gustuhin
gustuhín with stress marks
to want [it]
From root: gusto
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ginusto
gi-NUS-to
wanted
Present (Incomplete)
ginugusto
gi-nu-GUS-to
is wanting
Future (Contemplated)
gugustuhin
gu-gus-tu-HIN
will want
Usage Note
Gustuhin is the object-focus verbal form of gusto, a Spanish loanword covering both liking and wanting. In everyday speech, gusto functions as a stative predicate without affixes; gustuhin appears in more fully inflected verbal constructions, emphatic or conditional clauses, and written registers.
Examples
" Gugustuhin mo ba ito? "
Natural Translation
Will you want this?
Literal Translation
Will-want your question this?
" Mahirap na hindi gustuhin ang regalong ito. "
Natural Translation
It is hard not to want this gift.
Literal Translation
Hard not to want the gift , this.
" Kahit anong gawin ko, hindi niya gugustuhing patawarin ako hangga't hindi ako humihingi ng tawad nang taos-puso. "
Natural Translation
No matter what I do, he/she will not want to forgive me until I sincerely ask for forgiveness.
Literal Translation
Even-what do I, not his/her will-want to-forgive me until not I asking of forgiveness sincerely.
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