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| Corrections are criticisms are welcome. Thanks to Jean-Paul G. POTET for this contribution. Preliminary remark : There is no verb "to be" in Tagalog. Please translate the following into your language: Existence.................... (pagkakaroón) Existing..................... Ř > nároón Life......................... búhay Being [noun]...............Ř Being [verb]................Ř I was.........................Ř He was......................Ř They were..................Ř I am..........................Ř You are.....................Ř He is.........................Ř They are.....................Ř I will be......................Ř He will be...................Ř They will be................Ř There was..................mayroón / nagkaroón (negations : walá? / hindí? nagkaroón) There will be...............mayroón / magkákaroón (negations : walá? / hindí? magkákaroón) It existed....................mayroón / nagkaroón Finally ten short sentences. [please put the 'existence' word in brackets] Example; The girl [is] a student. The girl is a student...............................Estudyánte ang dalága. The boy is being kind............................Mabaít ang binatílyo. The building has existed for ten years......May sampú(?)-ng taón ná-ng nároón ang gusáli(?)ng iyán The girl is running quickly.....................Tumátakbó nang matúlin ang dalága. The boy will be handsome.....................Magíging-guwápo ang báta(?)-ng laláki. .................... The man was a doctor...........................Manggagámot / médikó / doktór noón ang laláki. I believe in the existence of atoms...........Pinápaniwaláan kó ang pagkakaroón nang mangá 'atom'. Life exists on earth...............................May búhay sa lúpa? I like being a student.............................Gustó kó ang búhay nang isá-ng estudyánte. I enjoy living my life...............................Gustó kó iyó(n)-ng áki(n)-ng búhay na iyó(n). I love him/her with my whole 'Being.'..........Minámahál kó siyá nang buó(?)-ng saríli kó. |
