saluhin
saluhín with stress marks
to catch [it]
From root: salo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinalo
si-NA-lo
caught
Present (Incomplete)
sinasalo
si-na-SA-lo
is being caught
Future (Contemplated)
sasaluhin
sa-sa-lu-HIN
will be caught
Usage Note
Saluhin is the object-focus -in form of salo, foregrounding the object being caught or the task being assumed as the sentence topic. It appears in sports, daily life, and workplace contexts where something thrown or falling must be received; the figurative sense of taking over a dropped duty is equally common.
Examples
" Saluhin mo ang bola. "
Natural Translation
Catch the ball.
Literal Translation
Catch you the ball.
" Kailangan mo na saluhin ang susi na ihahagis ko. "
Natural Translation
You need to catch the key that I will throw.
Literal Translation
Need you to catch the key that will-throw I.
" Handa kong saluhin ang anumang trabahong iiwan niya kapag nagbakasyon siya sa susunod na buwan. "
Natural Translation
I am ready to take on whatever work he leaves behind when he goes on vacation next month.
Literal Translation
Ready I to-catch the whatever work that-will-leave he when vacations he in next month.
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