From root: dating
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dinatnan
di-nat-NAN
found upon arrival
Present (Incomplete)
dinadatnan
di-na-dat-NAN
finding upon arrival
Future (Contemplated)
dadatnan
da-dat-NAN
will find upon arrival
Usage Note
Datnan is used to describe finding a person or situation in a specific state upon your arrival at a location. It often conveys the sense of catching or encountering someone already there, such as finding a child asleep when you get home.
Examples
" Natutuwa akong datnan kang gising. "
Natural Translation
I'm glad to find you awake.
Literal Translation
Glad I find-upon-arrival you awake.
" Masarap datnan ang malinis na bahay. "
Natural Translation
It is pleasant to find upon arrival the clean house.
Literal Translation
Pleasant find-upon-arrival the clean house.
" Pagdating ko sa bahay, dinatnan kong tulog na ang mga bata at malinis na ang buong sala. "
Natural Translation
When I got home, I found the children already asleep and the whole living room already clean.
Literal Translation
Upon-arrival my at house, found-upon-arrival I asleep already the plural children and clean already the whole living-room.
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