hatakin
hatákin with stress marks
to pull [it]
From root: hatak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinatak
hi-NA-tak
pulled
Present (Incomplete)
hinahatak
hi-na-HA-tak
is being pulled
Future (Contemplated)
hahatakin
ha-ha-TA-kin
will be pulled
Usage Note
Hatakin is the object-focus infinitive of hatak, used when the thing being pulled — a rope, a cart, a person — is the grammatical focus. It applies equally to literal traction and figurative pulling such as drawing attention or eliciting a reaction; the actor-focus partner is humatak.
Examples
" Hatakin mo ang lubid. "
Natural Translation
Pull the rope.
Literal Translation
Pull you the rope.
" Huwag mo na hatakin ang pinto patungo sa labas. "
Natural Translation
Do not pull the door outward.
Literal Translation
Do not you to pull the door heading to outside.
" Kapag tumigil ang sasakyan sa gitna ng daan, kailangan nating hatakin ito sa gilid para hindi maabala ang trapiko. "
Natural Translation
If the vehicle stops in the middle of the road, we need to pull it to the side so the traffic isn't held up.
Literal Translation
When stops the vehicle at middle of road, need we to pull it at side so not delayed the traffic.
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