nose in my life.
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