From root: kotse
Usage Note
Nakakotse describes a person currently using or traveling inside a car. It is used in sentences like Nakakotse siya papuntang trabaho, meaning He went to work by car.
Examples
" Nakakotse ako papunta dito. "
Natural Translation
I came here by car.
Literal Translation
By-car I going here.
" Nakatakotse siya kaya hindi siya nabasa ng ulan. "
Natural Translation
He was in a car so he didn't get wet in the rain.
Literal Translation
In-a-car he so not he got-wet by rain.
" Mabuti na lang at nakakotse kami kanina, kung hindi ay tiyak na nabasa kami sa biglang pagbuhos ng malakas na ulan. "
Natural Translation
It's a good thing we were in a car earlier, otherwise we surely would have gotten soaked in the sudden downpour of heavy rain.
Literal Translation
Good just that in-a-car we earlier, if not then sure that got-wet we in sudden pouring of strong rain.
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