EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
was forgotten (object-focus)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/na-ka-li-MU-tan/
FIL: Ang pandiwa ng hindi pag-alala kung saan ang pokus ay nasa bagay o taong kinalimutan, hindi sa taong nakalimot.
EN: was forgotten (object-focus)
The passive, 'it wasn't my fault' version of forgetting. The thing you forgot is the star of the show. 'Nakalimutan ko ang wallet ko!' (See? It's the wallet's fault!). This is the national anthem of people running late or failing to do a task. The subject is the thing that was forgotten.
ROOT MEANING: oblivion; the act of forgetting
Object-focus verb. The thing that was forgotten is the subject of the sentence. Very common in everyday speech.
🇵🇭 Nakalimutan kong mag-reply sa email ng boss ko!
🇺🇸 I forgot (the act of replying was forgotten by me) to reply to my boss's email!
🇵🇭 Bakit mo nakalimutan ang kaarawan ko?
🇺🇸 Why was my birthday forgotten by you?
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.