igibin
igibín with stress marks
to fetch [the water]
From root: igib
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
iniigib
i-ni-I-gib
fetched
Present (Incomplete)
iniigib
i-ni-I-gib
is being fetched
Future (Contemplated)
iigibin
i-i-gi-BIN
will be fetched
Usage Note
Igibin is the object-focus form of igib, used when the water being fetched is the sentence topic. It is tied to the traditional practice of hauling water from wells or rivers and is now mostly encountered in rural areas or in historical and literary contexts.
Examples
" Igibin mo ang tubig sa balon. "
Natural Translation
Fetch the water from the well.
Literal Translation
Fetch you the water at well.
" Mahirap igibin ang tubig kapag malayo ang balon. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to fetch the water when the well is far.
Literal Translation
Hard to fetch the water when far the well.
" Noong wala pa silang gripo sa bahay, araw-araw na iginigib ng mga bata ang tubig mula sa malayong batis sa likod ng nayon. "
Natural Translation
When they still had no faucet at home, the children fetched the water every day from the distant stream behind the village.
Literal Translation
When not-yet they faucet at house, daily fetched by the children the water from far stream at back of village.
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