hawaan
hawáan with stress marks
to infect [him/her]
From root: hawa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinawaan
hi-na-WA-an
infected
Present (Incomplete)
hinahawaan
hi-na-ha-WA-an
is being infected
Future (Contemplated)
hahawaan
ha-ha-WA-an
will be infected
Usage Note
Hawaan is the object-focus locative infinitive of hawa, used when the person or organism being infected is the grammatical focus. It is standard in health and hygiene contexts where the direction of contagion — from carrier to recipient — matters for the sentence structure; the actor-focus partner is manghawa.
Examples
" Baka hawaan mo ang kapatid mo. "
Natural Translation
You might infect your sibling.
Literal Translation
Might to infect you the sibling your.
" Iwasan natin na hawaan ang ibang tao sa bahay. "
Natural Translation
Let us avoid to infect other people in the house.
Literal Translation
Avoid we to infect the other person in house.
" Nagsuot siya ng maskara para hindi hawaan ng kanyang ubo ang mga matatanda sa loob ng bahay. "
Natural Translation
He wore a mask so that his cough would not infect the elderly inside the house.
Literal Translation
Wore he of mask so-that not to infect by his cough the elderly in inside of house.
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