bumalik
bumalík with stress marks
to return
From root: balik
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
bumalik
bu-ma-LIK
returned
Present (Incomplete)
bumabalik
bu-ma-ba-LIK
is returning
Future (Contemplated)
babalik
ba-ba-LIK
will return
Usage Note
Bumalik is the actor-focus infinitive of balik, one of the highest-frequency verbs in Tagalog for returning to a place, person, or state. Deeply embedded in Filipino culture given the strong pull of home and family, reflected in the noun pagbabalik-bayan. Its object-focus counterpart ibalik shifts focus to the thing being returned.
Examples
" Bumalik ka agad. "
Natural Translation
Come back right away.
Literal Translation
Return you immediately.
" Bumalik siya sa Pilipinas noong isang buwan. "
Natural Translation
He/She returned to the Philippines last month.
Literal Translation
Returned he/she to Philippines last month.
" Pagkatapos ng maraming taon sa ibang bansa, bumalik siya sa kanilang nayon upang alagaan ang kanyang mga magulang. "
Natural Translation
After many years abroad, he/she returned to their village to take care of his/her parents.
Literal Translation
After of many years in other country, returned he/she to their village in-order-to take-care-of the his/her parents.
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