bungguin
bungguín with stress marks
to bump
From root: bunggo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
binunggo
bi-nung-GO
bumped
Present (Incomplete)
binubunggo
bi-nu-bung-GO
is being bumped
Future (Contemplated)
bubungguin
bu-bung-gu-IN
will be bumped
Usage Note
Bungguin is the object-focus infinitive of bunggo, used when the thing being struck or collided with is the grammatical focus. Pairs with the actor-focus bumunggo when attention shifts to the object hit rather than the person doing the bumping. Used for both accidental physical impacts and deliberate minor collisions.
Examples
" Bungguin mo ang pinto. "
Natural Translation
Bump the door.
Literal Translation
Bump you the door.
" Bungguin mo ang lamesa para magulat siya. "
Natural Translation
Bump the table to startle him/her.
Literal Translation
Bump you the table for startle he/she.
" Huwag mong bungguin ang mesa dahil malapit doon ang baso na puno ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
Don't bump the table because the glass full of water is near it.
Literal Translation
Don't you bump the table because near there the glass that full of water.
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