katukan
katukán with stress marks
to knock on [it]
From root: katok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinatukan
ki-na-tu-KAN
knocked on
Present (Incomplete)
kinakatukan
ki-na-ka-tu-KAN
is being knocked on
Future (Contemplated)
kakatukan
ka-ka-tu-KAN
will be knocked on
Usage Note
Katukan is the object-focus locative -an form of katok, with the surface being knocked on as the grammatical focus. The door is the archetypal collocate — knocking before entering is a basic social courtesy in Filipino homes — and the -an suffix marks the door or wall as the location receiving the action, distinguishing katukan from forms focused on the knocker.
Examples
" Katukan mo muna ang pinto. "
Natural Translation
Knock on the door first.
Literal Translation
Knock you first the door.
" Kailangan mo na katukan ang pinto bago pumasok sa silid. "
Natural Translation
You need to knock on the door before entering the room.
Literal Translation
Need you to knock the door before to enter in room.
" Kahit anong oras kang dumating, katukan mo lang ang pinto namin at gigising naman kami para pagbuksan ka. "
Natural Translation
Whatever time you arrive, just knock on our door and we will wake up to let you in.
Literal Translation
Even what time you to-arrive, knock you just the door our and will-wake-up indeed we to open-for you.
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