damputin
damputín with stress marks
to pick [it] up
From root: dampot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinampot
di-nam-POT
picked up
Present (Incomplete)
dinadampot
di-na-dam-POT
is being picked up
Future (Contemplated)
dadamputin
da-dam-pu-TIN
will be picked up
Usage Note
Damputin is the object-focus infinitive of dampot, with the root vowel o shifting to u before -in, used when the item being picked up from a surface is the grammatical focus — coins, litter, fallen objects. In colloquial speech the same root also functions as slang for an informal arrest, so damputin can occasionally appear in that register too.
Examples
" Damputin mo ang barya. "
Natural Translation
Pick up the coin.
Literal Translation
Pick-up you the coin.
" Dapat mo na damputin ang basura sa sahig. "
Natural Translation
You should pick up the trash on the floor.
Literal Translation
Should you to pick up the trash on floor.
" Kung makikita mo ang singsing na nahulog sa ilalim ng mesa, pakiusap na damputin mo agad bago ito matapakan ng iba. "
Natural Translation
If you see the ring that fell under the table, please pick it up right away before someone else steps on it.
Literal Translation
If will-see you the ring that fell under of table, please that pick-up you immediately before it be-stepped-on of others.
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