ipunin
ipunín with stress marks
to save [it]
From root: ipon
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inipon
i-NI-pon
saved
Present (Incomplete)
iniipon
i-ni-I-pon
is being saved
Future (Contemplated)
iipunin
i-i-pu-NIN
will be saved
Usage Note
Ipunin is the object-focus form of ipon, foregrounding the money, coins, or resources being accumulated. The image of coins in a piggy bank is culturally canonical for this word; it pairs with mag-ipon when the saver rather than the savings is the subject.
Examples
" Ipunin natin ang pera. "
Natural Translation
Let's save the money.
Literal Translation
Save we the money.
" Kailangan ipunin ang mga lumang papel para sa proyekto ko. "
Natural Translation
It is necessary to collect old papers for my project.
Literal Translation
Need collect old paper for project my.
" Mula ngayon, iipunin ko ang bawat barya upang may pambili ako ng regalo para sa kapatid ko. "
Natural Translation
From now on, I will save every coin so that I will have money to buy a gift for my sibling.
Literal Translation
From now, will-save I the each coin so-that have money-to-buy I of gift for to-the sibling my.
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