sarsahan
sarsahán with stress marks
to put sauce on [it]
From root: sarsa
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinarsahan
si-nar-sa-HAN
had sauce put on
Present (Incomplete)
sinasarsahan
si-na-sar-sa-HAN
is having sauce put on
Future (Contemplated)
sasarsahan
sa-sar-sa-HAN
will have sauce put on
Usage Note
Sarsahan is the object-focus -an form of sarsa, used when the food receiving the sauce is the grammatical focus. The -an suffix carries a locative-benefactive sense — the item being coated or dressed with sauce. Pairs with magsarsa when the cook, rather than the dish, is the focus.
Examples
" Sarsahan mo ang manok. "
Natural Translation
Put sauce on the chicken.
Literal Translation
Put-sauce-on you the chicken.
" Mas masarap sarsahan ang piniritong isda bago ito ihain sa mesa. "
Natural Translation
It is more delicious to put sauce on the fried fish before it is served on the table.
Literal Translation
More delicious to put sauce on the fried fish before this to serve on table.
" Huwag mo munang sarsahan ang lumpia hangga't hindi pa nakaupo ang lahat sa hapag-kainan. "
Natural Translation
Do not put sauce on the spring rolls yet until everyone is seated at the dining table.
Literal Translation
Don't you first put-sauce-on the spring-rolls until not yet seated the all at dining-table.
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