From root: kwento
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ikinwento
i-ki-NWEN-to
told a story
Present (Incomplete)
ikinukwento
i-ki-nu-KWEN-to
telling a story
Future (Contemplated)
ikukwento
i-ku-KWEN-to
will tell a story
Usage Note
Ikwento is used when the focus is on the story or information being shared as the object of the sentence. It is common in social situations when asking someone to narrate an experience or recount the details of an event.
Examples
" Ikwento mo sa akin. "
Natural Translation
Tell it to me.
Literal Translation
Tell-the-story you to me.
" Maaari mo bang ikwento ang iyong karanasan? "
Natural Translation
Can you to tell the story (of) your experience?
Literal Translation
Possible by-you [,] to-story the your experience?
" Bago kami umalis, ikinwento ng lola ang buhay niya noong bata pa siya sa probinsya. "
Natural Translation
Before we left, grandma told the story of her life when she was still a child in the province.
Literal Translation
Before we leave, told-the-story of-the grandma the life her when child still she in province.
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