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machines such as the computer have no Filipino equivalent.
Use the prefixes you have learned. For example:

Completed Incompleted Contemplative
nag-i-skiing nag-i-snowboarding nag-computer
nag-i-iskiing nag-i-isnowboarding nagko-computer
mag-iiskiing mag-i-isnowboarding magko-computer

Notice that when two consonants follow each other such as in the syllables “ski”
and “snow,” we use only the first consonant and the first vowel with the prefix.
Thus we say nagsi- and nagso-. Do not say nagski-skiing. Also, use k instead of
c, for nagko- computer.

Mga Tala Sa Kultura

Being a tropical country, the Philippines does not have the four seasons of spring,
summer, fall, and winter. Instead, there are only two seasons: tag-ulan (rainy) and
tagaraw (summer or dry season). Tag-araw is also called tag-init (hot season).
However, seasons can also be indicated by words that refer to particular
activities. For example, rice farmers use words such as tag-ani (harvest season) and
tagtuyot (dry season). Sacadas or seasonal sugarcane workers dread tiempos
muertos (dead season) because this is the time when they do not have work.
Students go to school during pasukan (school season).
In many places in the country where most of the people are Catholics and
Christians, Kapaskuhan (Christmas season) starts as early as October and ends as
late as January (to celebrate the day of the Three Kings on January 6). Lent is called
Kuwaresma or Semana Santa (Holy Week), referring to weeklong activities of

visita iglesia (visiting churches), prusisyon (procession) of images of saints, via
crucis (way of the cross), and dula (religious plays), especially on Biyernes Santo
(Good Friday) and Pasko ng Pagkabuhay (Easter Sunday).

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