magkonserba
magkonsérba with stress marks
to conserve
From root: konserba
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagkonserba
nag-kon-SER-ba
conserved
Present (Incomplete)
nagkokonserba
nag-ko-kon-SER-ba
is conserving
Future (Contemplated)
magkokonserba
mag-ko-kon-SER-ba
will conserve
Usage Note
Magkonserba is the actor-focus mag- form of konserba, a Spanish loanword (conservar), used both for preserving food — making jams, bottling, canning — and for conserving natural resources. The dual domestic and environmental register makes it a versatile word for sustainability-minded discourse as well as everyday kitchen practice.
Examples
" Magkonserba tayo ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
Let's conserve water.
Literal Translation
Let-us-conserve of water.
" Kailangan nating magkonserba ng tubig sa tag-init. "
Natural Translation
We need to conserve water during the summer.
Literal Translation
Need we to conserve of water in summer.
" Nais ng aking ina na magkonserba ng mga prutas tuwing tag-ani upang may matamis pa kaming makain pagdating ng tag-ulan. "
Natural Translation
My mother likes to preserve fruits during harvest season so that we still have something sweet to eat when the rainy season comes.
Literal Translation
Wishes of my mother to conserve of plural fruits every harvest-season so-that have sweet still we to-eat upon-arrival of rainy-season.
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