From root: harap
Usage Note
Hinaharap is the contemplated-aspect form of harap used nominally to mean 'the future' — literally what one faces or what lies ahead. It is the standard Tagalog word for future in both formal and informal registers and contrasts with nakaraan (past) and kasalukuyan (present) in temporal discourse.
Examples
" Iniisip ko ang aking hinaharap. "
Natural Translation
I am thinking about my future.
Literal Translation
Thinking I the my future.
" Handa na ako sa aking hinaharáp. "
Natural Translation
I am ready for my future.
Literal Translation
Ready now I for my future.
" Kung gusto mong magkaroon ng magandang hinaharap, kailangan mong magtrabaho nang masipag at mag-ipon habang bata ka pa. "
Natural Translation
If you want to have a good future, you need to work hard and save money while you are still young.
Literal Translation
If want you to-have of good future, need you to-work diligently and to-save while young you still.
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