kandungin
kandungín with stress marks
to hold [him/her] on one's lap
From root: kandong
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinandong
ki-nan-DONG
held on lap
Present (Incomplete)
kinakandong
ki-na-kan-DONG
is being held on lap
Future (Contemplated)
kakandungin
ka-kan-du-NGIN
will be held on lap
Usage Note
Kandungin is the object-focus form of kandong, used when the child or person being held on the lap is the grammatical focus. The vowel shift o→u before -in is the same regular pattern found in kalungin and kalmutin.
Examples
" Kandungin mo ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Hold the child on your lap.
Literal Translation
Hold-on-lap you the child.
" Pwede mo ba na kandungin ang sanggol? "
Natural Translation
Can you hold the baby on your lap?
Literal Translation
Can you hold on lap the baby?
" Tuwing umiiyak ang sanggol, kinakandong siya ng kanyang ina hanggang sa siya ay makatulog. "
Natural Translation
Whenever the baby cries, his mother holds him on her lap until he falls asleep.
Literal Translation
Whenever crying the baby, held-on-lap him by his mother until that he sleep.
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