maglista
maglísta with stress marks
to make a list
From root: lista
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
naglista
nag-LIS-ta
made a list
Present (Incomplete)
naglilista
nag-li-LIS-ta
is making a list
Future (Contemplated)
maglilista
mag-li-LIS-ta
will make a list
Usage Note
Maglista is the actor-focus infinitive of lista, a Spanish loanword, used when the person compiling a list is the grammatical subject. It is ubiquitous across school enrollment, market shopping, voter registration, and administrative record-keeping. The object-focus counterpart ilista foregrounds the specific item being entered; the noun listahan denotes the list itself.
Examples
" Maglista ka ng bibilhin. "
Natural Translation
Make a list of what to buy.
Literal Translation
Make-list you of to-be-bought.
" Mas madali maglista ng bibilhin bago pumunta sa palengke. "
Natural Translation
It is easier to make a list of things to buy before going to the market.
Literal Translation
More easy to make list of buying before to go to market.
" Para hindi tayo malito sa palengke, mas mabuting maglista muna ng kakailanganin natin bago pa tayo umalis ng bahay. "
Natural Translation
So that we don't get confused at the market, it's better to make a list of what we'll need before we even leave the house.
Literal Translation
So that not we to-be-confused at market, more good to-make-list first of to-be-needed our before yet we to-leave of house.
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