EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
just left...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-a-a-LIS/
FIL: Nangangahulugang katatapos pa lamang umalis o lumisan. Ito ay nasa aspetong perpektibong katatapos.
EN: just left
The official word for that "Sayang! Kakaalis lang niya!" moment. It's the sound of a near-miss. You just missed the bus, your friend just left the house, the Grab driver just drove off. The repeated first syllable "ka-" is the grammatical equivalent of the word "just" in "just happened." It's the tense of regret and bad timing.
Formed by repeating the first syllable of the root word "alis" (ka- + alis = kaalis) and then repeating the "ka-" prefix for the recent perfective aspect (ka- + kaalis = kaaalis).
ROOT MEANING: to leave, to depart, to remove
The "ka-(repeat first syllable of root)" construction is a common way to form the recent perfective aspect in Tagalog (e.g., kakain - just ate, kaliligo - just bathed).
🇵🇭 Kaaalis lang ng bus, kailangan nating maghintay ng susunod.
🇺🇸 The bus just left, we need to wait for the next one.
🇵🇭 Nang dumating ako, kaaalis na pala nila.
🇺🇸 When I arrived, they had apparently just left.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.