damahin
damahín with stress marks
to feel [it]
From root: damá
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinama
di-na-MA
felt
Present (Incomplete)
dinadama
di-na-da-MA
is being felt
Future (Contemplated)
dadamahin
da-da-ma-HIN
will be felt
Usage Note
Damahin is the object-focus infinitive of damá, covering both physical sensation — texture, temperature, pain — and emotional experience such as grief, joy, or atmosphere. In formal and literary registers it is preferred over the more general maramdaman when the thing being felt is the grammatical focus.
Examples
" Damahin mo ang lamig ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
Feel the coldness of the water.
Literal Translation
Feel you the coldness of water.
" Subukan mo na damahin ang hangin. "
Natural Translation
Try to feel the wind.
Literal Translation
Try you to feel the wind.
" Mahirap damahin ng iba ang kirot na dala ng pagkawala ng isang minamahal sa buhay. "
Natural Translation
It is hard for others to feel the pain brought by the loss of a loved one.
Literal Translation
Hard to-feel by-the others the pain that brought by loss of one beloved in life.
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