dumalaw
dumálaw with stress marks
to visit
From root: dalaw
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dumalaw
du-MA-law
visited
Present (Incomplete)
dumadalaw
du-ma-DA-law
is visiting
Future (Contemplated)
dadalaw
da-DA-law
will visit
Usage Note
Dumalaw is the actor-focus form of dalaw, used when the visitor is the grammatical subject. It carries warm connotations — visiting family, the sick, or a place of personal significance — and pairs with the object-focus dalawin when the person or place being visited is the focus.
Examples
" Dumalaw ako sa lola ko. "
Natural Translation
I visited my grandmother.
Literal Translation
Visited I to grandmother my.
" Gusto ko na dumalaw sa aking lola. "
Natural Translation
I want to visit my grandmother.
Literal Translation
Want I to visit to my grandmother.
" Tuwing bakasyon, dumadalaw kami sa probinsiya upang makasama ang mga lolo't lola na matagal na naming hindi nakikita. "
Natural Translation
Every vacation, we visit the province to spend time with our grandparents whom we haven't seen in a long time.
Literal Translation
Every vacation, visiting we to province in-order-to be-with the grandparents that long-time already by-us not seen.
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