From root: sigang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsigang
nag-si-GANG
cooked sigang
Present (Incomplete)
nagsisigang
nag-si-si-GANG
cooking sigang
Future (Contemplated)
magsisigang
mag-si-si-GANG
will cook sigang
Usage Note
Magsigang is used to describe the specific act of preparing and cooking sinigang, a popular sour soup in the Philippines. It typically implies the entire process of boiling the meat or fish with souring agents and vegetables for a family meal.
Examples
" Magsigang tayo bukas. "
Natural Translation
Let's cook sigang tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Cook-sigang we tomorrow.
" Gusto kong magsigang ngayong tag-ulan. "
Natural Translation
I want to cook sigang this rainy season.
Literal Translation
Want I to-cook-sigang this rainy season.
" Tuwing umuulan ay gustong-gusto ng aking ina na magsigang ng hipon para mainitan kami ng asim at sabaw nito. "
Natural Translation
Whenever it rains my mother really loves to cook shrimp sinigang so we can be warmed by its sourness and broth.
Literal Translation
Every raining loves much the my mother to-cook-sigang of shrimp so that warm us by sourness and broth of-it.
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