dalawin
dalawín with stress marks
to visit [someone]
From root: dalaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinalaw
di-NA-law
visited
Present (Incomplete)
dinadalaw
di-na-DA-law
is being visited
Future (Contemplated)
dadalawin
da-da-la-WIN
will be visited
Usage Note
Dalawin is the object-focus infinitive of dalaw, used when the person or place being visited is the grammatical focus. It often carries a sense of care or duty — visiting elderly relatives, patients, or cherished places — and pairs with the actor-focus dumalaw.
Examples
" Dalawin mo si Lola. "
Natural Translation
Visit Grandma.
Literal Translation
Visit you Grandma.
" Kailangan mo na dalawin ang kaibigan mo. "
Natural Translation
You need to visit your friend.
Literal Translation
Need you to visit the friend your.
" Sa tuwing may bakasyon, dinadalaw namin ang mga kamag-anak na matagal na naming hindi nakikita. "
Natural Translation
Whenever there's a vacation, we visit the relatives we haven't seen in a long time.
Literal Translation
Every time has vacation, is-being-visited by-us the relatives that long already by-us not seen.
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