magpaalam
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɡpaˈʔalam/ [mɐɡ.pɐˈʔaː.lɐm]
- Rhymes: -alam
- Syllabification: mag‧pa‧a‧lam
Verb
magpaalam (complete nagpaalam, progressive nagpapaalam, contemplative magpapaalam, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔)
- to say goodbye
- Gabi na, kaya kailangan ko na pong magpaalam dahil baka mag-alala na sila sa bahay.
- It's late, so I need to say goodbye now because they might worry about me at home.
- to ask for permission, especially with authoritative figures
- Magpapaalam muna ako sa nanay ko; sana payagan niya akong sumama sa inyo sa gimik!
- I'll ask my mom first; I hope she'll let me join you guys for the trip!
Conjugation
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mag- ᜋᜄ᜔ |
paalam ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| magpaalam ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
nagpaalam ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
nagpapaalam ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ nagapaalam1 ᜈᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
magpapaalam ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ magapaalam1 ᜋᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ gapaalam1 ᜄᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
formal | kapapaalam ᜃᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kapagpapaalam ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
magpaalam1 ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ |
| informal | kakapaalam ᜃᜃᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kakapagpaalam ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ kapapagpaalam ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜀᜎᜋ᜔ | |||||
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||||
Verb conjugation for magpaalam
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