From root: sapatos
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinapatos
si-na-PA-tos
hit with a shoe
Present (Incomplete)
sinasapatos
si-na-sa-PA-tos
hitting with a shoe
Future (Contemplated)
sasapatusin
sa-sa-pa-tu-SIN
will hit with a shoe
Usage Note
Sapatusin is used when someone intends to hit another person or an object specifically using a shoe, often in the context of a humorous threat or informal discipline. As an object-focus verb, the focus of the sentence is on the individual or thing receiving the blow.
Examples
" Sasapatusin kita! "
Natural Translation
I will hit you with a shoe!
Literal Translation
Will-hit-with-shoe I-you!
" Huwag mong subukang sapatusin ang ipis! "
Natural Translation
Do not try to hit with a shoe the cockroach!
Literal Translation
Do-not by-you try to hit with a shoe the cockroach!
" Pag hindi ka pa tumahimik, sasapatusin ka talaga ng lola mo kahit nakatingin ang mga bisita. "
Natural Translation
If you don't keep quiet, your grandmother will really hit you with a shoe even while the guests are watching.
Literal Translation
When not you yet quiet, will-hit-with-shoe you really by grandmother your even watching the guests.
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