From root: ahit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nang-ahit
nang-A-hit
shaved others
Present (Incomplete)
nang-aahit
nang-a-A-hit
shaving others
Future (Contemplated)
mang-aahit
mang-a-A-hit
will shave others
Usage Note
Mang-ahit is used when the actor shaves someone else, often implying a professional context like a barber's work or a deliberate act of grooming another person. It is distinct from 'mag-ahit', which is used for the reflexive act of shaving oneself.
Examples
" Marunong siyang mang-ahit. "
Natural Translation
He knows how to shave others.
Literal Translation
Know he to-shave-others.
" Mahirap mang-ahit kung hindi ka sanay. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to shave if you are not used to it.
Literal Translation
Hard shave if not you used-to.
" Bago siya naging barbero, matagal siyang nag-aral kung paano mang-ahit nang hindi nasusugatan ang kanyang mga kliyente. "
Natural Translation
Before he became a barber, he studied for a long time how to shave others without cutting his clients.
Literal Translation
Before he became barber, long he studied how to-shave-others without getting-wounded the his clients.
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