[TAGALOG] Nag-aral ako ang mga saltia para "actor" at "object" focus verbs paki-translate po :)
I`m looking for the correct Tagalog phrases for object and actor focused sentences below
Tama ba mga ito?
Actor Focus:
(I understand nag- and -um- are both used in bigay... I used nag here for no reason)
- Nagbibigay si Stewie ng baril kay kanya - Stewie is giving the gun to him
- Magbibigay si Frodo ng isda sa kanya - Frodo is going to give the fish to her
- Si Gandalf gumawa ito sa kanya kanina - Gandalf did this to him
- Gumagawa siya ito sa iyo - He is doing this to you
- Si Frodo gagawa iyan - Frodo is going to do that
- Nagbigay siya ng relos sa kanya - He gave the ring to her
Object focus:
- Gugustuhin ni Homer ang donut mamaya - Homer is going to want a doughnut later
- Ginusto niya ang mga karbon - He wants coal
- Ginusto ko ang aso kanina, Pero ayaw ko na - I wanted a dog earlier, But I don't want now
- Ibibigay mo kay Homer ang dahon - Your going to give Homer the leaf
- Binigay niya ang kahon sa kanya - He gave the box to her
- Binibigay niya ang regalo sa iyo - He is giving you a gift
- Ginawa niya ba ito sa sayo? - She did this to you?
- Anong ginagawa ka ba? - What are you doing?
- Anong gagawin ka ba mamaya - What are you going to do later?
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I noticed that neither of the commentators used "gumagawa" in their corrections for the actor-focus phrase.
Here it is:
Siya ang gumagawa nito sa iyo. That phrase places TONS of focus on the actor.
And just to add on if it helps at all, I'm going to help you discern when to use "nito" or "ito," since I noticed you used "ito" in your phrase. (And I feel a lot of people are going to disagree with what I am about to write, but that's entirely OK with me! Our teachers never taught us the intricacies of Tagalog, so we've never learned it in school. What I'm about to write may seem like foreign ideas to most, but we're about to do know them RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!)
"Nito" is a condensation of the following words: "ng ito." Even though "gumagawa" is a verb, it is used in my phrase as a noun, as it is preceded by the article "ang" meaning "the" or "the one." So the words "ang gumagawa" really translates to "the doer." Since the pronoun in the phrase starts at the beginning of the modifier, it should really start with "Siya ay ang gumagawa...", but "ay" is optional before "ang." All in all, my phrase really translates to "He is the fabricator OF THIS towards you." Translating that as closely as possible in Tagalog would go "Siya AY ang gumagawa NG ITO sa iyo." Long story short, we say "nito" because it's "ng ito" which is the "of this" in that English phrase.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. I THINK I CAUSED MORE CONFUSION THAN ANYTHING.
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[TAGALOG] Nag-aral ako ang mga saltia para "actor" at "object" focus verbs paki-translate po :)
I`m looking for the correct Tagalog phrases for object and actor focused sentences belowTama ba mga ito?
Actor Focus:
(I understand nag- and -um- are both used in bigay... I used nag here for no reason)
- Nagbibigay si Stewie ng baril kay sa kanya - Stewie is giving the gun to him -->Better translation: "Stewie gives him a gun" rather than "is giving". I think "is giving" would be "binibigay". "Nag" + repeated syllable is present tense.
- Magbibigay si Frodo ng isda sa kanya - Frodo is going to give the fish to her -->Better translation: Frodo will be giving fish to her. Omit "the" because nothing in the Tagalog sentence is definitive that it's a specific fish.
- Si Gandalf gumawa nito sa kanya kanina - Gandalf did this to him.
- Gumagawa Ginagawa niya siya ito sa iyo - He is doing this to you
- Si Frodo gagawa niyan - Frodo is going to do that
- Nagbigay siya ng relos singsing sa kanya - He gave the ring to her -->Better translation: "He gave a ring to her."
Object focus:
- Gugustuhin ni Homer ang donut mamaya - Homer is going to want a doughnut later ->Better translation: "Homer is going to want the donut later."
- Ginusto niya ang mga karbon - He wants coal -->Better translation: "He wanted the coal." "Ginusto" signals past tense.
