From root: kuha
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinuha
ki-NU-ha
took (it)
Present (Incomplete)
kinukuha
ki-nu-KU-ha
taking (it)
Future (Contemplated)
kukunin
ku-ku-NIN
will take (it)
Usage Note
Kunin is the command form; note that the 'h' in the root disappears when the suffix -in is added.
Examples
" Kunin mo ang tubig. "
Natural Translation
Get the water.
Literal Translation
Take you the water.
" Kailangan mong kunin ang baso. "
Natural Translation
You need to take the glass.
Literal Translation
Need you take the glass.
" Pakisabi sa kapatid mo na kunin ang mga pinatuyong damit bago pa sumapit ang ulan ngayong hapon. "
Natural Translation
Please tell your sibling to take in the dried clothes before the rain arrives this afternoon.
Literal Translation
Please-say to sibling your that take the dried clothes before arrives the rain this afternoon.
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