magsaliksik
magsaliksík with stress marks
to research or investigate
From root: saliksik
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsaliksik
nag-sa-lik-SIK
researched
Present (Incomplete)
nagsasaliksik
nag-sa-sa-lik-SIK
is researching
Future (Contemplated)
magsasaliksik
mag-sa-sa-lik-SIK
will research
Usage Note
Magsaliksik is the actor-focus mag- form of saliksik, used when the researcher or investigator is the sentence topic. A formal-register verb favored in academic, journalistic, and investigative contexts; the object-focus partner saliksikin foregrounds the topic or problem being researched.
Examples
" Kailangan kong magsaliksik bukas. "
Natural Translation
I need to research tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Need I to-research tomorrow.
" Kailangan magsaliksik ng mga estudyante sa silid-aklatan. "
Natural Translation
The students need to research in the library.
Literal Translation
Need to research of students in library.
" Bago siya sumulat ng kanyang tesis, mahigit isang taon siyang nagsaliksik sa mga lumang dokumento sa aklatan. "
Natural Translation
Before writing her thesis, she spent more than a year researching old documents in the library.
Literal Translation
Before she write of her thesis, more-than one year she researched in the old documents in library.
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