Usage Note
Atensiyon is borrowed from English attention and is used in classroom, military, and workplace settings. Teachers often call it to quiet a class, and colloquially it appears in the phrase humingi ng atensiyon — to seek or demand attention.
Examples
" Pakiusap, atensiyon ninyo. "
Natural Translation
Please, your attention.
Literal Translation
Please, attention your.
" Kailangan ko ng iyong atensiyon. "
Natural Translation
I need your attention.
Literal Translation
Need I of your attention.
" Humingi ng atensiyon ang guro sa maingay na klase bago niya simulan ang mahalagang anunsiyo. "
Natural Translation
The teacher asked for the noisy class's attention before she began the important announcement.
Literal Translation
Asked-for of attention the teacher to noisy class before she begin the important announcement.
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