sumalo
sumalô with stress marks
to catch
From root: salo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sumalo
su-ma-LO
caught
Present (Incomplete)
sumasalo
su-ma-sa-LO
is catching
Future (Contemplated)
sasalo
sa-sa-LO
will catch
Usage Note
Sumalo is the actor-focus -um- form of salo in its catching or stepping-in sense, placing the catcher or substitute as the sentence topic. Used both physically — catching a falling object or person — and figuratively for absorbing responsibility that another person has dropped; the object-focus partner saluhin foregrounds what is caught.
Examples
" Sumalo siya sa bola. "
Natural Translation
He caught the ball.
Literal Translation
Caught he the ball.
" Sila ang nakatalaga na sumalo sa mga nahuhulog na prutas mula sa puno. "
Natural Translation
They are the ones expected to catch the falling fruits from the tree.
Literal Translation
They assigned catch falling fruits from tree.
" Nang biglang umalis ang isang kasamahan, ako ang sumalo sa lahat ng trabahong naiwan niya nang walang reklamo. "
Natural Translation
When a colleague suddenly left, I was the one who took on all the work she left behind without complaint.
Literal Translation
When suddenly left the one colleague, I the one-who-caught all the work left her without complaint.
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