subahin
subahín with stress marks
to swindle [someone]
From root: suba
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinuba
si-NU-ba
swindled
Present (Incomplete)
sinusuba
si-nu-SU-ba
is being swindled
Future (Contemplated)
susubahin
su-su-ba-HIN
will be swindled
Usage Note
Subahin is the object-focus form of suba, used when the victim of the swindle is the grammatical focus. Choosing subahin over the actor-focus manuba foregrounds who was wronged rather than who did the wronging, making it the natural choice in consumer-complaint and legal contexts.
Examples
" Huwag mong subahin ang matanda. "
Natural Translation
Don't swindle the elderly.
Literal Translation
Do-not you to-swindle the elderly.
" Subukan mong subahin ang tindera at huhulihin ka. "
Natural Translation
Try to swindle the shopkeeper and you will get arrested.
Literal Translation
Try you to-swindle the vendor and will-arrest you.
" Sinubukan ng dayuhan na subahin ang tindera sa palengke, ngunit alam pala nito ang tunay na presyo ng bigas. "
Natural Translation
The foreigner tried to swindle the vendor at the market, but it turned out she knew the real price of rice.
Literal Translation
Tried by foreigner to to-swindle the vendor at market, but knew it-turns-out this the real linker price of rice.
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