From root: alamat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inalamat
i-na-LA-mat
turned into a legend
Present (Incomplete)
inaalamat
i-na-a-LA-mat
turning into a legend
Future (Contemplated)
aalamatin
a-a-la-ma-TIN
will turn into a legend
Usage Note
Alamatin is used when describing the process of turning a story, person, or event into a legend or folklore, often in a literary or figurative context. It implies immortalizing a subject through storytelling so it becomes part of a culture's mythological heritage.
Examples
" Alamatin natin ang kanyang buhay. "
Natural Translation
Let's turn his life into a legend.
Literal Translation
Turn-into-legend let's the his life.
" Gusto niyang alamatin ang kuwentong iyon. "
Natural Translation
He wants that story to turn into a legend.
Literal Translation
Want he turn-into-a-legend the story that.
" Sa pamamagitan ng mga kanta at kuwento, inaalamat ng mga tao ang kabayanihan ng mga magigiting na bayani. "
Natural Translation
Through songs and stories, people turn the heroism of the brave heroes into legend.
Literal Translation
By means of the songs and stories, turning-into-legend by the people the heroism of the brave heroes.
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