humalang
humálang with stress marks
to lay across
From root: halang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
humalang
hu-MA-lang
lay across
Present (Incomplete)
humahalang
hu-ma-HA-lang
is laying across
Future (Contemplated)
hahalang
ha-HA-lang
will lay across
Usage Note
Humalang is the actor-focus infinitive of halang, used when the blocking entity is the sentence subject. It implies lying across or spanning a path rather than actively intercepting someone, distinguishing it slightly from humarang, and applies to both physical obstructions and figurative barriers.
Examples
" Humalang ang troso sa daan. "
Natural Translation
A log lay across the road.
Literal Translation
Lay-across the log on road.
" Planong humalang ng troso sa gitna ng daan. "
Natural Translation
There is a plan to lay a log across the middle of the road.
Literal Translation
Plan to lay across of log in middle of road.
" Matapos ang malakas na bagyo, maraming bumagsak na puno ang humalang sa kalsada kaya hindi makadaan ang mga sasakyan. "
Natural Translation
After the strong storm, many fallen trees lay across the road, so the vehicles could not pass.
Literal Translation
After the strong storm, many fallen trees lay-across on road so not can-pass the vehicles.
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