salatin
salatín with stress marks
to feel [it] with the fingers
From root: salat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinalat
si-na-LAT
felt
Present (Incomplete)
sinasalat
si-na-sa-LAT
is being felt
Future (Contemplated)
sasalatin
sa-sa-la-TIN
will be felt
Usage Note
Salatin is the object-focus -in form of salat, used when the thing being felt or examined by touch is the sentence topic. It is common in market and cooking contexts — testing the ripeness of fruit, the softness of fabric, or the temperature of a surface — where tactile inspection guides a decision.
Examples
" Salatin mo ang prutas. "
Natural Translation
Feel the fruit with your fingers.
Literal Translation
Feel you the fruit.
" Kailangan mo na salatin ang tela upang malaman ang uri. "
Natural Translation
You need to feel the fabric to know the type.
Literal Translation
Need you to feel the fabric so-that to know the type.
" Bago bumili ng mangga, sinasalat muna ng aking lola ang bawat isa upang malaman kung alin ang sapat na ang hinog. "
Natural Translation
Before buying mangoes, my grandmother first feels each one to know which ones are ripe enough.
Literal Translation
Before buy of mango, feels first of my grandmother the each one so-that know which the enough already the ripe.
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