magmina
magmína with stress marks
to mine
From root: mina
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagmina
nag-MI-na
mined
Present (Incomplete)
nagmimina
nag-mi-MI-na
is mining
Future (Contemplated)
magmimina
mag-mi-MI-na
will mine
Usage Note
Magmina is the actor-focus form of mina, a Spanish loanword, used when the person or company extracting minerals is the grammatical subject. Mining has significant economic and environmental resonance in the Philippines, where debates over large-scale extraction in ecologically sensitive areas are a persistent public issue. The object-focus counterpart minahin foregrounds the ore or resource being extracted.
Examples
" Gusto nilang magmina ng ginto. "
Natural Translation
They want to mine gold.
Literal Translation
Want they-to mine of gold.
" Mapanganib ang magmina sa kabundukan kapag panahon ng tag-ulan. "
Natural Translation
It is dangerous to mine in the mountains during the rainy season.
Literal Translation
Dangerous mine mountains when season rainy-season.
" Maraming kompanyang gustong magmina sa lugar na iyon, ngunit lumalaban ang mga katutubo upang maprotektahan ang kanilang lupang ninuno. "
Natural Translation
Many companies want to mine in that area, but the indigenous people are fighting to protect their ancestral land.
Literal Translation
Many company-that want-to mine in place that, but fighting the (plural) native so-that protect the their land ancestor.
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