From root: meryenda
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ipinameryenda
i-pi-na-mer-YEN-da
served as a snack
Present (Incomplete)
ipinapameryenda
i-pi-na-pa-mer-YEN-da
serving as a snack
Future (Contemplated)
ipapameryenda
i-pa-pa-mer-YEN-da
will serve as a snack
Usage Note
Ipameryenda is used when you are instructing someone to serve a specific food item as a snack for others, often in the context of hospitality. It focuses on the item being offered rather than the act of eating.
Examples
" Ipameryenda mo ang biskwit. "
Natural Translation
Serve the biscuits as a snack.
Literal Translation
Serve-as-snack by-you the biscuits.
" Nagsimulang ipameryenda ni Ana ang biskwit. "
Natural Translation
Ana started serving the biscuits as a snack.
Literal Translation
Started to give-as-snack by Ana the biscuits.
" Inutusan ako ng lola na ipameryenda sa mga bisita ang puto't kutsinta bago sila umuwi sa kanilang bayan. "
Natural Translation
Grandma told me to serve the rice cakes to the guests as a snack before they went home to their town.
Literal Translation
Ordered me by-the grandma that to-serve-as-snack to the guests the puto-and-kutsinta before they went-home to their town.
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