From root: eroplano
Usage Note
Pa-eroplano indicates the mode of travel or transportation is by flight. It is often used to describe how a traveler arrived or how a package was sent.
Examples
" Pa-eroplano kami pauwi. "
Natural Translation
We're going home by airplane.
Literal Translation
By-airplane we going-home.
" Mas mabilis ang biyahe kung pa-eroplano. "
Natural Translation
The trip is faster if by airplane.
Literal Translation
More fast the trip if by-airplane.
" Kung gusto mong makarating agad sa probinsiya, mas mabuting pa-eroplano ka kaysa magbiyahe ng halos isang araw sa bus. "
Natural Translation
If you want to get to the province quickly, it's better to go by airplane than to travel almost a whole day by bus.
Literal Translation
If want you to-arrive immediately at province, more good by-airplane you than travel of almost one day by bus.
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