From root: paminta
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ipinaminta
i-pi-na-min-TA
used as pepper
Present (Incomplete)
ipinapaminta
i-pi-na-pa-min-TA
using as pepper
Future (Contemplated)
ipapaminta
i-pa-pa-min-TA
will use as pepper
Usage Note
Ipaminta is used when specifying a certain ingredient or substance to be used as pepper in a dish. It typically appears in cooking instructions or when suggesting a substitute spice.
Examples
" Ipaminta mo ang butil na ito. "
Natural Translation
Use this grain as pepper.
Literal Translation
Use-as-pepper you the grain [linker] this.
" Gusto kong ipaminta ang mga butil na ito. "
Natural Translation
I want to use these grains as pepper.
Literal Translation
Want by-me to-use-as-pepper the [plural] grain [linker] these.
" Dahil naubusan kami ng paminta, ipinaminta na lamang namin ang mga tuyong butil na natagpuan sa hardin. "
Natural Translation
Since we ran out of pepper, we just used as pepper the dried grains we found in the garden.
Literal Translation
Because ran-out we of pepper, used-as-pepper just by-us the [plural] dry grain [linker] found in garden.
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