From root: langoy
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inilangoy
i-ni-la-NGOY
swam for or with someone/something
Present (Incomplete)
inilalangoy
i-ni-la-la-NGOY
swimming for or with someone/something
Future (Contemplated)
ilalangoy
i-la-la-NGOY
will swim for or with someone/something
Usage Note
Ilangoy is used when swimming for the benefit of someone else or when taking an object or person along while swimming. It emphasizes the object or person being moved through the water rather than the act of swimming itself.
Examples
" Ilangoy mo ang sanggol. "
Natural Translation
Carry the baby through the water.
Literal Translation
Swim-for you the baby.
" Kailangan mong ilangoy ang bata. "
Natural Translation
You need to swim for the child.
Literal Translation
Need you swim-for the child.
" Kailangan niyang ilangoy ang napagod na bata pabalik sa pampang habang lumalakas ang alon. "
Natural Translation
He has to swim the exhausted child back to shore as the waves grow stronger.
Literal Translation
Need he swim-for the tired child back to shore while strengthening the wave.
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