- Ginusto ko ang aso kanina, Pero ayaw ko na - I wanted a dog earlier, But I don't want now -->Better translation: "I wanted the dog earlier, but I don't anymore." "I don't want it now" would be "Hindi ko na gusto ngayon."
- Ibibigay mo kay Homer ang dahon - You're going to give Homer the leaf
- Binigay niya ang kahon sa kanya - He gave the box to her
- Binibigay niya ang regalo sa iyo - He is giving you a gift-->Better translation: "He is giving you the gift."
- Ginawa niya ba ito sa sa iyo? - She did this to you? -->Better translation: "Did she do this to you?" "She did this to you?" would be "Sya gumawa nito sa iyo?"
- Ano'ng ginagawa ka bamo? - What are you doing?
- Ano'ng gagawin ka ba mo mamaya - What are you going to do later?
- Gumagawa Ginagawa niya siya ito sa iyo - He is doing this to you
- Si Frodo gagawa niyan - Frodo is going to do that
- Nagbigay siya ng relos singsing sa kanya - He gave the ring to her -->Better translation: "He gave a ring to her."
Object focus:
- Gugustuhin ni Homer ang donut mamaya - Homer is going to want a doughnut later ->Better translation: "Homer is going to want the donut later."
- Ginusto niya ang mga karbon - He wants coal -->Better translation: "He wanted the coal." "Ginusto" signals past tense.
- Ginusto ko ang aso kanina, Pero ayaw ko na - I wanted a dog earlier, But I don't want now -->Better translation: "I wanted the dog earlier, but I don't anymore." "I don't want it now" would be "Hindi ko na gusto ngayon."
- Ibibigay mo kay Homer ang dahon - You're going to give Homer the leaf
- Binigay niya ang kahon sa kanya - He gave the box to her
- Binibigay niya ang regalo sa iyo - He is giving you a gift-->Better translation: "He is giving you the gift."
- Ginawa niya ba ito sa sa iyo? - She did this to you? -->Better translation: "Did she do this to you?" "She did this to you?" would be "Sya gumawa nito sa iyo?"
- Ano'ng ginagawa ka bamo? - What are you doing?
- Ano'ng gagawin ka ba mo mamaya - What are you going to do later?
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[TAGALOG] Nag-aral ako ang mga saltia para "actor" at "object" focus verbs paki-translate po :)
I`m looking for the correct Tagalog phrases for object and actor focused sentences belowTama ba ang mga ito?
Actor Focus:
(I understand nag- and -um- are both used in bigay... I used nag here for no reason)
- Nagbibigay si Stewie ng baril kay sa kanya - Stewie is giving the gun to him
- Magbibigay si Frodo ng isda sa kanya - Frodo is going to give the fish to her
- Si Gandalf ang gumawa ito nito sa kanya kanina - Gandalf did this to him
- Gumagawa siya ito sa iyo - He is doing this to you - Ginagawa niya ito sa iyo. - cannot be actor-focused
- Si Frodo ang gagawa iyan - Frodo is going to do that
- Nagbigay siya ng relos singsing sa kanya - He gave the ring to her - Should be: He gave a watch ro her
Note: Object-focused verbs are used is the object is specific
Nagbigay siya ng relos sa kanya - He gave him a watch
Binigay niya ang relos sa kanya - He gave him the watch
Object focus:
- Gugustuhin ni Homer ang donut mamaya - Homer is going to want a the doughnut later
- Ginusto niya ang mga karbon - He wants the coal
- Ginusto ko ang aso kanina, Pero ayaw ko na - I wanted a the dog earlier, But I don't want now
- Ibibigay mo kay Homer ang dahon - Your going to give Homer the leaf
- Binigay niya ang kahon sa kanya - He gave the box to her
- Binibigay niya ang regalo sa iyo - He is giving you a gift
- Ginawa niya ba ito sa sayo sa 'yo? - She did this to you?
- Anong ginagawa ka ba? - Ano'ng ginagawa mo? What are you doing? - take note: anong and ano'ng are different
- Anong gagawin ka ba mamaya - Ano'ng gagawin mo mamaya? What are you going to do later?
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