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Difference between a Tagalog "um" verb and "mag" verb
I know how to conjugate mag and um verbs, but my questions is a bit more fundamental. Some verbs seem to only be conjugated as um verbs, whereas others are only conjugated as mag verbs. Still others can be conjugated as either.
Is there a general rule as to what kind of verbs are conjugated as um, and what kind are conjugated as mag?
And when a verb can be conjugated as either, what is the usual difference between its um for and mag form.
Salamat
Is there a general rule as to what kind of verbs are conjugated as um, and what kind are conjugated as mag?
And when a verb can be conjugated as either, what is the usual difference between its um for and mag form.
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you are right with your thoughts.
"um" and "mag" are prefixes however the"um" verb could be place right before the vowel or right after the consonant.
Um and mag verbs can start either with a vowel or a consonant. Additionally, English loan verbs are mag verbs, but there is no clear-cut rule how to classify local Tagalog verbs in the um and mag paradigms.
lets take an example:
"mag" verbs
magcomputer (to use a computer) , magfile (to file), magsimba(to go to church), mag-ayos (to fix something in place), mag-utos (to command) mag-linis (to clean)
"um" verbs
sumigaw (to shout) , umeksena (to staged "eksena" is scene) , kumanta ( to sing) ,umayos (regulate/recondion) , umamin (to confess something)
Actually there is an example of acceptable use of <um>, <mag> and the nasal assimilation that are interchangeable in a sentence an example is sita,which means criticize.
Ang sama niyang magsita
Ang sama niyang sumita
Ang sama niyang manita
all of these could be (past, present,future) depending on how you will interpret these sentences. However all of them has the same meaning "how bad is he/she to criticized for "somethig specifically"...(for a matter of reasons)
acceptable in them...
um can be either infinitive or past tense but mag- has a past tense form and that is nag-
"um" and "mag" are prefixes however the"um" verb could be place right before the vowel or right after the consonant.
Um and mag verbs can start either with a vowel or a consonant. Additionally, English loan verbs are mag verbs, but there is no clear-cut rule how to classify local Tagalog verbs in the um and mag paradigms.
lets take an example:
"mag" verbs
magcomputer (to use a computer) , magfile (to file), magsimba(to go to church), mag-ayos (to fix something in place), mag-utos (to command) mag-linis (to clean)
"um" verbs
sumigaw (to shout) , umeksena (to staged "eksena" is scene) , kumanta ( to sing) ,umayos (regulate/recondion) , umamin (to confess something)
Actually there is an example of acceptable use of <um>, <mag> and the nasal assimilation that are interchangeable in a sentence an example is sita,which means criticize.
Ang sama niyang magsita
Ang sama niyang sumita
Ang sama niyang manita
all of these could be (past, present,future) depending on how you will interpret these sentences. However all of them has the same meaning "how bad is he/she to criticized for "somethig specifically"...(for a matter of reasons)
acceptable in them...
um can be either infinitive or past tense but mag- has a past tense form and that is nag-
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