From root: pansin
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
pumansin
pu-man-SIN
paid attention
Present (Incomplete)
pumapansin
pu-ma-pan-SIN
paying attention
Future (Contemplated)
papansin
pa-pan-SIN
will pay attention
Usage Note
Pumansin is used when acknowledging someone's presence or paying attention to a specific situation. It is frequently used in social contexts to describe the act of noticing or greeting someone, and its negative form is often used to imply someone is being snobbish or intentionally ignoring others.
Examples
" Ayaw niyang pumansin sa akin. "
Natural Translation
She doesn't want to pay attention to me.
Literal Translation
Dislike she pay-attention to me.
" Walang gustong pumansin sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
No one wants to pay attention to him.
Literal Translation
None want to-pay-attention to him/her.
" Kahit ilang beses kong batiin, ayaw pa rin niyang pumansin dahil galit pa siya sa akin. "
Natural Translation
No matter how many times I greet her, she still won't acknowledge me because she is still angry at me.
Literal Translation
Even how-many times I greet, dislike still she pay-attention because angry still she at me.
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