sagipin
sagipín with stress marks
to rescue (them)
From root: sagip
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinagip
si-NA-gip
rescued
Present (Incomplete)
sinasagip
si-na-SA-gip
is being rescued
Future (Contemplated)
sasagipin
sa-sa-gi-PIN
will be rescued
Usage Note
Sagipin is the object-focus form of sagip, used when the person or thing being saved is the sentence topic. It is common in disaster response calls and urgent pleas where the victim is the focus of attention.
Examples
" Sagipin natin ang aso. "
Natural Translation
Let's rescue the dog.
Literal Translation
Rescue we the dog.
" Tungkulin natin na sagipin ang mga biktima ng baha. "
Natural Translation
It is our duty to rescue the flood victims.
Literal Translation
Duty our to rescue the victims of flood.
" Nakahandang isugal ng mga bombero ang sarili nilang buhay para sagipin ang mga taong naiwan sa nasusunog na gusali. "
Natural Translation
The firefighters are willing to gamble their own lives to rescue the people left behind in the burning building.
Literal Translation
Willing to-gamble of the firefighters the self their lives to rescue the people left in burning building.
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