humantong
humantóng with stress marks
to end up
From root: hantong
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
humantong
hu-man-TONG
ended up
Present (Incomplete)
humahantong
hu-ma-han-TONG
is ending up
Future (Contemplated)
hahantong
ha-han-TONG
will end up
Usage Note
Humantong is the actor-focus infinitive of hantong, but its subject is typically a situation, process, or chain of events rather than a volitional agent. It conveys the sense of arriving at an endpoint — often an unwelcome one — and frequently collocates with sa kamatayan, sa away, or sa pagkalugi to describe bad outcomes.
Examples
" Saan ka humantong? "
Natural Translation
Where did you end up?
Literal Translation
Where you ended-up?
" Ang maling desisyon ay maaaring humantong sa kabiguan. "
Natural Translation
A wrong decision might end up in failure.
Literal Translation
The wrong decision , might to end up in failure.
" Kung patuloy nating ipagwawalang-bahala ang problema, baka humantong ito sa isang away na hindi na natin kayang ayusin. "
Natural Translation
If we keep ignoring the problem, it might end up in a fight that we can no longer fix.
Literal Translation
If continue we-will-ignore the problem, maybe end-up it in a fight that no-longer we can fix.
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