From root: patis
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagpatis
nag-pa-TIS
used fish sauce
Present (Incomplete)
nagpapatis
nag-pa-pa-TIS
using fish sauce
Future (Contemplated)
magpapatis
mag-pa-pa-TIS
will use fish sauce
Usage Note
Magpatis is used when adding fish sauce to a dish or using it as a dipping sauce during a meal. It is a specific term common in Filipino dining culture where patis is a staple condiment for enhancing the flavor of soups and stews.
Examples
" Magpatis ka sa sabaw. "
Natural Translation
Add fish sauce to the soup.
Literal Translation
Use-fish-sauce you in soup.
" Mas gusto niyang magpatis kaysa asin. "
Natural Translation
He/she prefers using fish sauce over salt.
Literal Translation
More like he/she to-use-fish-sauce than salt.
" Sa aming pamilya, mas pinipili naming magpatis kaysa asin dahil mas malalim ang lasang naibibigay nito sa sinigang. "
Natural Translation
In our family, we prefer to use fish sauce over salt because it gives a deeper flavor to sinigang.
Literal Translation
In our family, more choose we to-use-fish-sauce than salt because more deep the flavor given of-this to sinigang.
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