kumampi
kumampí with stress marks
to take sides
From root: kampi
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kumampi
ku-mam-PI
sided
Present (Incomplete)
kumakampi
ku-ma-kam-PI
is siding
Future (Contemplated)
kakampi
ka-kam-PI
will side
Usage Note
Kumampi is the actor-focus -um- form of kampi, expressing the act of actively aligning with one party in a dispute. It is central to conversations about loyalty, favoritism, and pakikisama — the Filipino cultural value of group solidarity.
Examples
" Huwag kang kumampi sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
Don't take his/her side.
Literal Translation
Don't you side with him/her.
" Mahirap kumampi kapag nag-aaway ang mga kaibigan. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to take sides when friends are fighting.
Literal Translation
Hard to take sides when fighting the friends.
" Ayaw kong kumampi sa alinmang panig dahil parehong kaibigan ko ang nag-aaway sa isyung ito. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to take sides because both of the people quarreling over this issue are my friends.
Literal Translation
Dislike I to-side at whichever side because both friends my the quarreling over issue this.
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