From root: bura
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagbura
nag-bu-RA
erased
Present (Incomplete)
nagbubura
nag-bu-bu-RA
erasing
Future (Contemplated)
magbubura
mag-bu-bu-RA
will erase
Usage Note
Magbura focuses on the person performing the act of clearing marks from a board or paper.
Examples
" Tutulong akong magbura. "
Natural Translation
I will help erase.
Literal Translation
Will-help I to-erase.
" Mahirap magbura ng maling sulat. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to erase a wrong writing.
Literal Translation
Hard to erase of wrong writing.
" Inutusan ng guro ang mga bata na magbura ng pisara bago sila umuwi tuwing hapon. "
Natural Translation
The teacher told the children to erase the blackboard before they went home each afternoon.
Literal Translation
Ordered by teacher the plural child to erase of blackboard before they go-home every afternoon.
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