Learn Ilocano: Tenses of Verbs Prefixes Ag- and Nag-

Naimbag nga rabii! Let's continue with our sentence structure, and let's get to know prefixes Ag- and Nag- for tenses of verbs.
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Examples on this video:
(Root word) digos = bath
FUTURE TENSE
(Prefix) Ag + (root word) digos = Agdigos (to bath)

PRESENT TENSE
(Prefix) Ag + dig + digos = Agdigdigos (bathing)
where did DIG came from? -- From the root word DIGos

PAST TENSE
(Prefix) Nag + root word = Nagdigos (bathed)

(Root word) tugaw = sit
FUTURE TENSE
(Prefix) Ag + (root word) tugaw = Agtugaw (to sit)

PRESENT TENSE
(Prefix) Ag + tug + tugaw = Agtugtugaw (sitting)
where did TUG came from? -- From the root word TUGaw

PAST TENSE:
(Prefix) Nag + (root word) tugaw = Nagtugaw (sat)

Pronoun I = Ak
EXAMPLES
English (Future tense) I'm going to take a bath.
Ilocano ((Future tense) Agdigosak.
English (Present tense): I'm taking a bath.
Ilocano (Present tense) Agdigdigosak.
English (Past tense) I took a bath.
Ilocano (Past tense) Nagdigosak.

English (Future tense) I'm going to sit here.
Ilocano (Future tense) Agtugawak ditoy.
English (Present tense) I'm sitting here.
Ilocano (Present tense) Agtugtugawak ditoy.
English (Past tense) I sat here.
Ilocano (Past tense) Nagtugawak ditoy.

English (Future tense) I'm going to take medicine.
Ilocano (Future tense) Agtumarak ti agas.
English (Present tense) I'm taking medicine.
Ilocano (Present tense) Agtumtumarak ti agas.
English (Past tense) I took medicine.
Ilocano (Past tense) Nagtumarak ti agas.

Pronoun She/he = Isuna
EXAMPLES
She/He is taking a bath.
Agdigdigos isuna.

She/He is going to sit here.
Agtugaw isuna ditoy.

She/He is taking medicine.
Agtumtumar isuna ti agas.

He/She took medicine.
Nagtumar isuna ti agas.




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