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gumising gumigising gigising
naligo naliligo maliligo
nagsipilyo nagsisipilyo magsisipilyo

nagsuklay nagsusuklay magsusuklay
nagbihis nagbibihis nagbibihis

pumasok pumapapasok papasok
nagbasa nagbabasa magbabasa

nagsulat nagsusulat magsusulat
naglaro naglalaro maglalaro

tumugtog tumutugtog tutugtog
nagpraktis nagpapraktis magpapraktis
nag-ensayo nag-eensayo mag-eensayo

kumanta kumakanta kakanta
sumayaw sumasayaw sasayaw

nagluto nagluluto magluluto
nanood nanonood manonood
nakinig nakikinig makikinig

natulog natutulog matutulog

II. Conjugating Verbs (Object Focus)
Some verbs you studied need to be used with direct objects. Thus, you need to
know how to conjugate them using the affixes in and an. This is useful to know
for “ano” or “what” questions. For example:

TANONG : Ano ang kinain mo?
SAGOT 1 : Pizza ang kinain ko.
SAGOT 2 : Kumain ako ng pizza.

Note that there are two ways of answering this question. It is actually more
natural to say “Kumain ako ng pizza.” However, remember that you cannot say
“Ano ang kumain mo?” because that would be grammatically wrong.
To conjugate, use the following formulas:
Using the in affix:

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in (before the first first two syllables of first syllable of root
vowel) + root word completed aspect + word + root word +