From root: ligo
Usage Note
Nakaligo describes the state of someone who has already completed their bath. It is commonly used in the question Nakaligo ka na ba? which asks if a person is already clean.
Examples
" Nakaligo ka na ba? "
Natural Translation
Have you bathed yet?
Literal Translation
Finished-bathing you already question?
" Nakaligo na ako bago ka dumating. "
Natural Translation
I had already finished bathing before you arrived.
Literal Translation
Finished-bathing already I before you arrived.
" Hindi pa ako nakaligo kaya hintayin mo muna ako bago tayo umalis papuntang simbahan. "
Natural Translation
I haven't bathed yet, so wait for me first before we leave for church.
Literal Translation
Not yet I finished-bathing so wait you first me before we leave going-to church.
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