dumalusdos
dumalusdós with stress marks
to slide down
From root: dalusdos
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dumalusdos
du-ma-lus-DOS
slid
Present (Incomplete)
dumadalusdos
du-ma-da-lus-DOS
is sliding
Future (Contemplated)
dadalusdos
da-da-lus-DOS
will slide
Usage Note
Dumalusdos is the actor-focus form of dalusdos, describing the intransitive act of sliding downward. It is used both literally — children on a slide or a muddy slope — and figuratively for decline, and has no canonical object-focus counterpart for the act of sliding itself.
Examples
" Dumalusdos ang bata sa burol. "
Natural Translation
The child slid down the hill.
Literal Translation
Slid the child on hill.
" Masarap dumalusdos sa palaruan. "
Natural Translation
It is nice to slide down on the playground.
Literal Translation
Nice to slide down on playground.
" Nang umulan nang malakas, dumalusdos ang ilang sasakyan sa madulas na kalsada papuntang bayan. "
Natural Translation
When it rained hard, several vehicles slid down the slippery road toward town.
Literal Translation
When rained of hard, slid the several vehicles on slippery that road going-to town.
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