From root: apat
Usage Note
Makaapat uses the maka- frequentative prefix on apat to specify that an action is performed exactly four times. It belongs to the maka- repetition series alongside makaisa (once), makadalawa (twice), and makatlo (three times), and is used in narrative and conversational contexts to emphasize the precise number of repetitions.
Examples
" Kumatok siya nang makaapat. "
Natural Translation
He knocked four times.
Literal Translation
Knocked he in-a-way four-times.
" Bumalik ako doon nang makaapat. "
Natural Translation
I went back there four times.
Literal Translation
Returned I there in-a-way four-times.
" Bago siya pumayag, kinausap ko siya nang makaapat sa loob ng isang linggo dahil napakatigas ng kaniyang ulo. "
Natural Translation
Before he agreed, I talked to him four times within one week because he was so stubborn.
Literal Translation
Before he agree, talked-to I him in-a-way four-times within of one week because so-hard of his head.
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