From root: kanta
Usage Note
Pagkanta focuses on the performance or the specific act of using one's voice to produce music.
Examples
" Masaya ang pagkanta niya. "
Natural Translation
Her singing is joyful.
Literal Translation
Happy the act-of-singing her.
" Ang pagkanta ay nakakawala ng stress. "
Natural Translation
Singing relieves stress.
Literal Translation
The act-of-singing is able-to-remove of stress.
" Sa pagkanta ng mga bata sa simbahan, naaalala ko ang masasayang alaala ng aking kabataan. "
Natural Translation
When the children sing in church, I remember the happy memories of my childhood.
Literal Translation
In the act-of-singing of plural child in church, remember I the happy-plural memory of my childhood.
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