EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to explain to someone...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-li-wa-NA-gan/
FIL: Ang pagbibigay ng paliwanag sa isang tao o grupo upang maunawaan nila ang isang paksa, isyu, o pangyayari.
EN: to explain to someone
This is the action version of 'paliwanag'. It’s what a manager does during a town hall, what a professor does during a lecture, or what you do when you have to paliwanagan your parents why you need money again. It's the act of shedding light on a topic for a specific audience.
ROOT MEANING: light
The '-an' suffix makes the verb focus on the person or thing receiving the explanation. "Paliwanagan mo *siya*." (Explain it *to him/her*.)
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong paliwanagan ang mga bata kung bakit mahalaga ang pag-aaral.
🇺🇸 You need to explain to the children why studying is important.
🇵🇭 Pinapunta siya sa opisina ng prinsipal para paliwanagan ang kanyang ginawa.
🇺🇸 He was sent to the principal's office to explain what he did.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.