humingal
humíngal with stress marks
to pant
From root: hingal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
humingal
hu-MI-ngal
panted
Present (Incomplete)
humihingal
hu-mi-HI-ngal
is panting
Future (Contemplated)
hihingal
hi-HI-ngal
will pant
Usage Note
Humingal is the actor-focus form of hingal, used for panting or gasping after physical exertion. Panting is intrinsically intransitive, so no canonical object-focus form exists; the -um- form with the person as subject covers all standard uses.
Examples
" Humingal ang aso. "
Natural Translation
The dog panted.
Literal Translation
Panted the dog.
" Nagsimula humingal ang pusa matapos tumakbo nang mabilis. "
Natural Translation
The cat started to pant after running fast.
Literal Translation
Started to pant the cat after to run fast.
" Humihingal pa ang mga manlalaro pagkatapos ng mahabang ensayo, kaya nagpahinga muna sila sa gilid ng court. "
Natural Translation
The players were still panting after the long practice, so they rested for a while on the side of the court.
Literal Translation
Is-panting still the players after of long practice, so rested first they at side of court.
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