magkarga
magkargá with stress marks
to carry
From root: karga
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagkarga
nag-kar-GA
carried
Present (Incomplete)
nagkakarga
nag-ka-kar-GA
is carrying
Future (Contemplated)
magkakarga
mag-ka-kar-GA
will carry
Usage Note
Magkarga is the actor-focus mag- form of karga, a Spanish loanword (carga) covering carrying a child on one's back or hip, loading cargo onto a vehicle, and charging an electronic device. The breadth of the root — from childcare to logistics to electronics — makes magkarga unusually versatile; use the object-focus partner kargahin when the thing being carried or loaded is the grammatical focus.
Examples
" Magkarga ka ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
Carry some water.
Literal Translation
Carry you of water.
" Mahirap magkarga ng mabibigat na kahon araw-araw. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to carry heavy boxes every day.
Literal Translation
Hard to carry of heavy boxes every day.
" Bago pa lumakas ang bagyo, kailangan na naming magkarga ng mga kagamitan papunta sa mas mataas na lugar. "
Natural Translation
Before the storm even gets stronger, we already need to carry the supplies up to higher ground.
Literal Translation
Before yet to-strengthen the storm, need already we to-carry of the supplies going to more high place.
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