magsubo
magsubò with stress marks
to put food in the mouth
From root: subo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagsubo
nag-su-BO
fed by mouth
Present (Incomplete)
nagsusubo
nag-su-su-BO
is putting in the mouth
Future (Contemplated)
magsusubo
mag-su-su-BO
will put in the mouth
Usage Note
Magsubo is the mag- actor-focus form of subo, covering both self-feeding and feeding another person. The root subo also carries the idiomatic sense of getting oneself into trouble, though the verbal forms most often concern literal eating; the word is common in childcare and mealtime speech.
Examples
" Magsubo ka na ng kanin. "
Natural Translation
Put some rice in your mouth now.
Literal Translation
To-put-in-mouth you now of rice.
" Mahirap magsubo ng pagkain kapag masakit ang ngipin. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to put food in your mouth when you have a toothache.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-put-food-in-mouth of food when painful the tooth.
" Tuwing umaga, sabay-sabay kaming nagsusubo ng pagkain habang pinag-uusapan ang aming mga plano para sa araw na iyon. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, we take our bites of food together while discussing our plans for that day.
Literal Translation
Every morning, together we are-putting-in-mouth of food while being-discussed the our plans for the day that that.
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