From root: alamat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nag-alamat
nag-a-la-MAT
told a legend
Present (Incomplete)
nag-aalamat
nag-a-a-la-MAT
telling a legend
Future (Contemplated)
mag-aalamat
mag-a-a-la-MAT
will tell a legend
Usage Note
Mag-alamat is used when narrating a legend or myth, often in an educational or cultural storytelling context. It can also be used colloquially to describe someone telling a long-winded or potentially exaggerated story.
Examples
" Mag-alamat ka tungkol sa bayan. "
Natural Translation
Tell a legend about the town.
Literal Translation
Tell-a-legend you about the town.
" Gusto niyang mag-alamat tungkol sa diwata. "
Natural Translation
He wants to tell a legend about the fairy.
Literal Translation
Want he tell-a-legend about the fairy.
" Tuwing gabi, mahilig mag-alamat ang aming lola tungkol sa mga diwata at engkanto na umano'y naninirahan sa malalaking puno. "
Natural Translation
Every night, our grandmother loves to tell legends about the fairies and spirits that supposedly live in the big trees.
Literal Translation
Every night, fond tell-a-legend the our grandmother about plural fairy and spirit that supposedly residing at big plural tree.
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