isalang
isálang with stress marks
to put [a pot] on the stove
From root: salang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinalang
i-si-NA-lang
put on the stove
Present (Incomplete)
isinasalang
i-si-na-SA-lang
is being put on the stove
Future (Contemplated)
isasalang
i-sa-SA-lang
will be put on the stove
Usage Note
Isalang is the conveyance-focus i- form of salang, used when the cooking vessel being placed on heat is the sentence topic. It is a domestic kitchen verb closely tied to Filipino meal preparation, where putting the rice on first — isalang ang kanin — marks the start of cooking.
Examples
" Isalang mo na ang kanin. "
Natural Translation
Put the rice on to cook now.
Literal Translation
Put-on-stove you now the rice.
" Maaari mo nang isalang ang karne para lumambot habang maaga. "
Natural Translation
You can choose to put the meat on the stove now to soften while it's early.
Literal Translation
May you already put-on-stove meat soften while early.
" Bago dumating ang mga bisita, isinalang na ni Nanay ang malaking kaldero ng sinigang para sa hapunan. "
Natural Translation
Before the guests arrived, Mother had already put the big pot of sinigang on the stove for dinner.
Literal Translation
Before arrive the guests, put-on-stove already by Mother the big pot of sinigang for the dinner.
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