EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have someone be taught...
to be at the entrance; to be what one first sees...
to nag; to scold; to talk incessantly...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/pa-tu-RU-an/
FIL: Atasan, payagan, o maging sanhi na ang isang tao ay maturuan ng iba.
EN: to have someone be taught
This is what your parents do when they hire a tutor for you because your math grades are... let's just say, 'developing.' 'Pinaturuan nila ako ng piano.' It’s not you asking to be taught (that's 'paturo'), but someone else arranging for you to receive instruction. It’s the outsourcing of teaching.
ROOT MEANING: to teach; to point
A causative verb. It means to cause someone to be taught by another person. The object of the verb is the person being taught.
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🇵🇭 Nais niyang paturuan ng Ingles ang kanyang anak sa isang dayuhan.
🇺🇸 She wants to have her child be taught English by a foreigner.
🇵🇭 Nagpasya siyang paturuan ang kapatid niya sa pagmamaneho.
🇺🇸 He decided to have his sibling taught how to drive.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.