From root: labas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nilabas
ni-la-BAS
went out for
Present (Incomplete)
nilalabas
ni-la-la-BAS
going out for
Future (Contemplated)
lalabasin
la-la-ba-SIN
will go out for
Usage Note
Labasin is used when someone goes outside specifically to meet, confront, or attend to a person or object located just outside a house or building. It focuses on the act of stepping out for a particular target, such as greeting a visitor who has just arrived at the gate.
Examples
" Lalabasin ko ang bisita. "
Natural Translation
I'll go out for the visitor.
Literal Translation
Will-go-out-for I the visitor.
" Plano nilang labasin ang bago nilang kotse. "
Natural Translation
Their plan is to go out for their new car.
Literal Translation
Plan they go-out-for the new their car.
" Nang marinig kong may kumakatok, dali-dali kong nilabas ang mga kapitbahay na dumating para makiramay. "
Natural Translation
When I heard someone knocking, I quickly went out for the neighbors who had come to offer condolences.
Literal Translation
When heard I-that has knocking, hurriedly I went-out-for the neighbors who arrived to offer-condolences.
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