sandukin
sandukín with stress marks
to ladle [it]
From root: sandok
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinandok
si-NAN-dok
ladled
Present (Incomplete)
sinasandok
si-na-SAN-dok
is being ladled
Future (Contemplated)
sasandukin
sa-san-du-KIN
will be ladled
Usage Note
Sandukin is the object-focus -in form of sandok, placing the food being ladled at the center of the sentence. The root vowel shifts from 'o' to 'u' before the -in suffix, a regular alternation; most common at mealtimes when directing attention to a specific dish — soup, sinigang, stew — being portioned into bowls. Pairs with actor-focus magsandok.
Examples
" Sandukin mo ang sabaw. "
Natural Translation
Ladle the soup.
Literal Translation
Ladle you the soup.
" Kailangan mong sandukin ang mainit na sabaw patungo sa malaking mangkok. "
Natural Translation
You need to ladle the hot soup into the big bowl.
Literal Translation
Need you to ladle the hot soup heading to big bowl.
" Bago dumating ang mga bisita, sinandok na ni lola ang mainit na sinigang sa malalaking mangkok. "
Natural Translation
Before the guests arrived, grandmother had already ladled the hot sinigang into the large bowls.
Literal Translation
Before arrived the guests, ladled already by grandmother the hot sinigang into large bowls.
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