isalaysay
isalaysáy with stress marks
to narrate [it]; to recount [it]
From root: salaysay
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinalaysay
i-si-na-lay-SAY
narrated
Present (Incomplete)
isinasalaysay
i-si-na-sa-lay-SAY
is being narrated
Future (Contemplated)
isasalaysay
i-sa-sa-lay-SAY
will be narrated
Usage Note
Isalaysay is the conveyance-focus i- form of salaysay, placing the narrative or account being told as the sentence topic. Preferred in written and formal registers — witness statements, memoir, and academic prose — where the content of the narration itself is the focus of attention.
Examples
" Isalaysay mo ang nangyari kahapon. "
Natural Translation
Recount what happened yesterday.
Literal Translation
Recount you the happened yesterday.
" Tungkulin ng saksi na isalaysay ang buong pangyayari sa korte. "
Natural Translation
It is the witness's duty to recount the entire event in court.
Literal Translation
Duty of witness to recount the whole event in court.
" Hiniling ng guro sa bawat mag-aaral na isalaysay nang detalyado ang isang alaalang nagbago sa kanilang pananaw sa buhay. "
Natural Translation
The teacher asked each student to recount in detail a memory that changed their outlook on life.
Literal Translation
Requested of teacher to each student to recount with detail the one memory changed in their outlook in life.
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