From root: ospital
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
iniospital
i-ni-os-pi-TAL
hospitalized someone
Present (Incomplete)
ini-oospital
i-ni-o-os-pi-TAL
hospitalizing someone
Future (Contemplated)
i-oospital
i-o-os-pi-TAL
will hospitalize someone
Usage Note
I-ospital is used when someone needs to be admitted to a hospital for medical treatment. It is an object-focus verb where the person being hospitalized is the direct object or focus of the action.
Examples
" Kailangang i-ospital ang bata. "
Natural Translation
The child needs to be hospitalized.
Literal Translation
Need to-hospitalize the child.
" Kailangang i-ospital ang pasyente. "
Natural Translation
The patient needs to be hospitalized.
Literal Translation
Need to hospitalize [the] patient.
" Nang lumala ang kaniyang kondisyon kagabi, agad na ipinasiya ng pamilya na i-ospital siya bago pa lumala ang sitwasyon. "
Natural Translation
When his condition worsened last night, the family immediately decided to hospitalize him before the situation got any worse.
Literal Translation
When worsened the his condition last-night, immediately decided of family to hospitalize him before still worsen the situation.
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