From root: sagot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinagot
i-si-na-GOT
used as an answer
Present (Incomplete)
isinasagot
i-si-na-sa-GOT
using as an answer
Future (Contemplated)
isasagot
i-sa-sa-GOT
will use as an answer
Usage Note
Isagot is used when the focus is on the specific item or information being used as an answer. It often appears in instructional contexts where a speaker directs someone to use a particular word or phrase to reply.
Examples
" Ano ang isasagot ko? "
Natural Translation
What should I give as the answer?
Literal Translation
What the will-use-as-answer I?
" Gusto kong isagot ang pangalan ko. "
Natural Translation
I want to use my name as the answer.
Literal Translation
Want I use-as-answer the name my.
" Kung tatanungin ka ng guro, isagot mo ang totoo kahit na natatakot kang magkamali. "
Natural Translation
If the teacher asks you, give the truth as your answer even though you're afraid of making a mistake.
Literal Translation
If will-ask you of teacher, use-as-answer you the truth even-though afraid you to-make-mistake.
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