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About words with accent marks?

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1. Ba't
2. nátagpuán
3. nagpasimulâ
4. Manilà

For learning: Filipino (Tagalog)
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    we don't offenly used those accent marks or what we called "mga tuldik" i think most of filipino doesn't know about it.^^
    anyway about those marks

    ´ Pahilís (Acute)
    ` Paiwà (Grave)
    ˆ Pakupyâ (Circumflex)
    it refers on how we pronounce each words correctly because some filipino words has a double meaning. it is usually written in filipino dictionaries and is written right above the Vowel Only.

    for instance: the word " HAPON"
    hápon (afternoon) more like longer pronunciation of "ha" haaapon.
    Hapón (japanese) emphasizing the letter "O" short pronounce hapOn.

    " ^ " a combination of the pahilís and the paiwà marks.
    BASA
    basa (to read) no accent mark or malumi
    basâ (wet)

    for more ditails visit this website.. it will help you
    http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/filpro.htm

    i addition ba't is not one of these.. its a short term for "bakit"
    when you saw a filipino words with mark like this " '" it means to be shorten. counterpart in english "it's" it is. "doesn't" does not. etc.

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