magsalak
magsalák with stress marks
to cut firewood
From root: salak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsalak
nag-sa-LAK
cut firewood
Present (Incomplete)
nagsasalak
nag-sa-sa-LAK
is cutting firewood
Future (Contemplated)
magsasalak
mag-sa-sa-LAK
will cut firewood
Usage Note
Magsalak is the actor-focus mag- form of salak, a rural verb for chopping or splitting firewood with the woodcutter as the sentence topic. It is primarily heard in provincial and agricultural communities where wood-fired cooking remains common, and is less frequent in urban Tagalog.
Examples
" Magsalak tayo ng kahoy. "
Natural Translation
Let's cut firewood.
Literal Translation
Cut-firewood we of wood.
" Tungkulin ng anak ang magsalak sa likod ng bahay. "
Natural Translation
It is the child's duty to cut firewood behind the house.
Literal Translation
Duty of child the to cut firewood at back of house.
" Tuwing umaga, ang aking lolo ay magsasalak muna sa bundok bago magluto ang lola sa kalan. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, my grandfather first cuts firewood on the mountain before grandmother cooks on the stove.
Literal Translation
Every morning, the my grandfather is will-cut-firewood first at mountain before cook the grandmother at stove.
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