magsalansan
magsalansán with stress marks
to stack or pile up
From root: salansan
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsalansan
nag-sa-lan-SAN
stacked
Present (Incomplete)
nagsasalansan
nag-sa-sa-lan-SAN
is stacking
Future (Contemplated)
magsasalansan
mag-sa-sa-lan-SAN
will stack
Usage Note
Magsalansan is the actor-focus mag- form of salansan, used when the person doing the stacking or layering is the sentence topic. It applies to dishes, books, boxes, and any items arranged in an orderly pile, with the conveyance-focus partner isalansan foregrounding the objects being stacked.
Examples
" Magsalansan ka ng mga plato. "
Natural Translation
Stack the plates.
Literal Translation
Stack you of plural plates.
" Mahirap magsalansan ng maraming kahon sa bodega. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to stack many boxes in the warehouse.
Literal Translation
Hard to stack of many boxes in warehouse.
" Tuwing katapusan ng buwan, nagsasalansan kami ng mga lumang diyaryo at ipinagbibili namin ang mga ito sa junk shop. "
Natural Translation
At the end of every month, we stack up the old newspapers and sell them to the junk shop.
Literal Translation
Every end of month, stack we of plural old newspapers and sell we the plural these to junk shop.
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