From root: dekada
Usage Note
Pandekada is used to describe things specific to a particular ten-year span, such as pandekadang kanta meaning songs of the decade.
Examples
" Pandekada ang plano nila. "
Natural Translation
Their plan is decade-long.
Literal Translation
Decade-long the plan their.
" Ito ay isang pandekada na proyekto. "
Natural Translation
This is a decade-long project.
Literal Translation
This is one relating-to-a-decade that project.
" Inilunsad ng pamahalaan ang isang pandekadang programa na naglalayong unti-unting baguhin ang sistema ng edukasyon sa buong bansa. "
Natural Translation
The government launched a decade-long program that aims to gradually change the education system in the whole country.
Literal Translation
Launched of government the one decade-long program that aiming gradually to-change the system of education in whole country.
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