From root: sipon
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinipon
si-NI-pon
caught a cold
Present (Incomplete)
sinisipon
si-ni-SI-pon
catching a cold
Future (Contemplated)
sisipunin
si-si-pu-NIN
will catch a cold
Usage Note
Sipunin is an object-focus verb used when someone is susceptible to or currently suffering from a cold. It is most commonly used in its contemplated or progressive forms to describe the act of catching a cold or having a runny nose.
Examples
" Baka sipunin ka diyan. "
Natural Translation
You might catch a cold there.
Literal Translation
Maybe catch-a-cold you there.
" Ayaw kong sipunin sa ulan. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to catch a cold in the rain.
Literal Translation
Dislike I catch-a-cold in rain.
" Magdala ka ng payong kasi baka sipunin ka kapag nabasa ka ng ulan pauwi. "
Natural Translation
Bring an umbrella, because you might catch a cold if you get soaked by the rain on the way home.
Literal Translation
Bring you of umbrella because maybe catch-a-cold you when get-wet you by rain going-home.
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