From root: dami
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinamihan
di-na-mi-HAN
increased the quantity
Present (Incomplete)
dinadamihan
di-na-da-mi-HAN
increasing the quantity
Future (Contemplated)
dadamihan
da-da-mi-HAN
will increase the quantity
Usage Note
Damihan is frequently used when requesting or instructing someone to provide a larger quantity of something, particularly food items or ingredients. It functions as an object-focused verb where the thing being increased is the subject of the sentence.
Examples
" Damihan mo ang sabaw. "
Natural Translation
Add more soup.
Literal Translation
Increase you the soup.
" Gusto kong damihan ang kanin. "
Natural Translation
I want to increase the rice.
Literal Translation
Want I increase the rice.
" Damihan mo na lang ang ulam dahil baka kulangin tayo kapag dumating ang mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
Just make more of the dish because we might run short once the guests arrive.
Literal Translation
Increase you just the dish because maybe lack we when arrive the plural guest.
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