sumalat
sumalát with stress marks
to feel with the fingers; to touch
From root: salat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sumalat
su-ma-LAT
felt
Present (Incomplete)
sumasalat
su-ma-sa-LAT
is feeling
Future (Contemplated)
sasalat
sa-sa-LAT
will feel
Usage Note
Sumalat is the actor-focus -um- form of salat, placing the person doing the tactile exploration as the sentence topic. It implies a deliberate, exploratory touch — feeling texture, temperature, or ripeness — rather than a casual graze; the object-focus partner salatin foregrounds what is being felt.
Examples
" Gusto kong sumalat ng tela. "
Natural Translation
I want to feel the fabric.
Literal Translation
Want I to-feel of cloth.
" Mahirap sumalat ng bagay kapag madilim ang paligid. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to feel objects when the surroundings are dark.
Literal Translation
Hard to feel of object when dark the surroundings.
" Bago bumili ng prutas, sumalat muna siya ng mangga para matiyak kung hinog na ito. "
Natural Translation
Before buying fruit, she first felt a mango to make sure it was already ripe.
Literal Translation
Before to-buy of fruit, to-feel first she of mango so to-ensure if ripe already it.
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