magbigkas
magbigkás with stress marks
to recite
From root: bigkas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagbigkas
nag-big-KAS
recited
Present (Incomplete)
nagbibigkas
nag-bi-big-KAS
is reciting
Future (Contemplated)
magbibigkas
mag-bi-big-KAS
will recite
Usage Note
Magbigkas is the actor-focus infinitive of bigkas, used when the speaker, reciter, or orator is the grammatical subject. Common in classroom, literary, and oratorical settings — areas where public speaking and declamation are highly valued in Philippine education. Its object-focus counterpart bigkasin foregrounds the words or text being pronounced.
Examples
" Magbigkas ka ng tula. "
Natural Translation
Recite a poem.
Literal Translation
Recite you of poem.
" Balak niya na magbigkas ng tula bukas. "
Natural Translation
They plan to recite a poem tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Plan they to recite of poem tomorrow.
" Bago siya magbigkas ng kanyang talumpati, huminga muna siya nang malalim upang mawala ang kanyang kaba. "
Natural Translation
Before he recited his speech, he first took a deep breath so that his nervousness would go away.
Literal Translation
Before he recite of his speech, breathed first he deeply so-that disappear the his nervousness.
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