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imbakin

imbakín with stress marks

to store [it]

verb im-ba-KIN OF VERB Native origin Less Common

From root: imbak

Conjugations

Past (Completed)

inimbak

i-NIM-bak

stored

Present (Incomplete)

iniimbak

i-ni-IM-bak

is being stored

Future (Contemplated)

iimbakin

i-im-ba-KIN

will be stored

Usage Note

Imbakin is the object-focus form of imbak, used when the goods being stored — rice, vegetables, canned goods — are the sentence topic. It also extends to information or resources accumulated over time, pairing with mag-imbak when the storer is the subject.

Examples

Beginner

" Imbakin mo ang bigas. "

Natural Translation

Store the rice.

Literal Translation

Store you the rice.

Intermediate

" Pwede mo na imbakin ang mga lumang libro sa bodega. "

Natural Translation

You can store the old books away in the warehouse.

Literal Translation

Possible you to store the old book in warehouse.

Advanced

" Dapat nating imbakin ang sapat na pagkain at tubig bago dumating ang malakas na bagyo. "

Natural Translation

We should store enough food and water before the strong typhoon arrives.

Literal Translation

Should we store the enough food and water before arrives the strong typhoon.

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