Handbook of Tagalog Verbs: Inflection, Modes, and Aspects 9780824846329

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HANDBOOK OF TAGALOG VERBS

HANDBOOK OF TAGALOG VERBS Inflections, Modes, and Aspects Teresita V. Ramos

and Maria Lourdes S. Bautista

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS Honolulu

© 1 9 8 6 by University of Hawaii Press All r i g h t s reserved M a n u f a c t u r e d in the United States of A m e r i c a

Library of C o n g r e s s C a t a l o g i n g - i n - P u b l i c a t i o n Data R a m o s , Teresita V. H a n d b o o k of T a g a l o g verbs. B i b l i o g r a p h y : p. I n c l u d e s index. 1. T a g a l o g l a n g u a g e — V e r b . I. Bautista, M a r i a L o u r d e s S. II. Title. PL6053.R275 1986 499.21182421 86-6983 ISBN 0 - 8 2 4 8 - 1 0 1 8 - X

C a m e r a - r e a d y c o p y for t h i s b o o k w a s prepared by the D e p a r t m e n t of Indo-Pacific L a n g u a g e s , University of Hawaii.

INTRODUCTION

T h i s handbook of T a g a l o g work

which

gives

a concise»

d e s c r i p t i o n of Tagalog v e r b a l tables

showing a l l

verbs

is a reference

easy-to-understand

i n f l e c t i o n together with

the n e c e s s a r y

important and w i d e l y used Tagalog

forms of verbs.

the most

The handbook

i s d e s i g n e d t o supplement t e x t b o o k s in beginning and advanced l e v e l T a g a l o g . Since t h e r e i s no r e f e r e n c e book that s p e c i a l i z e s on the Tagalog verb f o r students* t h i s handbook w i l l be a valuable resource. A T a g a l o g v e r b u s u a l l y c o n t a i n s a r o o t or base and one or more a f f i x e s . The base provides the meaning of the v e r b whereas the a f f i x e s show the r e l a t i o n of the t o p i c t o the v e r b and a l s o the c h a r a c t e r

of

the

action. Verbs are c l a s s i f i e d by the a f f i x e s they t a k e . The a f f i x e s indicate which complement of

the

i s in focus. A complement may be the afii&t/ the

sentence flbdSSi'

the d i x s s t i f l l } ' the iosiXUlPSOt' or the b s u s f ¿ s i a x y of the

action.

Other

less

common complements

are

the

J,S£3£ifiD of and the i s s s f l j j f o r the a c t i o n . An a f f i x * however* may mark more than one kind of complement as in focus depending on the verb base* but g e n e r a l l y the

v

following classification holds true (the complement in focus is in parentheses). (1) Mag-/-jj©- verbs indicate that the 3£iflx of sentence

is in focus:

(£3) 03 ij,03f}3¥

iiodaiao f?3X3 53 aJsio- 'You buy bread at the store for me.1 (2) -Jo verbs usually indicate that theflbjfiSiof the sentence is in focus: BiilUOfflfl(303 ii03E3}f) S3 tiOdSbSO £3X3 53 3JSA0» 'Buy (bread) at the store for me.' (3)

verbs usually indicate the ¿ixS££iflD is

in focus: £¿.11)30 SQ 03 £j,03B3iI