From root: dulas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nadulas
na-du-LAS
slipped accidentally
Present (Incomplete)
nadudulas
na-du-du-LAS
slipping accidentally
Future (Contemplated)
madudulas
ma-du-du-LAS
will slip accidentally
Usage Note
Madulas is used to describe the accidental action of slipping on a surface, often because it is wet or greasy. It functions as an involuntary verb, emphasizing that the action was unintentional rather than deliberate.
Examples
" Baka madulas ka sa tubig. "
Natural Translation
You might slip on the water.
Literal Translation
Might slip you on water.
" Mag-ingat ka baka ikaw ay madulas. "
Natural Translation
Take care or you might accidentally slip.
Literal Translation
Take-care you might you are accidentally-slip.
" Mag-ingat ka sa basang sahig dahil madali kang madulas kapag hindi mo iniingatan ang iyong mga hakbang. "
Natural Translation
Be careful on the wet floor because you can easily slip when you're not watching your steps.
Literal Translation
Be-careful you on wet floor because easy you slip when not you guarding the your steps.
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