nangagkaka-
plurality of actors and action (incompleted)
Usage Note
Nangagkaka- is the incompleted counterpart of nangagka-, indicating multiple actors are in the process of coming to possess or experience something. It is found almost exclusively in formal or classical Tagalog prose and rarely encountered in contemporary speech.
Examples
" Nangagkakasakit ang mga manggagawa. "
Natural Translation
The workers are falling ill one after another.
Literal Translation
Plural-becoming-ill the plural workers.
" Nangagkakagulo ang mga tao. "
Natural Translation
The people were falling into confusion/chaos.
Literal Translation
Plural-becoming-chaotic the plural people.
" Sinasabi sa makalumang akda na nangagkakatakot ang mga mamamayan habang papalapit ang hukbo ng kaaway sa kanilang lungsod. "
Natural Translation
The old work tells that the citizens were all falling into fear as the enemy's army drew near their city.
Literal Translation
Said in-the old-style work that plural-becoming-afraid the plural citizen while approaching the army of enemy at their city.
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