istorbohin
istorbohín with stress marks
to disturb [someone]
From root: istorbo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inistorbo
i-nis-TOR-bo
disturbed
Present (Incomplete)
iniistorbo
i-ni-is-TOR-bo
is being disturbed
Future (Contemplated)
iistorbohin
i-is-tor-bo-HIN
will be disturbed
Usage Note
Istorbohin is the object-focus -hin form of istorbo, used when the person or activity being disturbed is the topic. It is the right choice when the disrupted party — a sleeping child, a studying student, a meeting in progress — is the sentence focus, pairing with mang-istorbo for the actor-focused variant.
Examples
" Huwag mong istorbohin si Tatay. "
Natural Translation
Don't disturb Dad.
Literal Translation
Don't you disturb (subject) Dad.
" Huwag mo na istorbohin ang sanggol. "
Natural Translation
Do not disturb the baby.
Literal Translation
Do not you disturb the baby.
" Mahirap istorbohin ang mga estudyante habang nag-aaral sila, kaya tahimik akong umalis sa silid-aklatan. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to disturb the students while they are studying, so I quietly left the library.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-disturb the (plural) student while studying they, so quietly I left at library.
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